Sandy, UT- Premier Equestrian, one of the nation’s leading suppliers of dressage arenas, jumps, and ProStride® rubber footing, commemorated the recent loss of top FEI competitor, Susan Dutta’s famous long time partner, Gumshoes DC. Dutta and Lars Petersen, her trainer, were presented with a set of Olympia Lattice Top Flower Letter Boxes from Premier Equestrian to line their ring in his memory.

Last winter Dutta retired her famous grand prix partner of 11 years in the International ring at the Zada Enterprises CDI show in Wellington. The dark bay 17 year-old Dutch gelding stood majestically, draped in a shawl of red flowers looking around as if to say, “Is this all for me?”

“It was all for him and it still is,” said Dutta as she and Petersen will remember “Gummy” every time they gaze upon their ring and see his Premier Equestrian letter boxes in place.

After a decade of Gumshoes DC being a consistent finisher in both the large and small tour FEI competition, and being regularly long and short-listed for the USET since 2000, Premier Equestrian felt it appropriate to honor Dutta’s gallant campaigner with one of their outstanding products in his memory.

Premier Equestrian started as a small company supplying one product, The Classic Dressage Arena. In seven short years it has grown to be America’s leading manufacturer and distributor of dressage arenas and 500 other products for the equestrian.

The Brentina Arena, named after the famous mare, is their revolutionary design that solves the problems previously associated with multi-rail arenas. The 18" base cone is extremely stable in high wind. The rails snap into each base and will release upon any force or impact. The sleek 2-sided European design combines durability, safety, stability, and portability. The attractive Brentina Arena will again grace the Dixon Oval this year at Dressage at Devon.  Premier Equestrian is also an official vendor for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park September 25-October 10, 2010.

Sending the Olympia Flower Boxes to Dutta and Petersen in memory of a top competitor who gave his all was a much-appreciated gesture on the part of Premier Equestrian. “After losing a partner like Gumshoes, it is comforting to know he is missed by so many wonderful people involved in this business,” said Dutta. “We are grateful to Premier for this tribute.”

Photo: Premier Equestrian honors Susan Dutta’s Gumshoes DC.
(Susan J. Stickle)