Woodside, Calif. — Akiko Yamazaki and Four Winds Farm have announced the retirement of Suppenkasper, a staple of the U.S. Dressage Team for the past six years. Ridden by six-time Olympian Steffen Peters, Suppenkasper represented the U.S. Dressage Team at two World Championships, two Olympics, an FEI Dressage World Cup Final, and numerous Nations Cup competitions.

Suppenkasper, known adoringly in the barn as Mopsie, is one of the most successful horses in U.S. Dressage history, earning both Olympic and World Championship medals (Tryon 2018, Tokyo 2020), and made an appearance at the 2023 FEI Dressage World Cup Finals in Omaha, Neb., while earning the viral moniker of “Rave Horse” for his popular freestyle from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, becoming a highlight for viewers tuning into the Games. In total, Suppenkasper competed in more than 80 international competitions with Peters in the irons and earned 59 victories in Grand Prix CDI competition throughout their career together.

“Today, I look out my window to catch Ravel and Mopsie basking in the sun, the large crowds and long airplane rides now a distant memory. As we mark 20 years together as a team, the time has come to end this amazing journey and it is with deep gratitude to Steffen, the horses and everyone that has been part of this journey that we now end this excellent adventure and long ride with this team,” said Akiko Yamazaki. “With Steffen as our rider, and with a number of horses, including Lombardi, Ravel, Legolas, Rosamunde, and Suppenkasper, our team has traveled around the world and had the honor of representing the USA in multiple international championships and events.”

Through their partnership with Peters, Yamazaki and Four Wind Farms have represented the U.S. on the world stage for more than 20 years, including at five Olympic Games (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024), four FEI World Championships (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022), a Pan American Games (2019), and five FEI Dressage World Cup Finals, including a historic win aboard Ravel in 2009 in Las Vegas, N.V., while continuing to represent the United States at prestigious Nations Cup events, like CHIO Aachen and CHIO Rotterdam.

“What a true honor it has been to be a part of Mopsie’s career and life. It’s hard to explain how much appreciation I have for Akiko for purchasing him eight years ago and then supporting us to compete around the world together. The historic silver medal in Tokyo was, of course, the highlight of our career together,” said Peters. “For me, it will always be one of the proudest moments of our partnership – to have Mopsie deliver for our team that night in Tokyo. The individual victories were amazing, but I always felt the proudest delivering for our team, and it meant the world when we accomplished that in Tokyo. Mopsie became the ‘Rave Horse’, that’s still special to me because he connected so many people. They recognize him and his accomplishments, and there’s really no reason to mention my name, but it’s Mopsie’s character and energy which made people gravitate to him. The journey we’ve shared together is quite hard to put into words, but thoughts of gratitude, thankfulness, and friendship come to mind, both for Mopsie and Akiko, and I’m so privileged to have been a part of this journey with them.

“We have been fortunate to be part of so many teams with great riders, horses and owners over the years, and as anyone knows, there are countless hours of work and multiple shows to get to these culminating events and it truly takes a village to make things happen. We have had the amazing support of USEF staff, including Gil Merrick, Jim Wolf, Jenny van Wieren, Will Connell, Hallye Griffin, and Laura Roberts and knowledgeable Chef d’Equipes Klaus Balkenhol, Anne Gribbons, Robert Dover, Debbie McDonald, and Christine Traurig throughout the years, as well as the tremendous commitment of the team’s veterinarians Dr. Rick Mitchell, Dr. Cricket Rusillo, Dr. Paul McClellan, and Dr. Laura Faulkner and talented staff support,” added Yamazaki. “We’ve been lucky to have so many successful horses come through the U.S. Dressage Program, and we feel indebted with the deepest gratitude to the USET Foundation, led by Bonnie Jenkins, the competition organizers, and all the excellent service providers, including Dutta Corp, Klatte, JetPets, and Rockridge, among others, who have overseen the care and transportation of Mopsie and our other horses throughout their careers.”

Four Winds Farm and Yamazaki’s support of U.S. Dressage has produced tremendous international success over the years, with the highlight of the team silver medal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in which Suppenkasper and Peters played a significant role in helping to secure. Suppenkasper will now spend his days at Four Winds Farm in Woodside, California.

