Lexington

by hilltopfarminc_webadmin | Aug 1, 2025 |

Lexington Lexington is a 2-year-old, 16 hh filly of considerable potential. Through her sire (Lord Leatherdale x Negro) and dam (E.H. Caprimond x Veneziano), she is related to several international dressage competitors and champions, including Glamourdale, Everdale, Valegro, and Hohenstein. At her first Dressage Sport Horse Prospect In-Hand class this past July, she scored 9.6 out of 10 for “overall frame & topline; balance & proportions” and 9.3 for “general impression”.  She already shows uphill balance, suspension, elasticity, and cooperative temperament. Given her breeding, conformation, and intelligence, she may well reach advanced levels in dressage. At her Oldenburg N.A. Registry inspection, Lexington was designated a Premium Foal, received the High Score award, and was named Foal Champion. As a weanling and yearling, she received training at Ellsworth Equine Program in showmanship and obstacle skills, patience when tied, desensitization to many different stimuli, picking up and giving of feet, and standing for grooming and the farrier. She was also introduced to ground driving, saddle and bridle, and standing quietly while being mounted and dismounted. This year, she has been started under saddle and lightly introduced to yielding to leg pressure, serpentines, picking up leads at a slow jog, backing up straight, side-passing, and voice cues during longeing. She will be ready for more formal training when she is three years old. Lexington’s sire, Louisville HTF, has been making excellent progress through the levels, moving up to the Intermediate I in the fall of 2024, as a 7-year-old. He has won the US Dressage Finals, All-Breeds Awards, and placed 7th at the USEF National Championships. He earned excellent scores at his...