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Karin Reid Offield Wins Grand Prix

Harbor Springs, MI—International dressage rider and local resident Karin Reid Offield’s winning ways continued with a victory in the Windy Hollow Hunt Dressage Show Grand Prix on her new horse Welt Adel. The pair had only been together a few weeks before they entered their first competition. “He’s an amazing horse to work with,” Offield said of “Tiny,” an elegant 18-hand Hanoverian gelding.

This victory comes on the heels of an extremely successful year for Offield. She is currently ranked in the top twenty for U.S. grand prix riders and is the number one ranked amateur rider by the United States Dressage Federation.  “This has been a super year,” she said.

Following an extremely successful competitive winter/spring season in Florida, Karin Reid Offield was invited to compete in the United States Equestrian Federation National Grand Prix Freestyle Championships, held in March. Offield was one of only ten riders selected from hundreds of riders around the country to contest the dressage national championship.

“I began to ride Dressage less than ten years ago and I am thrilled to reach this level of sport,” Offield said. “I was honored to receive the invitation as the other riders were among the best in the nation.”  Offield finished in sixth position in the grand prix and in eighth position in the grand prix freestyle, which is performed to music and judged on both artistic and technical merit. “Dressage is both art and sport. When it is done well, horse and rider make it look effortless,” she said.

Offield rode her Dutch stallion Hexagon’s Louisville in the championship. The 13-year-old bay stallion has been partnered with Offield for two years, “Louisville is a joy to ride. He’s very powerful, but at the same time he’s extremely supple and elastic. He makes it feel like dancing,” Offield said.

This winter the pair was consistently among the top scoring horses and riders on the competitive circuit. Each year competitors from around the country flock to Florida to enjoy the warm weather and participate in the most competitive shows held in North America. This was Offield’s second year to compete in Wellington. She said, “It is a lot of fun to show in Florida.  It’s exhilarating and I love the weather!”

Offield has been a lifelong horse lover and serious competitor. As a young rider, she showed in the hunter, jumper and equitation divisions. She didn’t specialize in dressage until later when she began taking lessons at her famous El Rojo Grande Ranch, in Sedona, Arizona—a ranch she co-founded to bring horses into the community. “I have always loved working with horses,” she explained. “At El Rojo I was able to help more people enjoy horses, and I discovered my true passion—dressage, which is simply training horses using classical methods.”

As Offield has progressed through the levels she has received numerous accolades—United States Dressage Federation’s Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, numerous USDF regional championships and dozens of other awards.

Offield recently returned from Aachen, Germany for the World Equestrian Games, where Offield Farms co-hosted a party for the American riders, owners and sponsors at the World Championship. Her co-host was The Challenge of the America’s, a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The American team brought home numerous medals, including a team bronze in dressage.

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