“Mopsie’s career would not have been possible without the support and dedication of our home team, which includes Dr. Rodrigo Vazquez and physiotherapist Tom Meyers who both have been on this journey with us as a team for more than 20 years; Suppenkasper’s groom Eddie Garcia, and our other staff and supports Rafael Hernandez, Dawn White O’Connor and Haley Smith; our farriers Jim Carr, Stephan Tournier, Chuck Mundo; and the many staff at Arroyo Del Mar who have been a part of taking care of our horses, as well as my incredible staff at Four Winds Farm, Merced Huerta, Humberto Bejinez, Bryant Cruz and Artemio Cruz who look after and love our horses once they’re retired at the farm, as well as Alyson Hamilton, Greg Hardester, and CFM for all of their behind the scenes work. Alongside Steffen and myself, Shannon, Jerry, Miki, and Emi have traveled the world together and shared the deep emotions that come with the highs and lows of being part of something so extraordinary,” concluded Yamazaki.

US Equestrian wishes Mopsie the best in his well-deserved retirement!

— Edited Press Release | US Equestrian

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Sometimes life is pretty good.

Like working as a freelance writer and covering the four-day Equine Affaire in MA for Horse Illustrated.

And sometimes life is downright awesome.

Like getting the chance to sit down with Steffen Peters for a quick interview at Equine Affaire. Our chat revealed the depth of passion that Steffen brings to the world of competitive dressage, the obvious joy he has in working with his wife Shannon at SPeters Dressage, and the lifelong hobby that lets his spirits soar.

Julie Maddock: Of all the horses you’ve worked with, which one stands out as your favorite?
Steffen Peters: That’s a tough one… It might have to be Ravel because he accomplished so much. The World Cup win is still one of my favorite moments. But Mopsie is a very, very close second.

Yes, he is referring to that Mopsie (nickname of the famous “Rave Horse” Suppenkasper; the dynamic duo’s freestyle performance set to pulsating dance music went viral. Steffen and Mopsie were part of the silver medal-winning U.S. Dressage Team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and placed in the top 10 in the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music.

JM: The Grand Prix Freestyle in Tokyo—that was so special in that it introduced dressage to a whole other world of people. How did that affect you?
SP: The one word that comes to my mind is “pride.” I was so proud of Mopsie—that he was able to address so many people… 70 million Google searches. For well-known people like Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg to mention dressage was pretty amazing. At that time, I did receive a phone call from Kevin Hart’s producer and she said, “Can you bring Mopsie into the studio? We’d like to put Kevin on him.” I thought that would be great—Mopsie is 18.2 hands and that would be a wonderful picture with Kevin on him. And I said, “I would love to do that, but check with your insurance. See what they say.” And absolutely no—it was just too much of a liability.

JM: What advice would you give to adult amateurs new to dressage?
SP: Everything depends on the horse. Of course, the rider has a lot to do with it. But there are so many problem horses out there. And I find that people do sell their problems a lot. I want to be super protective of anybody who is just starting in this sport. If you look at a horse—the temperament, the gaits, the conformation—it is so obvious. But the rideability of the horse, you know, how the horse listens to the contact, the way he listens to the leg aid, the seat aid, the way the horse offers some movements with more elasticity… I find that so extremely important to look for because horses are either born with that rideability or they’re not. I’ve ridden stallions with perfect conformation because of breeding purposes, but that doesn’t mean they are very rideable. So I’d much rather have a horse like Ravel that didn’t have the perfect conformation, but he was still willing, so elastic, and so supple.

JM: What are you most proud of in the creation of SPeters Dressage and Arroyo Del Mar training facility?
SP: What I am most proud of is the vision that my wife Shannon had of turning this into a 5-star boarding and training facility. This was Shannon’s baby. And when I tell people that it was Shannon’s baby, she always comments that it was “Shannon’s quadruplets”—that’s how difficult everything was. But she managed the whole construction, remodeling, everything that needed to be done, and she did that while I was in Europe. I’m very, very proud that she accomplished this.

JM: What’s next on the horizon for SPeters Dressage?
SP: We start our Olympic trials. Final team selection for Paris will be in Europe, and it would be wonderful if Mopsie could make it again.

JM: What role does support of your family play in achieving your equestrian goals?
SP: There’s no way I would be where I am today without Shanni. At the shows, she’s there and she still gets a little bit teary-eyed when things go well.

JM: What is one thing you’ve learned this past year that has made you a better horseman?
SP: I think something I have been working on for a long time is just being more patient with myself. I’ve always been pretty patient with my horses. But with myself, if I felt like I didn’t ride good enough, it used to occupy me way too long. And this idea of letting go is finally happening. I became so much better at meditation… Letting go and establishing even more calmness inside.

