Brian Moggre: Why Hunter & Equitation Rounds Pay Off in a Big Way in the Jumper Ring
October 7, 2019 (Via. The PonyApp)
Talk about a European debut! Last week in Opglabbeek, Belgium, a standout team of American young guns helmed by Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski led from start to finish in the 2019 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY. Among the star players: Gia Rinaldi (Arsouille du Seigneur), Natalie Dean (Don’s Diamant), Sophie Gochman (Carola BH), and our own PonyApp U25 Ambassador, Brian Moggre, aboard Mtm Los Angeles.
At 18, this is far from the first big success Moggre has had in the jumper ring (he took home the $100,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala qualifier at Live Oak last March). But Brian, who began his career in the jumper ring with MTM Farm’s Mike McCormick and Tracey Fenney in Flower Mound, Texas, has found no time spent in the hunter and equitation divisions has been wasted. Quite the opposite, in fact, and his Big Eq accolades—which include the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final last October at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show—speak for themselves.
Here, Brian breaks down four reasons why learning to ride in the hunter and equitation rings has been part of his roadmap to success, moving up the ranks and onto the international showjumping stage.
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