Suzanne Smith, of Palos Verdes Estates, rides Spencer during a dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Champions Wintersnow, 380, ridden by Hilda Gurney, and Karuso II, ridden by Cathy Cadieux, wait in the warm up area before an award’s ceremony at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Jenifer Watkins, of Strathmore, atop Apfelkorn, at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Leslie Webb, of Bakersfield, happily smiles in front of the judges after completing the dressage course atop Harmony’s Sandro at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Michele Cooper, of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, rides Highlight passed the judges at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Class 72 champion Cathey Cadieux, of Malibu, atop Karuso II, with the champion’s ribbon, awaits the awards ceremony in the warm up area at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
San Shivago, ridden by Louise Koch, of Westlake Village, performs dressage at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Jenifer Watkins, of Strathmore, atop Apfelkorn, acknowledges a judge after finishing her dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Highlight, ridden by Michele Cooper of Rancho Santa Fe, during a dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Melissa Rogers, of Sonoma, who won the event yesterday, pats her horse De Lovely after she made a mistake that put her off course at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
A crowd gathers around a woman entering performance scores at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Suzanne Smith, of Palos Verdes Estates, rides Spencer in a long exposure image during a dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Leslie Webb, of Bakersfield, smiles and leands to pat Harmony’s Sandro in front of the judges after completing the dressage course at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Judges acknowledge Michele Cooper, from Rancho Santa Fe, CA as she rides Highlight at the beginning of her dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Louise Koch, of Westlake Village, after nodding to the judge, begins to ride San Shivago in a dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Lehua Custer, of Moorpark, atop Dance With Me as she performs a dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Mette Rosencrantz, of Topanga, atop Finally, gets a wave from a judge to begin her dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Leslie Webb, of Bakersfield, rides Harmony’s Sandro during a dressage routine at the California Dressage Society’s Annual Championship Dressage Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)