JM: Any interesting hobbies that allow you to just chill?
SP: Mainly flying model airplanes and gliders. It’s a really fun group of guys that we do this with. We go up to Central California, we camp out there, and I cook for the guys. It’s just a really fun way to relax.

JM: And this hobby goes back to your childhood in Germany and your dad?
SP: Yes, when I was about seven years old. Dad and I started this a long time ago. The airplane that my Dad built at that time, I still have a replica of this particular plane in my shop. It’s pretty neat.

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The U.S. Dressage Team finished team competition at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and captured the silver medal under the lights at Equestrian Park in Tokyo, Japan, making it the first time the team has collected a team silver since the London Olympic Games in 1948. The team competition saw eight nations vie for the three coveted podium positions, with Germany taking gold, the U.S. earning the silver, and Great Britain awarded the bronze medal.

Adrienne Lyle and Salvino received a 76.109 percent from the panel, while Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper, who rode in the second group, finished the competition with a 77.766, a personal best for the combination. Sabine Schut-Kery and Sanceo anchored the team and received a career-high 81.596 percent from the judges as one of the final rides of the evening.

Lyle, of Wellington, Fla., and Salvino, a 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Betsy Juliano LLC, were the trailblazers for the U.S. Dressage Team, riding early in the first group order. The pair executed a mistake-free test, giving momentum to the team for their second ride with Peters and Suppenkasper.

It’s a #silver medal for #USA in the #equestrian team grand prix special.#StrongerTogether | #Tokyo2020 | @FEI_Global pic.twitter.com/XMtjdpB9Vi

— Olympics (@Olympics) July 27, 2021

“I’m super thrilled,” said Lyle. “I was really hoping we could pull off a score like that for the team today. We were a little conservative in the Grand Prix, and it wasn’t our greatest display, so I wanted to come out here and push for a little bit more. Despite the heat and humidity, he was really a good boy and he delivered with no mistakes, and that’s what you want for the team test.”

In the second grouping of combinations, Peters, of San Diego, Calif., and Suppenkasper, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Akiko Yamazaki and Four Winds Farm, rode one of their best tests to date and earned a superb score, improving from their test on Sunday in the team qualifier competition.

“This is exactly what I wanted for my team,” said Peters. “It’s one thing to ride individually, but when you pull a good score for your team it’s an incredible feeling. When we came out of the arena, I gave Mopsie a big hug and thanked him from the bottom of my heart. We were seriously in the zone. When we were out there about to go in the ring, I said, ‘Mopsie, please just do what we just did out here in warm-up,’ and we had a good schooling this morning. He did that for me when it counted, and it’s an incredible feeling when a horse will fight for you like that in the arena.”

As the anchor combination for the team, Schut-Kery, of Napa, Calif., and Sanceo, a 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Alice Womble, rounded out the team’s effort with another stellar performance and personal best. The duo, who made their presence known in their first outing on Saturday, returned with another strong performance for the U.S. Dressage Team, helping them to clinch their second-place finish.

“For me, this was my first time here at the Olympics, and it was quite intense to wait that long for the end of the class, but I am so proud of my horse, my team, my owners, and the coaches,” said Schut-Kery. “It’s been a really, really great experience, and I am still a bit speechless. I was filled with joy and pride. It’s such a team effort. It’s a big relief to deliver for the whole team, not just my teammates, but everyone involved, and it just meant everything. It was just pure happiness.”

 

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With team competition concluded, Chef d’Equipe Debbie McDonald discussed her team’s performance throughout the team competition, as she was overcome with emotion.

“I am just so proud of this team,” said McDonald. “This is truly the dream team. They each persevered and delivered when their team needed them most. I am so elated by their accomplishment tonight, and wow, what a moment to be remembered for this program. We’ll be back tomorrow and ready for our last competition of this journey, which I am so proud to be a part of, and I have to thank all of the amazing coaches, support staff, and owners, as this wouldn’t have been possible without their dedication and unwavering commitment to our athletes and their horses.”

The Second Horse Inspection will take place at 10:30 a.m. JST/9:30 p.m. EDT and the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle for individual medals will begin at 5:30 p.m. JST/4:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 28. The order-of-go will be announced tomorrow morning. Official results can be found here.

