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Caroline Van Dalen

@caroline_eq1

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FLHS ‘27
Walk Trot Canter llc
Verano (Verano)☀️
Sur La Mer (Snickers)🌊
Butterfly Kiss (Molly) 🦋
Fairfield County Hunt Club

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Capital challenge! by @caroline_eq1

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2 days ago

Verano was such a good boy for CHJA finals picking up 5th place out of 32! We also had some practice in the jump seat picking up 2nd! Thank you @fairfieldcountyhuntclubstables for all your help! by @caroline_eq1

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2 months ago

Verano was an absolute angel the past few days not putting a foot wrong! He played a three ring horse and did the jumpers, hunters, did a few derbys and did some eq medals! He could not have been better, so grateful for the best boy 💖

~ 🥇In the Jumpseat
~ 4th in the Hamel
~ 🥇2’9 O/F
~ 4th 2’9 O/F
~ 🥉In the $1000 Derby
~ 6th in the $5000 Derby
~ As well as only scoring in the 80s 🥹

My mom @nataliev.photography spoils me with her amazing pictures 😛 A huge thank you to @fairfieldcountyhuntclubstables for all the help the past few days and all the amazing grooms that helped Verano and I! taken in Fairfield County Hunt Club by @caroline_eq1

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My first time at Devon!!🎡🍋🩵
I had such an amazing time, Verano was an angel and also enjoyed some cotton candy 🍬 and a funnel cake! Thank you @fairfieldcountyhuntclubstables for all of the help and thank you to my mom and dad for making this possible 💖
📸 @nataliev.photography taken in The Devon Horse Show by @caroline_eq1

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5 months ago

Some prom pics with da boi 🩵🐴

Thank you @nataliev.photography @payton.neumyer and @emmaawhidden for helping me!!! by @caroline_eq1

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6 months ago

Happy Holidays from Verano and I!! My first Christmas with Verano (I think he’s starting to get used to things on his head 😭) Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and happy new year!! ⭐️ by @caroline_eq1

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10 months ago

Another amazing show @nationalhorseshow Verano and I had such an amazing time and he jumped his heart out the whole week ❤️

~We finished top 20 out of 170 in the Hamel Medal! Scoring an 83.32 in the jumping phase and a 82.50 in the flat!
~We placed 4th in the 14-15 section B age eq O/F
~We placed 7th in the 14-15 section B flat
~And we had a very nice round on Saturday in the age eq but getting deep to the last jump kept us out of ribbons

Thank you so much to everyone @fairfieldcountyhuntclubstables for all the help over these few days and thank you verano for jumping ur heart out for me! And of corse thank you Snickers for qualifying me for the Hamel finals ❤️❤️

All the other 📸 @nataliev.photography
Slide 3 📸 @shawnmcmillenphoto taken in Kentucky Horse Park by @caroline_eq1

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a year ago

Another amazing year @newenglandequitation finals! I could not have been more happy with verano and I first final together! Hamel finals 🔜
We placed:

~18th overall In the nehc final scoring a 83.50

~4th in section B of the 15-17 age eq with a score of 82.50 and that score got us in the challenge of the states!

~Verano and I individually finished 12th in challenge of the states just missing ribbons with a score of 82.75

Thank you so much to @fairfieldcountyhuntclubstables for helping verano and I over these few days! And thank you @n_ventresca12 for all your help in my lessons getting me ready for this final! And most importantly thank you to snickers for helping me qualify way back love you so much ❤️❤️❤️

📸 @nataliev.photography taken in The Big E, Springfield, Massachusetts by @caroline_eq1

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a year ago

I would like to announce that verano is officially part of our family!!! After months of looking we think verano would be an amazing fit! We officially bought him yesterday but I wanted to make sure he wasn’t going to disappear when I woke up this morning but he’s still here so I can make my post!

Little bit about him!
- His show name and barn name is Verano or V for short!
- His birthday is 6/15/13 so he just tuned 12!
- He did 1.45 in Europe before he came to the states
- and he is a Holsteiner

So that’s a little bit about him I’m so excited to get to know him even more and I’m so happy to have a baby to call mine again ❤️❤️❤️ by @caroline_eq1

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Verano jumped his skin off for me for the past two days scoring only in the 80s!

We got🥈in the Hunter Horse Classic jumping to 3rd and moving up a place in the Handy

We had an amazing trip in the 2’9 derby getting us 🥉out of a good group

And getting 11th out of 30+ riders in the CHJA Jr Medal with a score of 83 with a rider error in the flat

Thank you so much to @fairfieldcountyhuntclubstables and all my friends and family for being amazing to me and verano ❤️

📸 @nataliev.photography taken in Fairfield County Hunt Club by @caroline_eq1

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a year ago

Two weeks ago I had my last ride on my best friend. Snickers is officially leased out to an amazing rider who will be learning the 2’6 ropes! Even tho I wish I could keep him forever this is the best thing for him! I will forever love you snickers and I’m going to miss our rides so much! He’s at an amazing barn close by so I will still be able to see him! Love you snickers I hope you can teach another girl just like you did for me 💕

📸 @nataliev.photography by @caroline_eq1

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a year ago

Happy birthday to my partner in crime!!!! Snickers is officially 16 so watch out for him on the roads!! I made him some treats and he got lots of cuddles and cookies 💕 Snickers you will forever be my best friend and the one who I have the most fun with. Thank you so much for making me happy and for giving me everything you have and more I love you so much and I’m so happy I have gotten to spend 3 birthdays with u. I love you so much, more than I could ever express to u. Thank you for everything and happy birthday baby ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ by @caroline_eq1

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