Boneo Park CDI 2014

Sponsored "Birds Equisports" horses Virtuel I, Just One Wish and Liza Carvers' mare Callum Park Freya attended Boneo Park CDI on the Mornington Peninsula over the Australia Day long weekend. With squad camp on in the lead up to this event, it was a busy work load with lectures, lessons and a lot of riding! But the horses stepped it up and came to the party. Just One Wish was rewarded with the Elementary Championship and Callum Park Freya reserve Elementary Champion!

Prydes Brisbane CDI 2013

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horses Virtuel I and Just One Wish attended the Brisbane CDI at the new Queensland State Equestrian Centre in Caboolture. After travelling 1023kms, the horses settled in to the stabled area like pros and recovered quickly from the long trip.

With my new super organised groom, Maddie Mc Andrew, the horses went on to compete in the Advanced Tour and the 5yo State YH Championships.

Virtuel I ended the competition taking out the Advanced Freestyle Championship, gaining some individual artistic and technical scores in the 70's and Just One Wish taking on the Top Ten 5yo's and finishing fourth on a score of 7.56.

Our team would like to thank the organisers, the sponsors and the judges who travelled across the globe, for this event and hope it just keeps getting bigger and better.

National Futures Squad Camp

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horse Virtuel I attended the two day National Squad clinic held at SIEC on the 2nd and 3rd of July. 

Lessons were with National Coaching Advisor Ton De Ridder

SSSM (Sports Science Sports Medicine) with Vic Kahn

Veterinary talks with the University of Sydney vets Robin Bell

All in all, a brilliant camp, that was challenging, insightful and rewarding.

Dressage With the Stars - 2013

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horses Virtuel I and Just One Wish attended Werribee DWTS 2013. Whilst Virtuel I was not competing at this competition, he was kindly offered a lesson with Emile Faurie of the UK. The lesson was full of power and correct contact and the opportunity to have a lesson with someone of Emile's calibre was very rewarding.

Just One Wish competed in the 5yo class this year and finished mid field. More impressively - she was a super star in her behaviour. The day of competition saw some of the worst weather conditions you could have for young horses - rain and gale force winds! This young lady is starting to grow up and shine. It was only three months ago that she would never have been trusted to behave it such cyclonic weather as we were battling to behave in beautiful weather!

Bradgate Park CDI - Dressage with Altitude.....FEI here we come..

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horses Virtuel I and Just One Wish competed successfully at the recent Bradgate Park CDI. Bradgate Park is set in the picturesque town of Orange, NSW and is a boutique, European flavoured CDI that attracts a lot of Australia's top competitors. Superior competition surfaces, coupled with a rider friendly committee that goes out of their way to accommodate everyone, makes this a CDI not to be missed each year.

Virtuel I competed in the Advanced Championship and was hot on the heels of Championship winner Rodney Martin and the stunning gelding SS Sonata Hit. With scores of 66.9% and 67.3%, Virtuel I finished with Reserve Champion and a renewed feeling that FEI is just around the corner....

Just One Wish behaved herself - just! (the buggy that went around feeding up all the stud horses had Jag convinced that she really should not be doing dressage and instead eating her dinner as well - a couple of tense moments in the warm up to say the least from this spirited young mare!) Hitting the competition arena amongst some big guns in the Novice Championship - namely, Rodney Martins' SS Dante, Roger Fitzhardinges' Amerigo and Lisa Martins' First Famous, was no small feat. Just One Wish finished with a bow in both tests and percentages within 2- 3% of the eventual winners.

Boneo Park CDI 2013 - A personal victory!

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horses Virtuel I and Just One Wish have begun the 2013 season where they finished off last year - very pleased with themselves!

Both horses moved up a notch for 2013 with Virtuel I entering the Advanced tour and Just One Wish taking on the 5yo young horse classes and the Novice tour.

Virtuel I, in his very first Advanced outing, gained qualifying scores and a top five placing at Boneo Park CDI from renowned International and National Judges and could in fact now move in to the FEI ranks if his rider wished. However this is a year of consolidation for the young gelding and Denise won't be pushing him to Prix St George until she knows he is more confident in his work.