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In the second podcast episode of The Horse Illustrated Episode of Horses in the Morning, brought to you by Title Sponsor Fields of Grace by author Cara Whitney, hosts Glenn the Geek and Sarah Evers Conrad talk to Elaine Bogan, director of the new DreamWorks Animation movie, Spirit Untamed; U.S. Olympic Dressage Team member Steffen Peters, who already has an abundance of experience on the international stage; and Margo Shallcross, the former trainer of Cass Olé, one of the horses that played The Black Stallion.

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Elaine Bogan is the director for the DreamWorks Animation movie Spirit Untamed, which came out in theaters on June 4, 2021. After receiving her Bachelors in classical animation at Sheridan College, Bogan found her home in story, which has translated into a challenging and successful career. She has been a story artist with DreamWorks Animation since 2005 on a wide range of feature films and television series, and began directing for the studio in 2011. Elaine Bogan became DreamWorks Television’s first female director while working on the series Dragons: Riders of Berk. Her debut episode was nominated for a 2014 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production. She went on to direct episodes of the Emmy-nominated Trollhunters and 3Below, both part of Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia trilogy. While the movie is now out in theaters, it will also be available on Premium Video On Demand platforms starting on June 25 for families to watch at home.

Links: 

• The Official Movie Website: https://www.dreamworks.com/movies/spirit-untamed

Steffen Peters came to the United States in 1984 from his native Germany to work for trainer Laurie Falvo in San Diego. He became a U.S. citizen in 1992. He has been one of the country’s top international dressage competitors ever since, having represented the U.S. at four Olympic Games, four FEI World Equestrian Games, and two Pan American Games, and now he is headed to his fifth Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, in July 2021.

Peters rode his KWPN gelding, Udon, to Team Bronze in his first Olympic outing in 1996. With Legolas 92, he won Team and Individual Gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto and Team Bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. With his longtime mount, Ravel, the KWPN gelding owned by Akiko Yamazaki, he won the FEI World Cup in 2009 and two Individual Bronze medals at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington. He has been recognized for his accomplishments with three USEF Equestrian of the Year titles, in 2008, 2009, and 2011.

Peters has built a phenomenal record with his current top horse, Suppenkasper, a KWPN gelding owned by Yamazaki and Four Winds Farm. They were undefeated in 2020 through the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla., and the CDI 3* at Desert Dressage in Thermal, Calif. The pair kicked off 2021 in the same winning fashion, winning the FEI Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special CDI 4* at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) week 3 and the FEI Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle CDI 5* during week 7 of the festival.

Links: 

• SPetersDressage: Operated by Steffen Peters and his wife, Shannon, a U.S. Dressage Federation Bronze, Silver, and Gold medalist and three-time National Championships competitor

Margo Shallcross was introduced to the world of Arabian horses in 1964. Shallcross joined Anderlea Arabians in Albion, Iowa, as head trainer and farm manager in the 70s. Her responsibilities included training, breeding, and showing Anderlea’s horses. In 1977, she became the head trainer and farm manager at San Antonio Arabians, home of Cass Olé. Cass Olé starred in two movies, The Black Stallion and Return of The Black Stallion. She showed the famous stallion at liberty at numerous national and international venues, including the U.S. and Canadian Arabian National Shows, the White House, and the Washington International Horse Show. She also presented Cass during T.V. appearances. In 1983, she opened her own training facility, Fancy Free Arabians, which she ran until 2006. There, Shallcross offered training, lessons, breeding, and showed clients’ horses at the local, regional and national levels.

Shallcross, who has been judging Arabians since 1990, is a Senior National Judge with the USEF Arabian Division, the Pinto Association, the American Miniature Horse Association and the American Miniature Horse Registry. She has judged numerous national and international world competitions, including shows in Venezuela, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Canada.

Links: 

• Official Site of The Black Stallion

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U.S. Equestrian has announced the four athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, as part of the United States Dressage Olympic Team. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Debbie McDonald and Team Leader Hallye Griffin. The first horse inspection will take place on July 23, and competition is set to begin on July 24 and continue through July 28, 2021, at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo, Japan. Three combinations will compete as a team with one traveling reserve.

