Luciano and Karen Ball scored 61.25 and took fourth place in the FEI Freestyle Test of Choice Open at the 63rd Annual Del Mar National Horse Show Dressage "Evening of Musical Freestyles" in Del Mar, California on Saturday April 26th 2008. The Test was FEI Freestyle, Grand Prix 2006
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Karen Ball (also known as Kari) has owned and operated European Equestrian Concepts for ten years. Before starting her own business, Kari had been working overseas for eight years.
Her European experience started in 1984 in Dalby Sweden. Working for Karin Oscarren-Munck, Kari received an education in dressage, and was responsible for the grooming and riding of horses that ranged in levels from beginning to advanced. After a year she returned to Coto De Caza where she worked for David Collins at the Equestrian Academy, riding and competing personal and private horses, and teaching adults and juniors for 3-day eventing. After four years back in the states, she headed out overseas again.
From 1989 to 1993 Kari was employed at the Holsteiner Verband in Elmshorn, Germany. There she rode and groomed for International Event Rider and Barcelona Bronze Medalist Herbert Bloecker. She was given total responsibility of the management and condition of FEI horses in their riders abscence. During that time, she also worked breaking and training the young stallions and mares for the approvals.
For the next three years, Kari worked at Holstenhoeve in Meerhout, Belgium. There she was given total responsibility for the management of the breeding and riding stable. She rode the young horses and stallions in competition and sales auctions, as well as prepared them for state approvals. During this time she received riding instruction from top international riders Ulrich Kirkoff, Dirk Dimersman, and Jerry Smit. Kari also worked with the breeding stallions and the mares and foals. In 1996, Kari returned to the Holsteiner Verband. Her job now included the preparation of young stallions for the Fall Approval in Neumunster, educating, training, and riding of young horses to prepare them for sale, handling stallions for breeding and collection at the stallion station, showing young horses at local competition, as well as breaking, training, and showing mares for approval. Additionally she was responsible for the training and conditioning of a stallion for international rider Franke Sloothak.
Two years later Kari returned to the states and her home in Coto De Caza, California. It was there she began her business European Equestrian Concepts which has grown to have over 30 horses in training, with riders and horses competing successfully at both the national and international level. Kari currently lives in Coto with her husband Kenneth, their dogs Chelsea and Gadget, and macaw Paco.
In 2007 she coached one Junior (Mackinzie Pooley) and one Young Rider (Emily Tears) to qualify and compete at the CDI** North American Young Rider/Junior Championships in Lexington, Virginia.
Websites:
http://www.eeconcepts.com/
http://www.delmarnational.com/
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PETIT DANSEUR & JENNIFER HOFFMANN, GP Freestyle, Del Mar CDIby Funtodancewith3,758 views
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zotheinblot 8 months ago
Really pretty horse!!!
chrissyt0393 2 years ago
It´s Laddie :-)
What a great test!
Miss you guys!
Best wishes from Schleswig-Holstein
annilenip 3 years ago
Wow. must have taken alot to beat this test. lovely horse!
BigBoyRocky 3 years ago
Karens but and thigh movements are great
Bazabrush 3 years ago
Thanks Kari for having this video available to show Z's family what Dressage is. This is so amazing, btw! I've watched it four times already. In my limited knowledge, I tell family its "secret butt and thigh movements" --- and "lots and lots of practice and training..." I wish I'd known you were down this way. I guess now I will know.
Valerie
zoesma 3 years ago