With Carrie Schopf being the surprise Olympic contender on the Florida scene, the Phoenix born Lisa Wilcox is dazzling the crowds on European soil.
With the approved Oldenburger stallion Rohdiamant Wilcox scored her first 70% score in the freestyle and 68% in the Grand Prix at the International Stallion Show in Zwolle, the Netherlands. These top scores bombarded her into one of the leading American contenders aiming for an entry in the USET Olympic Dressage Team for the Games in Sydney, September 2000.
Former wife of Grand Prix rider Jan Ebling, Lisa moved to Germany in 1994 to train with the late Herbert Rehbein. The three following years Wilcox often switched trainers moving from Denmark to Germany back and forth. However, in 1997 the notorious Gudula Vorwerk signed her up for a steady position as trainer at Germany's leading stallion farm "Vorwerk". Training at the side of double Olympic Champion Nicole Uphoff, Wilcox collects valuable experience in Cappeln, Germany, which renders her into a rider with soft hands and a most gorgeous seat. Her 10-year-old mount Rohdiamant (Rubinstein I x Inschallah AA) is considered to be the most popular stallion in Germany.
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Scores 2000 Zwolle International Stallion Show
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