2022 Fall Symposium program

Olivia LaGoy-Weltz on Johnny Be Goode
26 n Carl Hester
THANK
YOU
DEMONSTRATION RIDERS
& HORSE OWNERS
YOU ARE TERRIFIC
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DEMO RIDER
OLIVIA
LAGOY-WELTZ
is originally from northern California, where she grew
up riding in dressage and eventing. After graduating
high school, she spent five years working and riding
in Holland and Germany. In 2009, Olivia moved to
Versailles, Kentucky to work for Kathy Priest at Woodspring
Farm. In 2013, she moved to Virginia and, two
years later, opened Mountain Crest Farm in Haymarket,
where she has been based ever since. Olivia has
been a long-time member of the USEF Elite Dressage
List with Rassing's Lonoir. This pair was the traveling
alternate for the Pan American Games (2015), and the
World Equestrian Games (2018), and the reserve
team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They represented
the USA on several Nations Cups in the US and in Europe,
including Aachen and Rotterdam. The pair qualified
for the World Cup in 2020 and 2021 (both of
which were canceled due to COVID-19 and EVH.) n
JOHNNY
BE GOODE
(Dream Boy x Amazing Grace x Tietse 428) belongs to
Fritz and Claudine Kundrun. Johnny competed at the
World Young Horse Breeding Championships as a 5-
year-old under Emmelie Scholtens in 2019, and he was
the highest ranked gelding at the 5-year-old finals that
year. He was purchased later that fall by the Kundruns
and imported to the US. For the next year, he was developed
by Kya Enderson, under the watchful eyes of
Allison Brock and Richard White. In December 2021
Olivia LaGoy-Weltz took over the ride on Johnny. At
the time of printing, Johnny and Olivia are ranked number
one in the country for the Developing PSG. Olivia
says, “Johnny recently discovered watermelon--
though he's not a big fan of the rind-- and he loves to
roll in the round pen, but he's not a fan of staying outside
very long.” n
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