I remember wondering, watching co-managers Lyndee Harrell and Sue Mandas tearfully embrace at the close of the first recognized dressage show in North Carolina over 20 years ago. It was Little River Farm, but it was the beginning of May in Pinehurst.
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The faces, horses, and backdrops have changed, but the ambience and prestige has continued to grow into a many-faceted giant of a show. But somehow it all comes together, and this year's record entries and USET Qualifying Classes for Grand Prix, Intermediare I and FEI Young Riders attracted spectators, sponsors, and special moments. The sound track from the movie Gremlins added even more expression to double canter pirouettes and passage circles, and their flying changes needed an air traffic controller. I work him six days a week, and twice a week we do three sets of 15 minutes nonstop. Their debut was a powerful ride to Rhapsody In Blue, punctuated by split double canter pirouttes and some very steep and scopey half pass.