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Season Greetings from Sonnenhof Stables
December 23, 2011
To all friends and supporters of our farm we would like to extend best wishes and hope that 2012 will be healthy and prospouros for you and your families.
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OEF Award: Coach of the Year 2011 is Ute
November 28, 2011
  
The Record and the Woolwich Observer wrote each nice articles about Ute and her coaching experience.
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Ute receives OEF Award for Coach of the Year 2011
November 20, 2011
 Congratulations to Ute for the Ontario Equestrian Federation Coach of the year 2011 Award
Thank you to all who supported Ute to receive this award
Ute as always on the go to get another student ready
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Congratulations to Tina and Jaimey
November 8, 2011
The Pan Am Games 2011 in Guadalajara were very successful for Tina who earned a team silver medal and a 5th place as an Individual Rider. Also congratulations to Jaimey who coached both Tina and Roberta to their success. It was a true team effort of all team members.
Congratulations 
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2011 To Be An Exciting Year At Sonnenhof
April 5, 2011
Congratulations to Ute Busse/ Lindor’s Finest and Jaimey Irwin/ Dover for be named to the Dressage Canada 2011 “Short List”, as well as to Tina Irwin/ Amicelli for being named to the Dressage Canada 2011 Long List.
2011 is looking like it will be a amazing year for the Busse family. This year four members of the family will all be competing at the prestigious Grand Prix Level, which may be a first in Canadian Dressage History!
The four talented horse and rider combinations will be : Ute Busse and Lindor’s Finest, Tina Irwin and Amicelli, Sarah Turner and Maximus and Jaimey Irwin and Dover. ( Jaimey and Tina operate Stoney Lake Equestrian Center in Stouffville Ontario)
Another very exciting event will be the arrival of Jaimey ant Tina’s baby ( and first grandchild for Dieter and Ute) which is expected any time now. (.. just in time for the show season!)
The strength of “Team Sonnenhof” will be great in 2011 with 12 horse/rider combinations competing at the National and/or CDI level. In total there are two Grand Prix teams
( Ute/Lindor’s Finest and Sarah Turner/Maximus), one team has declared for the 2011 Pan American games ( Ute/El Cid), one team has declared for the Young Rider’s Team
( Kristin Sutton/Robic), three teams have declared for the Junior Team ( Brooke Koppeser/Viva’s Capitol, Anneka Sutton/Fidelio, Mariah Sutton/Renior), Ute/Luca LT at 4th level,
Ute/Fabelhaft in the FEI 5 Year Old Division, Denisha Naidoo/Everytime at 2nd level, Emily Vosburgh/Wentworth at 1st level and Suzie Curry/Maggie at 1st level.
There will certainly be a lot of cheering going on and many red ribbons for sure.
Good luck to all!
Nadine
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Great Results at last Show of the 2010 Season
October 16, 2010
After torrential down pours and flooding the sky was more favourable
for the evening performances at the prestigious” Dressage at Devon”
CDI show on the last September weekend.
Lindor’s Finest and Ute placed 3rd in the Grand Prix for the Freestyle class
while Amicelli and Tina captured 2nd place in the Grand Prix
for the GP Special class, Jaimey placed his horse Dover in sixth position.
The Freestyle on Saturday was an amazing experience.
The crowd was clapping and cheering and the horses a little “bug eyed”.
Ute celebrated a third place with 69% and Dover and Jaimey earned the
6 place in the electric outdoor arena, Tina and Amicelli finished 4th in the GP Special.
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Ontario Champianchip 2010
September 9, 2010
Congratulation to all Competitors, Mariah Sutton (Ontario Champion), Denisha Naidoo (Reserved Champion)
and the rest of team Sonnenhof for a great competition and good qualifying scores.
Group picture by Nadine
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Season final Conestoga CADORA Show 2010
August 30, 2010
 
