LivDressage’s Olivia Lagoy-Weltz Scores 70% in Prix St. Georges at Dressage at Lexington
Upperville, VA (August 1, 2013) – “You never know when horses are going to be horses,” says Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, of LivDressage in Upperville, VA, who proved why a good seat and an even better sense of humor should be among an FEI competitor and USDF Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist’s most valuable assets.
“I got to the end of that diagonal and said, ‘I think I need to be excused,” she shrugged, referring to an overabundance of schwung from her nine-year-old Danish Warmblood, Rassing’s Lonoir (De Noir x Lorani) in the Markel/USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges qualifier during the 2013 Dressage at Lexington show in July. The pair have been ranked among the top 15 combinations in the country in the 2013 Markel/USEF National Developing Horse Prix St. Georges Dressage Championship Rankings List.
“The next day,” she said, “he redeemed himself, scoring better than 70% in the Prix St. Georges and winning his class, and placing third out of twenty-five in the $500 PSG Challenge.
