10 Questions with Dressage Superstar Guenter Seidel

Guenter Seidel and Aragon (Photo by Mary Phelps)

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Guenter Seidel
Born: September 23, 1960
Hometown: Cardiff, CA

Guenter Seidel is a native of Germany who moved to the U.S. in 1985 and has contributed significantly to U.S. dressage. Seidel helped the U.S. win the Team Bronze medal at three consecutive Olympic Games – 1996, 2000 and 2004 – with three different horses. He also was on the Silver medal team in 2002 and the Bronze medal 2006 team.

Both 2009 and 2010 brought more milestones for Seidel, but tragedy struck in June, when he was thrown from his horse U II. Seidel fractured his pelvis and could not walk without crutches for two months. In just a year, though, Seidel made an incredible recovery. After a third-place finish in the grand prix in Hamburg in June this year, he topped the field in the freestyle with a score of 73.400% – on U II. Later that month at the CDI Fritzen in Austria Seidel finished second in the Grand Prix – Consolation class on Sundayboy with a 70.390%. He finished strongly in the Grand Prix for Freestyle coming in third with U II with a score of 70.745%. To top off the weekend, he and U II took top honors in the Grand Prix Freestyle after scoring a remarkable 78.27%.

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USEF Names Riders, Drivers and Vaulters for CHIO Aachen

Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will be represented in four disciplines at CHIO Aachen, which runs July 8-17, 2011 in Aachen, Germany. Please click on any athlete or team name for more information about them.

The following horse/rider combinations have been named in ranked order to represent the U.S. in Dressage:

Steffen Peters (San Diego, CA) will ride Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki’s Ravel
Ravel is a 13-year-old KWPN gelding

Jan Ebeling (Moorpark, CA) will ride Ann Romney and Amy Roberts Ebeling Rafalca
Rafalca is a 14-year-old Oldenburg mare

Guenter Seidel (Cardiff, CA) will ride Dick and Jane Brown’s UII
UII is a 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood

Todd Flettrich (Royal Palm Beach, FL) will ride Cherry Knoll Farm’s Otto
Otto is a 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

Catherine Haddad-Staller (Vectha, Germany) and Winyamaro have been named as the first ranked substitute.

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Dressage Radio Episode 95 – World Dressage Masters & Dressage Affaire

The World Dressage Masters in Palm Beach, Florida and Dressage Affaire in California are the focus this week with Guenter Seidel, Sara Leiser, and Mary
Lauritsen, so tune in right here…

Dressage Radio Episode 95 – Show Notes and Links:

• Host: Chris Stafford
• Co-host: Mary Lauritsen
• Photo Credit: Guenter Seidel
• Guest: Guenter Seidel
• Guest: Sara Lieser from the Chronicle of the Horse

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Dressage Radio Episode 24 – Guenter Seidel

Guenter Seidel (Photo Credit: DressageDaily.com)

U.S Olympian, Guenter Seidel, joins Lisa Wilcox and Chris to talk about his role at the upcoming Developing Rider Clinic as well as his horses and their prospects. Guenter and Lisa also reflect on their memories as team members. Listen in…

Dressage Radio Episode 24 – Guenter Seidel:

• Co-Hosts: Chris Stafford and Lisa Wilcox
• Tip of the Week: Lisa Wilcox
• Guest: Thank you to Guenter Seidel for joining us. Here is a video of Guenter Seidel and Beth Ball as they brought the house down with their Phantom of the Opera theme Pas de Deux at the World Cup finals in Las Vegas:

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