Sarah Lockman Rides 4-Year-Old Lyamora to One of Highest Scores in World at Wellington in First Competition

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 15, 2020–Sarah Lockman rode Lyamora to a score of 9.44 points at a Global Dressage Festival national qualifier for the U.S. finals, one of the highest scores for a four-year-old in the world in the mare’s first competition.

Sarah found the Dutch mare (Ferguson x Contango) in Holland last year when Lyamora was just six weeks under saddle. She told Gerry Ibanez, the owner of Summit Farm in Murrieta, California and sponsor of Sarah that Lyamora “for sure she was the best young horse I had ever sat on.” Gerry bought the horse for Summit. He died last November but his family continues to own the horse and support Sarah.

Lyamora was awarded 10 for the canter with the remark from Janet Lee Foy, FEI 5* judge of Colorado, and Jodi Lees of South Carolina, “Lovely lift and freedom in shoulder, we can’t think of anything to make it better.”

The trot was seen by the judges as “super elastic and expressive” and awarded 9.7; the walk 8.7, submissiveness 9 and overall impression 9.8.

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Article written by: KENNETH J. BRADDICK