RIDERS

Diana Ramos de Tejeda

Las Marismas is the training base for Dominican Equestrian Team member Diana Ramos de Tejeda. She and Nienke, a 9-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, helped the Dominican Republic Dressage Team finish fourth place out of ten teams at 2003 Pan American Games.

Diana is a 34-year-old economist from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Working full-time, her success in dressage is due to her hard work and dedication. In 2002, Diana, who is coached by Holland's Diederik Wigmans, competed on Florida’s winter circuit and Canada’s summer circuit.

Riding Arabella, a 12-year-old Dutch mare by Blanc Rivage XX, she helped the Dominican Republic to its first-ever win of the FEI World Dressage Challenge, an international event sponsored by Performance Sales International (PSI), with her win in the Advanced class with 61.43%. Later that year, she competed as an individual in the Advanced division at the 2002 FEI Dressage Championships of the Americas held in Blainville, Quebec.

Topping off the year, Diana and Arabella were members of the Dominican Republic Dressage Team that won the individual bronze medal at the 2002 Central American Games held in El Salvador.

With a solid performance record behind her, Diana, aboard Nienke, competed in Florida and Kentucky in early 2003 in preparation for representing her country at the 2003 Pan American Games being held in Dominican Republic. In front of a hometown crowd, they helped the Dominican Republic Dressage Team place fourth overall.

With the Pan American Games behind her, Diana plans to continue to build her partnership with Nienke and represent her country at future international competitions.