Just One Wish - well this young madam turned a big corner at Boneo Park CDI and had top 5 placings in the Novice tour and finished 3rd in the 5yo young horse class, gaining a whopping 76.6% from the panel of International and National judges. Denise was especially happy with "Jag's" work ethic this time around. This young mare is sometimes rather outspoken shall we say and can take some convincing that dressage is all about compromise between the rider and the horse - not just all the horses' way! Denise was relieved as well as excited that Jag seems to now be coming to the party - so to speak. As Denise puts it

"Whlist I am never 100% sure, I think that it is onward and upward now for Jag. It has taken a bit of convincing that I am worth listening to - but that conversation has been well worth the effort!"

Now on to a Dressage NSW day at Clarendon and then on to the next CDI tour - Dressage with Altitude - held at the beautiful private property of Bradgate Park in Orange, NSW.

Dressage Festival VIC - a success!

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horses Virtuel I and Just One Wish have completed the year with some personal best scores at the Saddleworld Dressage Festival in VIC. Virtuel I ended up Reserve Elementary Champion and Just One Wish finished the year with a whopping 74.9% in the 5yo championship.

Thankyou to the entire team - Roger Fitzhardinge, Chanelle Fisher, Luke Cradick, Horse in the Box and my parents for absolutely everything this year....  Now for a little christmas break before Boneo Park CDI :)

Bring on Equitana!

Sponsored "Horse in the Box" horses Virtuel I and Just One Wish have been selected to be assessed by Kyra Kyrklund for the Equitana Masterclass. Whether or not the horses make it into the Masterclass or not, Denise is simply looking forward to the chance of having some lesson time with one of her idols...

APH Romarn is back!

"Remi" has had a year off since retiring from full time Grand Prix competition in Australia and appears to have mended and recuperated well from his injuries - well enough to be back in the stables and looking like a dressage pony again!

Denise is pleased to announce that 19 yo vet student Kirby Stathis, has been given the opportunity to take the ride on this fabulous gelding - under the careful guidance of FEI rider and Level 2 coach, Michelle Baker. Remi and Kirby are already looking like a partners in crime and Denise wishes them well in whatever the future holds for them.

Denise relishes her last ever ride and lesson on this beloved gelding and was fortunate enough that her partner caught a snippet on her iphone with coach Roger Fitzhardinge....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLNKIg4Bi4E

Remi will be offered on the odd occassion for private lessons.  Please view coaching page for further details.

Virtuel I leads the way for Elementary

Denise Rogan and sponsor "Horse in the Box" are pleased to announce that Virtuel I is currently leading the Dressage NSW Elementary Leaderboard.

Unfortunately due to Denises' untimely injury to her right knee and subsequent knee reconstruction, Virtuel I is unable to continue contesting the bolt for the finish line in a few weeks where the Leaders at each level are finally decided at the NSW State Championships.

However, Denise would like to thank her team for all their efforts in the first half of the year where these results were produced and would also like to thank her partner and groom for picking up the pieces since her injury and doing an incredible job at keeping everything together since.

Goodluck to all NSW Dressage Riders... here are some that have been listed on the leaderboard so far....

NSW Dressage Riders Rep 2012

Denise Rogan has been elected as the NSW Dressage Riders Rep for 2012. As a result a facebook page has been set-up (NSW Dressage Riders Rep) and Denise encourages all riders to send friend requests in order to join the page.

On this facebook page, Denise will encourage riders to give feedback, make suggestions, offer constructive opinions in a forum that encourages open communication.

As a NSW Dressage Rider you are also encouraged to give confidential feedback via the inbox facility on the facebook page or Denise can be contacted on 0407 951 007 or emailed directly via the contact page on this website or her personal email address of d.rogan@bigpond.com

Denise has also included a page on this website dedicated just to the NSW Dressage Riders Rep position and will table points of interest prior to each committee meeting on that space.

Denise looks foward to taking on this role and understands the importance of her representation as a competitive dressage rider herself.

Equitana 2011 - Sydney

Dressage Masterclass with Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud

"Simply my best experience yet"