Marlena Kurz Dressage

Shelley Dragon-Severson’s Levi had an incredible weekend with a 73.4% and 75.1% to win his 1-3 classes, and was Reserve High Point in the Open division Saturday and Sunday!

Huge congrats to Ashlee Watts on some incredible scores and top finishes at the USDF Region 9 Championships!! Possibly the most exciting part of the week was Ashlee and Hampton’s beautiful Grand Prix debut, and earning her USDF Gold Medal on the horse she trained from the beginning 🤩

Ashlee and Ricarda were AA Reserve Champion SWDC at 4th Level, GAIG Reserve Champion at 4th Level, SWDC Champion at 3rd Level, and GAIG Champion at 3rd Level with an IMPRESSIVE 75.6% 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

With her young horse Falkner, she was 3rd in SWDC Training Level, Champion in GAIG Training Level, 3rd in SWDC 1st Level, and Champion in GAIG Training Level! My favorite comment from one of the judges was “what a good boy” Falkner was ❤️

Grace and I rode in the open show at the Region 9 Championships this past weekend, and it was a blast!!!

Grace put in two solid 2nd level tests on her pony Willo The Wisp BBR. She is riding more forward and confidently in the ring and just keeps plugging away at the basics. Go Grace!!

Kenley competed in 1st level 3 for the first time and won his class! It was high 60’s and blue ribbons for him all weekend!

📸 Moonfyre Photography
Darron Bergstrom

Marlena Kurz Dressage offers a balanced and thoughtful training program for horse and rider.

Marlena is a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold Medalist that aims to develop and enhance each horse through her simplified training approach. She is based in Humble, conveniently located 30 minutes north from the heart of downtown Houston.

Contact Marlena at 210-643-8656 or find out more at kurzdressage.com

Little horse, big moves 👊🏽

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A little late to post the recap from the HDS Summer Show from last weekend, it was a HOT one 🥵

Grace Bergstrom continues to improve her 2nd Level test 1 on Willo. They are the cutest pair ❤️ I piloted her superstar youngster, Kenley to consistent 70%+ percent in 1st Level and a 73.6% in Training 3 💃

Ashlee Watts absolutely killed it on her two horses Ricarda and Falkner. Ricarda scored up to 71% at 3rd Level 3 and was high point Westfalen, and Reserve High Point Amateur on Sunday. Youngster Falkner made his 1st Level debut and scored up to 69.8% and was High Point Amateur on Sunday!

Looking forward to a productive week preparing for the HDS Summer Show this weekend 😊

📸: Sara Hellner Photography

5 year old German Riding Pony “Kenley” owned by Darron and Grace Bergstrom strutting his stuff at the GSEC Diamond Classic last weekend ✨

Absolutely loved working with Moonfyre Photography. These pictures turned out amazing!!

Darron Bergstrom Suzy Bergstrom

Had a great time this past weekend coaching and riding at the GSEC Diamond Classic!

Grace Bergstrom made her 2nd Level debut on her adorable pony Willo. She rode two very clean tests and even got her first “9” (two 9’s in one test🎊).

Ashlee Watts rode two lovely PSG tests on her own Hampton with some pretty incredible canter pirouettes and even threw some 1 tempis in because why not 😉 Even with the mistakes in the tempis she scored a 67.5% and is qualified for Championships at PSG 💪🏽
Ashlee also brought her youngster Falkner and cleaned up the Training Level division!! Her lowest score being a 72.3% and her highest being a 76.5%.

I brought L.a Mayfield Kaiser’s beautiful mare Je Ne Sais Quoi as a non compete. It was a bit of a big scary world at the show for her but she did great!!
Lastly I competed Grace Bergstrom’s Kenley and he scored above 70% in both his Training Level classes and mid to high 60’s his first time out at First Level!

As always I am so grateful for all the help and support I get from my people 🥰 y’all make the weekend wonderful.
Darron Bergstrom Suzy Bergstrom Sovereign Farm LLC. L.a. Mayfield-Kaiser