Ninth Annual Dressage For Kids Youth Dressage Festival

Winning Team Beats Out a Crowded Field

The winning team was Pegasus Dressage trained by Debbie Lockemeyer of Shortsville, New York. They beat out 40 other teams and they did it with only three riders. Most teams had four riders, which meant they could drop their lowest score. Pegasus Dressage had no choice. The second-placed team was from Lendon Gray’s home base of Gleneden Dressage. The winning team score was 258.533, but the second-place team was close with a score of 258.156.

The win was no surprised to Pegasus team members Samantha Namenyi, 14, of Xenia, Ohio; Joseph Syndennis, 18, of Matawan, New Jersey; and Caroline McCarthy, 20, of Geneva, New York.

“The win was great for us and great for Debbie. It shows that she can train really well,” Syndennis said.

“Debbie put a lot of time into us and everybody worked really hard,” McCarthy said.