b'2020 NATIONAL AWARDS Rood & Riddle Thoroughbred Sport Horse of the YearKaytee MountainKaytee Mountain did not win anyGallagher said she feels it takes a particular horse and rider to prizes on the racetrack, recordingsucceed in dressage with the Thoroughbred, noting how highly four rear-half finishes from as manystrung this breed is. You need someone who is going to work with starts in the Mid-Atlantic in 2007,you to come up with creative ideas and training exercises to access but now at age 18, the son of Detheir active brains and tight bodies.Niro has earned recognition as theShannon Stevens and Gigi Nutter have played key roles in Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of theKaytee Mountains training, Gallagher has noted in interviews.Year. Gallagher indicated to Eurodressage that she views off-the-track An off-track ThoroughbredThoroughbreds (OTTBs) as an alternative to expensive dressage owned and ridden by Sue Gallagher,prospects. She purchased Kaytee Mountain for $3,500, she said.STACY LYNNEKaytee Mountain competes inHowever, I would not go for one who had 30 starts and won dressage within the Internationalloads of money, she said. Personally, I would go for one that has Federation for Equestrian Sports. Too slow to achieve on thehad limited starts and won very little, like Tee, who had a few racetrack, he has flourished in a different setting, developing withinstarts and came last (or near-last) every time.the ranks of Concours de Dressage International, or CDI. She told Eurodressage her most crucial success with Kaytee On her website, Gdtdressage.com, Gallagher calls KayteeMountain was training him from the racetrack to Grand Prix and Mountain, otherwise known as Tee, her first love. She bought himcompeting in the USDF national events in Grand Prix and being out of a field in October 2007 as a 4-year-old in Pennsylvania. Yearsawarded the USDF gold medal. We did what so many people said later, Gallagher earned a United States Dressage Federation silverwe couldnt do, and that was beyond rewarding. But it was also an medal in 2014 and bronze medal in 2013 teaming with him. amazing moment to compete in CDIs. We were due to compete in By any measure, these were stellar achievements for a horse whoour first CDI Grand Prix, but unfortunately with all events being earned just $250 on the track for racing owners Robert Redcay andcanceled due to (COVID-19), we have to wait.Bruce Hostetter. Deerview Racing Stable bred him in Pennsylvania. But we will be training and improving, so we can really show In an interview with Eurodressage.com in the fall of 2020,just what the OTTB can do in the CDI ring. Byron KingRobert N. Clay Conservation AwardJohn and Leslie MaloneJohn Malone,Bridlewood Farm manager, George Isaacs, serves on the board the largestof Horse Farms Forever. Their leadership led to other local farms landowner in thejoining the movement to protect the unique heritage and culture of United States, isCentral Florida horse farms. no stranger to theAccording to John in a Colorado Community Media story, There conservation world.are two kinds of ranchers. Long-term, conservation-oriented A well-respectedstewards of the land who want to lock the land in as agricultural philanthropist andforever, or those who say conservation easements reduce the supporter of landvalue. The Malones long-term commitment to land conservation preservation, Johnserves as an impressive example for the Thoroughbred community. is the founder ofAmong the Malones many conservation achievements was the Malone Familythe permanent protection of Riveredge Farm, the prestigious Land PreservationThoroughbred horse farm previously known as Sycamore Hall Foundation. Leslie Malone, a horse lover since childhood, is aFarm in Maryland, which was on track to become aresidential well-known equestrian and major supporter of the U.S. Olympicdevelopment before the Malones purchased the property and Dressage Team.protected it with a 532-acre conservation easement. Riveredge is The Malones purchased the 800-acre historic Bridlewood Farmnow maintained as a 600-acre world-class sport horse facility.in Ocala, Fla., in August 2013 and spearheaded its revitalizationAccording to the Bangor Daily News, in addition to preserving as a working Thoroughbred operation. It now covers more thanland in Florida and Maryland for Thoroughbred operations, John 2,000 acres. The Malones also demonstrated their commitment toalso owns large expanses of land in Maine, New Mexico, Colorado, protecting Central Floridas prestigious horse lands as foundingWyoming, and New Hampshire and has earned a reputation as a members of Horse Farms Forever in Marion County, Fla., theconservation-minded buyer who maintains the traditional uses of 2020 recipient of the Robert N. Clay Conservation Award. Theirthe properties he buys. Holley Groshek22 TOBA NATIONAL AWARDS DINNER/2021'