Devon, Pa. – Sept. 28, 2022 – With several young horse champions still to be crowned at the iconic Dressage at Devon 2022 Breed Show, classes were well underway early Wednesday morning with the Foal classes opening at 8:00 a.m. Seeing an incredible amount of talent enter both the Dixon Oval and Wheeler Ring, the renowned Breed Show continued by awarding winners of the Foal Championship, the Colt/Gelding Championship, the Filly Championship, and the overall Young Horse Championship, which went to Rhythm ISF, a Dutch Warmblood yearling out of Iron Spring Farm, handled by Quinnten Alston.
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FROM THE WINNERS CIRCLE
Andrea Bomkamp – Barn Manager, Iron Spring Farm
On Rhythm ISF:
“She won the champion filly class last year as a foal, and also won the KWPN class yesterday. We bred her here at the farm in Pennsylvania, raised her, all that – she has a wonderful temperament, she’s very easy to do things with. We’re very excited for her future potential, of course with other breeding shows, plus our program over the years has produced a number of really nice performance horses across all sports. She’s a fabulous girl, we all enjoy her.”
On what’s next for Rhythm ISF:
“She qualified for the USDF Breeders Championship classes tomorrow, so she’ll stick around for that. She’ll grow up at the farm over the next few years, and get started under saddle as a three-year-old, then we’ll see what happens.”
On the importance of Dressage at Devon’s young horse classes:
“Devon is definitely its own kind of show, and because of that, the show is able to expose these young animals to a lot of different things. Even if it’s the first time they come and it isn’t a great experience, they do remember that and so next time, it won’t be so bad for them. So it helps set them up for their futures, being under saddle for their new riders, whether that’s in a professional program or with an amateur owner/rider.”
Read the whole press release at Dressage at Devon's website here
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