6 yr old Zach Marshall and “Spotacular” placed 2nd in the Walk trot Equitation
and 4th the Walk Trot class.
Carly Brohman and her grey mare “Karina” placed an excellent 1st and 4th place with 68 % and 65 %.
Larissa Davis and Catalina did a great job at their first show.The pair put in a clean test to score 66% at training level open.
Congratulations to all!
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August Palgrave Gold Show 2010
August 30, 2010
Good results for Mariah Sutton and Pashabelle 1st level AA, Jr.: 65.27% and 65.833% which placed them in the top 3rd of a large class everytime.
Denisha Naidoo and Everytime had 64.857 % and 69.722% for 2 first places.
Carly Brohmann scored an excellent 68% at training level on her pretty grey mare “Karina”
Brooke Koppeser had her debut on her new mount “Fabelhaft”. Fabelhaft. just 4
years old, was on his best behaviour and placed 1st in the suitability class.
Sarah and Maximus placed 2nd in their entertaining Intermediaire Freestyle class: (68.21%). In the Inter II they earned an excellent score of 64.21% .
Ute and “Lindor’s Finest” rode a clean Grand Prix test to place 2nd after Tina Irwin and the flashy Amicelli. In the Freestyle they repeated the same placing.
Viva’s Capitol showed his first 4th level test to earn the Reserve Champion title.
Lisa Oberbichler came back to a good performance on Sunday in the PSG Amateur class, 64.2% and place 3 for her and Tamburin.
Congratulations to all! 
     
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Sonnenhof riders claim victory at the July Palgrave Gold Show
July 21, 2010
  Kristin Sutton and her new mount ” Robic” put in a solid performance at the FEI Jr. level with scores of 65 %. Robic was quite settled and Kristin rode a flawless team and individual test claiming the Champion title.
Kristin’s sister Mariah rode her lovely mare “Pashabelle” at first level to scores of up to 67.78% placing herself always in the top third of her class. This is even more impressive because there was no junior division and Mariah had to compete against the adult amateurs.
Denisha and “Everytime” were coming through once again at the First level Amateur. The pair rode accurate and energetic tests and were rewarded with scores up to 72%.
Ute rode Kathy Douglas flashy “Paris” at her very first competition to score up to 75%, in Training level. Paris was on her best behavior and turned out to be a real ” show girl”
Ute’s highlight of the show was her Grand Prix Freestyle win with 72% on “Lindor’s Finest” co owned by Sally Carlton. Jaimey Irwin placed 2nd with 70% on “Dover” but got ahead of “Lindor” in the Grand Prix. Tina Irwin excelled in PSG class on Mary Horgan’s new horse “Winston” with score of 71.92%
Lisa Oberbichler and “Tamburin” placed 5th in the Prix St. George Amateur division.
Congratulations to all!!!
         
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Polo for Heart
June 27, 2010
Sonnenhof Stables provided support to a good cause. A special thank you to Julie and the Watchhorn family for arranging the event and hosting the practice at their stable. Also thanks to Sarah, Andrea, Rebecca and Justin for being part of the quadrille team.
 
 
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Blainville 2010
June 26, 2010
  Denisha and Ute had lots of fun at the Dressage show in Blainville.
Denisha rode her new mount “Everytime” and had 2 wins during the 3 day competition, scoring high.
Ute placed 6th in the CDI GP division and 5th in the Freestyle just behind Jaimey and Dover.
Thank you to all sponsors 
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Iron Horse Show and Palgrave 2010
June 11, 2010
Despite dust and high temperatures the Sonnenhof riders showed good results at the Milton Gold Show on May 29/30.
Kristin Sutton had her debut ride on her new mount “Robic” at the FEI Junior Level. While trains running by frequently in close distance kept the horse alert and created some tension, Kristin kept her cool and rode “Robic” to a respectable 62%.
Her sister Anneka and “Fidelio” captured a first and 2nd place at the same division with good scores of 65.5 %, that will take them closer to a spot on the FEI Junior Team to represent Canada at the 2010 Championships in Lexington, KY.
Mariah Sutton kept up her series of precise rides in the Level 1 junior division. Mariah and her lovely mare “Pashabelle” claimed once again the champion title.
Sarah Busse Turner and her long time partner the powerful “Maximus” made their debut in the IntermediaireII ( a small Grand Prix test). Maximus showed off his airy passage but lost some concentration in 2 tempi changes . The pair also showed in the Intermediaire I where they came home with 66% and 3rd place.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.
Last weekend we had the pleasure of showing at Palgrave’s first CDI Dressage Show.
Denisha Naidoo had excellent results with her new mount “Everytime” in the National Division.  She scored up to 73% and claimed champion in first level amateur.
Kristin Sutton had an excellent 2nd place in the FEI Jr. division with “Robic” despite very sloppy footing after heavy rainfalls on Saturday. On Sunday the skies cleared up after 11 am just in time for the afternoon freestyles.
Ute and Lindor’s Finest rode a great Kuer to music arranged by Tamara Williamson of Kurboom, and captured 1st place with a score of 68% closely followed by Jaimey Irwin on Dover. This was Ute’s first GP Freestyle and Tamara had finished the music just in time. The music arrangement worked very well and was fun to ride and to listen to.
  
