Horse’s Tale - Corinna

This story is from the August 2019 Horse Deals magazine.

Synopsis
Stable Name: Corinna
Height: 16.2hh
Age: 12
Breeding: Crelido/Larinna
Owner: Pauline Carnovale
Rider: Lone Jörgensen
Top 5 Results:
• 1st 2016 Boneo Spring CDI PSG 
• 1st 2017 Boneo Classic CDI PSG
• 1st 2019 Boneo May Competition Inter II
• 1st 2019 Boneo May Competition Inter II
• Big Tour Winner 2019 Boneo Winter Championships

Corinna & Pauline

Pauline, what was Corinna’s history before you purchased her? Corinna was bred in Denmark by Stutteri Hove. She was actually bred as a jumping horse, and won a bronze medal in the Young Horse jumping competition in Denmark. Natasja Van Den Boegart rode the horse and for some reason switched to dressage, and continued to train Corinna until she was sold.

How did Corinna come into your life? I was looking for another horse and engaged Matty Marissink in Holland. Matty introduced me to Corinna.

What was your first ride on her like? I instantly liked Corinna. She felt very safe, was very supple and forward going with three good paces.

How did she transition to her new life in Australia? Very well. We had no trouble with her settling in at our farm. She particularly enjoyed going out to the paddock to graze.

What was your first outing together and how did it go? Boneo Park Christmas competition, December 2015. She won the PSG and was well behaved.

You and Corinna have since been successful in the Small Tour level, what was your highlight while competing her? Winning the two PSG CDI’s at Boneo.

What has she taught you as a rider? I think she is similar to most horses where you need patience to get to where you want.

You have now passed on the ride to Lone Jörgensen, how did that come about? Lone has been my coach for the last five years. She offered to ride Corinna to help transition to Grand Prix, but after a short while it was obvious Lone and Corinna got on very well together, so she continued to ride her. There was no set plan, it has just progressed to where they are now. Lone continues to coach me on my other GP horses, Captain Cooks and Urestan.

How does it feel to watch Lone and Corinna in the arena? I feel very privileged to have Lone ride, and especially compete Corinna, so it feels pretty good.

Corinna & Lone

Lone, you’ve brought Corinna through to Big Tour, how has she taken to the more advanced movements? Corinna is a very talented horse so it has not been difficult to learn the GP movements, however, it will of course take some time until she gets routine in performing the whole Grand Prix.

How does she handle the big occasions? I actually don’t know as we haven’t been to any big occasions but in the last years when Pauline competed her she has never had any problems with different surroundings.

What is her most annoying habit or quirk? To be honest I haven’t noticed any dark sides of hers. For a mare she has a perfect temperament.

Strongest personality trait? She is very willing to learn and work.

Preferred work environment? Corinna doesn’t care of being worked inside or outside.

What is her weekly training regime? I have never had a weekly program with any of my horses. I always go day by day and try to adapt into how the horses work through the warm up. There is of course mostly a weekly day off or even two but it’s not the same day every week.

What is the first thing on your shopping list for her? Ha ha, I better not say that but Corinna’s groom Ebony and I have plans.

What celebrity does she remind you of? Not of any. She’s an individual as every other horse, there’s not two the same out there in my opinion.

Does she get much downtime during the year? High performance horses on the highest Grand Prix level don’t have downtime as a such but the work does of course get set up according to the  shows she will compete at. If there are a few months without a show, we work on getting the suppleness, lightness and throughness even better and do less GP movements. She hacks out every day after the work all year around.

What are your plans with Corinna for the next 12 months? My plans are to get her to perform as good as possible in Grand Prix and we will see where that takes us.

3 things we don’t know about Corinna?
1. She doesn’t like tractors.
2. She loves been scratched on her back.
3. She gets offended if the carrot is not ready as soon as the bridle comes off.

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