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Ots and Wightman to Test Developing Talent at the 2016 Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses

by Dana Rossmeier | 7/28/2016

Ermelo, The Netherlands –Endel Ots and David Wightman will represent the United States at the 2016 Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses, July 28-31, at the National Equestrian Center in Ermelo, The Netherlands. Since 1992, young dressage horses have converged at the World Breeding Dressage Championships to gauge their development among the world’s elite. A total of 112 combinations from 26 countries will perform individual tests in the five-, six-, and seven-year-old divisions. Judges will evaluate the horses on overall impression as a dressage horse. Ots and Wightman will compete in the six-year-old division. 
From left to right: David Wightman, Alyssa Doverspike, Christine Traurig, Chase Hickok, and Endel Ots (Christine Traurig)
From left to right: David Wightman, Alyssa Doverspike, Christine Traurig, Chase Hickok, and Endel Ots (Christine Traurig)


Ots (Wellington, Fla.) returns to the World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses with his and Max Ots’ Lucky Strike (Lord Laurie x Heidi/His Highness). Last year, he and the 2010 Hanoverian gelding placed 11th in the Five-Year-Old Final. They qualified to return to the World Breeding Dressage Championships in the six-year-old division with personal-best scores they received during week 12 of the 2016 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival. They earned an 8.760 in the Six-Year-Old Final and an 8.720 in the Preliminary Test. Ots has put together a successful resume with developing and young horses. He earned the 2012 USEF Developing Horse Grand Prix Reserve Championship and the 2014 Markel/USEF Developing Grand Prix Horse National Championship.

Wightman (Murrieta, Calif.) makes his debut at the World Breeding Dressage Championships with his and Kathleen Raine's Silberpfeil (Silberschmied x Barcelona/Boss), a 2010 Hanoverian gelding. They recently posted scores of 8.2 in the Six-Year-Old Preliminary Test and 8.320 Six-Year-Old Final at the 2016 Del Mar National Horse Show. They placed fourth in the five-year-old division at the 2015 Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships.
Competition begins on Friday with the FEI Preliminary Test for six-year-old horses beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST.

Watch the competition live at ClipMyHorse.TV.

Complete schedule and results