Lisa Oberbichler and “Tamburin” had a second year of very good results in the Advanced Amateur Division. Lisa rode Tamburin to an excellent 2nd place and placed 1st twice in the Prix St. George class. The pair scored up to 64%
Congratulations to a job well done under difficult weather and footing conditions.
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Sonnenhof Stables Riders successful at Bethany
May 5, 2010
Even though the weekend weather forecast was not that promising the Bethany Show grounds were more sunny and dusty than wet. The rider/ horse friendly weather helped everybody to put in very respectful performances:
Mariah Sutton placed her horse ” Pashabelle” in first place at 1st level with a score of 66 and 67 %. Being the only junior rider in the class she had to compete with the open riders and even won the champion title.
“Good job Mariah!”
Emily Vosburgh aboard her mount “Liberty” and Denisha Naido with “Woza Tombi” showed consistency in the level 1 Amateur division. This was Denisha’s first show at the first level and she managed fluid rides with scores in the mid 60’s.
Emily’s mare “Liberty” got better everyday as she settled into the surroundings of the windy show grounds. “Liberty” won test 4 of 1st level and claimed Reserve Champion overall.
Anneka Sutton, Mariah’s sister, put in solid tests at the FEI Jr. level. She and her horse “Fidelio” won 2 out of 3 classes and placed 1st in the FEI Freestyle with a score of 68% which won them the Champion title.
Ute had 3 good test in the Grand Prix with ” Lindor’s Finest”. Lindor was on his best behavior, attentive and expressive and Ute won the GP on Friday and Saturday with scores of 65% and 67%, closely followed by her son in law Jaimey Irwin on “Dover”. On Sunday Ute lost the first place to Jaimey (66.5%) and came a close 2nd with 66.2% and earned champion.
Congratulations to everybody as well to fellow competitor Maura O’Sullivan on “Pik Czar” for an excellent score of 68% at YR level.
The door to the Championships is wide open.
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Last WELLINGTON Show 2010
March 26, 2010
Thank you to all sponsors and visitors for supporting Ute and Lindor in Wellington,FL
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Results from Florida
January 23, 2010
Lindor and Ute had a “hot” start at Gold Coast Dressage Show in Wellington, meaning that Lindor got hot to piaffe when walking was on: They managed a 7th place in a strong field of 22 horse rider combination’s and gave it all in the GP Special.
 Good luck from all at Sonnenhof at the next show in February
For detail info click on the link below:
http://www.dressagedaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4820:results-january-22-24-gold-coast-opener-cdi-florida&catid=178:scoresource&Itemid=81
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Florida Lickings
January 20, 2010
 Ute and Lindor enjoy the “heat” down south. They get ready for the first competition this weekend.
Last weekend Rober Dover had a training session with all Canadian World Equestrian Games declared riders among them Jaimey with Dover and Ute with Lindor’s Finest.
A thank you to all supporter from Sonnenhof especially to Sally, Pat and Chris.
Ute sends greetings to all….from the pool, actually she is riding and cooking in Florida. Dieter was told!
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Another successful show at Cornerstoner’s Summer Classic
August 25, 2009
Anneka Sutton captured FEI Jr. Championship by winning the Team Test and placing first in the Freestyle with a score of 68%.
Mariah Sutton showed super consistency in most her rides in the Jr. Training level with her new partner “Pashabelle”. She scored up to 68%
Denisha Naidoo and “Woza Tombi” captured one 1st and a 2nd place with excellent scores in the high 60’s.
Lisa Oberbichler aboard “Tamborin” showed good results in the PSG Amateur division. She scored a respectable 63% for 2nd place and took home a 4th place on Sunday.
Kathy Douglas’s “Paris” had her first debut in a schooling session with her “temporary rider ” Jade Harris. Paris was on best behavior during her first outing.
Congratulations to all and thanks to Ute for her support despite a broken foot
 
   
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Success at Palgrave Dressage Show for Sonnenhof riders
July 23, 2009
 
