Birds Equisports takes Dressage with Altitude CDI naming rights 2015

Organisers of the 2015 event are extremely excited to welcome Birds Equisports as their naming rights sponsor. Birds Equisports managing director Camilla Palmer says “Dressage With Altitude (DWA) is one of my favourite dressage events on the calendar and I would really like to help make it a great show in 2015”. Birds Equisports is a wholly owned and operated Australian Company retailing superior products and labels for both the horse and the rider www.birds-equisports.com

2015 will mark the 7^th running of Dressage with Altitude International Event hosted at the outstanding Bradgate Park property on the outskirts of Orange, NSW from February 19 to 22, 2015.  Incorporating CDI3*, CDI-Y, National Grand Prix, Medium Tour, Novice and Advanced competitions, this event promises to be one of the best DWA events held to date.

DWA will again showcase to the world the depth of talent our growing dressage scene offers with leading Australian Riders expressing their intention to attend the event including World Equestrian Games Australian representatives Mary Hanna and Maree Tomkinson (Vic), 2014 National and Equitana Equestrian Grand Final champion Heath Ryan (NSW), 2014 DWA Grand Prix Freestyle champion Caroline Wagner (Vic), up and coming Grand Prix combination Sue Hearn (NSW) and Remington plus a host of other Australian dressage elite and rising stars.  

With a highly regarded judging panel in place including 5* Susie Hoevenaars (AUS) fresh from the high pressure task of judging the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, Susie will be accompanying 5* judges Eduard de Wolff Van Westerrode (NED), Jean-Michel Roudier (FRA), Mary Seefried (AUS) and 4* judges Sue Hobson (NZL), Helen Hughes-Keen (NZL) and Ricky MacMillan (AUS).

Birds Equisports Dressage with Altitude International is again delighted to have the support of other long standing major sponsors for the 2015 event – Jilli Cobcroft, Pryde’s Easifeed, Orange Vet Hospital, Hertz Bathurst, Mulawa Arabian Stud, Commins Hendriks Solicitors, Saddleworld, AusWest Seeds, HRC Group and the ongoing encouragement and backing from Equestrian Australia and Equestrian NSW.

Entertainment on both the Friday and Saturday evenings of the event has become signature sessions of DWA where audience participation and all in fun is guaranteed.  The 2015 event will again see “The Running of the Dogs” Mini Prix Calcutta and educational session on the Friday evening, with the frivolity of the highly anticipated costume quadrille with trademark DWA twist featuring some of the DWA stars on the Saturday night prior to the hotly contested FEI Grand Prix Freestyle.

Tickets are limited and bookings for Saturday night are essential.

Entries are now open for the event and can be made online only via www.nominate.com.au (closing 18 Jan 2015)

Visit the event website for competitor, ticketing and other information on the event www.centralwestdressage.com

With strong support from competitors, the corporate sector, National and State Equestrian bodies, Birds Equisports Dressage with Altitude International CDI continues to be recognized as a “Tour de Force” in the Australian Dressage scene offering opportunity to the sport’s elite riders and encouraging emerging talent but at the same time maintaining the event’s unique repertoire of having a boutique feel with a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

For further information on the event contact:

Cathie Drury-Klein p. 0417 224 432 e. [email protected] or

Sue Scaysbrook p. 0418 174 558 e. [email protected]

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