“The team selected to represent us in Tokyo is incredibly strong, and I’m looking forward to working with these combinations in the coming weeks to ensure we deliver performances our country will be proud of this summer,” said Chef d’Equipe Debbie McDonald. “We’ve worked tremendously hard over the past year to adjust and prepare for these Games, and it’s exciting to see all of the hard work begin to pay off. These combinations are up for the challenge that will be presented to us in Tokyo, and we are incredibly grateful for the continued support of our family, friends, and fans around the country.”

The following athlete-and-horse combinations will represent the United States at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and are listed in alphabetical order:

◆ Adrienne Lyle, of Wellington, Fla., and Salvino, a 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Betsy Juliano, LLC
◆ Steffen Peters, of San Diego, Calif., and Suppenkasper, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki
◆ Sabine Schut-Kery, of Napa, Calif., and Sanceo, a 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Alice Womble

The following combination has been named as the traveling reserve:

◆ Nick Wagman, of San Diego, Calif., and Don John, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Beverly Gepfer

The following combinations have been named as team alternates to the United States Dressage Olympic Team and are listed in selected order:

◆ Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, of Haymarket, Va., and Rassing’s Lonoir, a 17-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding owned by Mary Anne McPhail and Olivia LaGoy-Weltz
◆ Ben Ebeling, of Moorpark, Calif., and Illuster van de Kampert, a 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Sasha Cutter for Nuvolari Holdings and Amy Roberts Ebeling

All team nominations are subject to United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee approval. The USEF International High Performance Programs are generously supported by the United States Equestrian Team Foundation, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, and United States Equestrian Federation sponsors and members.

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Further Reading

◆ U.S. Dressage Mandatory Observation Event Showcases Talent of Top U.S. Combinations

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The 14 athlete-and-horse pairs on the U.S. Dressage Olympic Short List took their final trip down the centerline on June 12 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Fla., contesting the FEI Grand Prix Special Test at the U.S. Dressage Mandatory Observation Event.

The U.S. Dressage Mandatory Observation Event served as the final opportunity for the combinations named to the U.S. Dressage Olympic Short List to compete in an atmosphere comparable to what the team’s experience will be in Tokyo, Japan later this summer. The combinations named to the final roster of three competitors and one traveling reserve, will be announced no later than June 21, 2021.

“I’m super excited. I think we have three extremely strong combinations who are capable of scoring above 80 percent, and I don’t think we’ve ever had this type of depth before. There were many great rides tonight, and it’s exciting for U.S. Dressage,” said Debbie McDonald, chef d’equipe of the U.S. Dressage Team. “This event was the smartest thing we could have done in this year with all the various challenges and logistics. Hopefully when we get to Tokyo it will pay off, but either way, it was a good for these riders to feel what the horses were like in this environment.”

Adrienne Lyle, of Wellington, Fla., and Betsy Juliano LLC’s 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion, Salvino, turned in the top test of the evening, posting a new personal best score of 81.830%. Lyle selected a soundtrack of music that included a mix of classical and oldies for her FEI Grand Prix Special to Music, matching the stallion’s energy and elegant movement.

“I wanted to be able to put in another solid test with him, and I have to say he feels really good. I had one of the best feelings I’ve ever had in the warm-up,” said Lyle. “The piaffe and passage felt really secure and confident. The final centerline felt super, and he came out of the ring feeling fresh and fit. I think that was a huge test in this heat and humidity.

He is the horse you want with you down in the trenches. He totally gets it. If I start to slip up, he is always right there to catch me, and those kinds of horses are special, and there are not many like that which you get to sit on in your lifetime,” added Lyle, as she talked about her relationship with Salvino.

Steffen Peters, of San Diego, Calif., continued his long streak of exceptional results with Suppenkasper, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Four Winds Farm, just narrowly missing the 80% mark with an average score of 79.532%. Peters rode the impressive gelding to a mix of music that included pop hits by Coldplay and Snow Patrol.

After earning a personal best in Wednesday night’s FEI Grand Prix, Sabine Schut-Kery, of Napa, Calif., and Sanceo, Alice Womble’s 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion, had another banner performance, earning a 78.298% to round out the top three. Nick Wagman, of San Diego, Calif., and Don John, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Beverly Gepfer, finished in fourth place with a score of 76.043%. Olivia LaGoy Weltz, of Haymarket, Va., and Rassing’s Lonoir, a 17-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding owned by LaGoy Weltz and Mary McPhail, received a 75.170% from the judging panel for the fifth best score of the night.

Results

Watch the U.S. Dressage Mandatory Observation Event on-demand at USEF Network.

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