Congratulations to Ute aboard “Lindor’s Finest” on winning the Grand Prix (65.75%) and the GP Special with 66.15 % and therefore claiming the Grand Prix Championship, closely followed by her son in law Jaimey Irwin on his horse “Dover”, winning the Reserve Champion. Ute also showed Pat Scherrer’s black Hanoverian gelding “El Cid” in the Prix St. George division. “El Cid” was obedient and fairly focused and scored in the 60 %.
Sarah Busse Turner claimed victory in the Intermediaire freestyle with her long time equine partner “Maximus”. They performed a flawless “Kur” to Bonanza and Mission Impossible music. The music was a definite crowed pleaser and both horse and rider enjoyed the ride.
Denisha Naido and Susie Curry showed good riding at the training level and scored in mid 60% for respectable placings in a big field of competitors.
Anneka Sutton and ” Fidelio” only being a ” team” for a short period of time, had excellent results in the FEI Jr division. They placed 2nd in both tests with scores of 67 and 65 %. Anneka’s sister Mariah, also on a new horse, was forming a strong partnership with “Pashabelle” at training level Jr by winning one test and placing 2nd in another class with scores of 63 and 65%.
Brooke Koppeser and “Roxy” claimed champion in the FEI Pony class. Even in the FEI test of choice class consisting of horses from Advanced to Grand Prix level Roxy placed in the top 4.
Lisa Oberbichler, a new student of Ute’s, was joining the “Sonnenhof crowd” in Palgrave . Lisa rode her long time partner “Tamburin” at the Prix St. George level, earning respectable scores of over 60 %.
Congratulations to all and thank you to all supporters, grooms and helpers for making this show another success.
  
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Congratulations to Sonnenhof Competitors at 2009 Blainville Show
July 1, 2009
Congratulations to Denisha Naidoo aboard “Woza Tombi” on their excellent results in Training Level at the June 24-27 Blainville Show. They scored up to 67 % earning the pair one of several first places during the show.
Ute and “Lindor’s Finest” had a respectable 5th place at their first CDI Show at the Blainville International Classic and captured 1st place in the Grand Prix Special with a score of 64.83%
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Congratulations
January 15, 2009
Congratulations to the family for their 2009 listings.
Ute Busse and Lindor’s Finest: Long listed at the Grand Prix level.
Sarah Busse-Turner and Maximus: Long listed at the Advanced level
Tina Irwin and Amicelli: Short listed at the Grand Prix level
Jaimey Irwin and Dover: Long listed at the Grand Prix level
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Royal Winter Fair Quadrille
November 19, 2008
Congratulations to all participants ,Gillian, Jessica, James, Ute and all their beautiful horses, at the Royal, Check out the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwWZbM4Y-AE
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2008 Champions at CADORA
November 19, 2008
Congratulations to all the winners of  this year
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Ontario Championchips
September 16, 2008
   Sonnenhof Stables congratulates all participants to a great showing last weekend.
The pictures tell the story…Woza Tombi and Denisha
Viva and Nick
Maximus and Sarah
Versace and Brooke
Coyote and Kelly
Harley and Susannah
Lindor and Ute
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Ute wins Grand Prix at Beaulieu Farms , Quebec
August 28, 2008
Team Sonnenhof had good results at Beaulieu Farms National Dressage Show on August 23/24.
After winning the GP in the Blainville National Division and the Palgrave Summer Classic, Ute repeated a first place at the CDN at Beaulieu Farms, QC on Aug.24th 2008 with her Dutch Warmblood Gelding “Lindor’s Finest”, co-owned by Sally Carlton of Guelph.
In the GP Special Ute placed 2nd after her son in law Jaimey Irwin on his black Oldenburg gelding “Dover”
Nick Utman aboard Susannah Curry’s “Vivas Capitol” earned 3 first places out of 4 tests with impressive scores up to 71.7% at First Level Open. Susannah also competed here mare “Harley” successfully at Bronze Level shows this year.
Denisha Naidoo, a new member of the Sonnenhof group, rode her mare “Wasa Tombi” to a respectable 62% in the training level division.
The “younger crowd” Carly Brohman, Brooke Koppeser, Ascecia, Sierra and Lace Griffiths, Kristin , Anneka and Mariah Sutton as well as Kelly Wasylciw showed successfully at the Palgrave Summer Classic and will finish their show season with the Conestoga Cadora Bronze Show in September
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