Seldom Seen (1970–1996) was a Connemara/Thoroughbred cross that competed at the highest levels of

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with his rider,

Lendon Gray Lendon Fentress Gray (born April 13, 1949), is an American dressage champion, author, and former rider of Seldom Seen. Gray was born in Old Town, Maine, and began riding horses and competing at a young age, originally in the Western riding, Weste ...

. He was a

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. American-bred Seldom Seen was trained and competed by the

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dressage rider Lendon Gray. The pony was originally intended to be a

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mount for Kim, the daughter of Peg Whitehurst. He won USDF Horse of the Year awards from the Third Level through Grand Prix, as well as an individual gold medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Syracuse, NY. He was also AHSA Reserve Champion at 2nd level and AHSA Champion at 3rd, 4th, Prix St. Georges, and Intermediaire 1. Seldom Seen was retired in 1987, after winning the

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, Grand Prix Special, and Grand Prix Freestyle at Dressage at Devon. He died in 1996, at the age of 26. Although only , small for a Grand Prix dressage horse and described as an average mover, Seldom Seen was very successful and was particularly loved by the public because he was an "average" horse that performed spectacularly. He was inducted into the USDF Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Retirement Ceremony
Dressage horses Individual Connemaras 1970 animal births 1996 animal deaths {{horse-stub

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