Ready For the 2011/2012 Dressage Season

11 year old PRE Stallion - ESMALTADO IV

Very Proud of my daughter, Stephanie

In Memory Of My Beloved Brother David

Gone much too soon and never to be forgotten.

Though we are now apart, your spirit lives within us, forever in our hearts.

August 13th 2011

Summer Sizzler I Dressage - Canterbury, Florida

Simply delighted with Esmaltado's First I one test in the U.S.

White Fences Dressage Series 2011

Gorrion's I1 Dressage test with Dr. Chopra in the morning

Polo with Piaget in the afternoon

My Friends At the Sunshine Tour 2011

Daniel Martin (Grandioso Rider) & Kimberly Van Kampen Boyer

Jan Bemelmans, Spanish Dressage Team Trainer

Ignacio "Black & White" Grosso, Samuel Lopez & Ignacio Bravo

Alejandro Barreras (General Manager) & Teresa Fontan

The royal carriage tour provided by D. Antonio Blasquez

The WEG 2010 Champions: Fuego, Juan Manuel Munoz & Jose Antonio Mena

Sunshine Tour 2011

Kimberly Van Kampen Boyer and Lily visit Grandioso at the Sunshine Tour.

Bob Langrish in South Florida

World renowned Equestrian Photographer, Bob Langrish is in south Florida covering the winter jumping circuit and the CDI W dressage. Lily Chiu Zilo was honored by a visit from Bob for a few casual shots of a warm up in full dress.

We congratulate Bob for his recent M.B.E. appointment by the Queen of England.

Linda Zang Schooling Show

World renowned Olympic Dressage Judge, Hon. Linda Zang offered a one day schooling show at the Brandon Equestrian Center which was attended by a wide range of local and international riders including Lily Zilo & her Pure Spanish Horse, Gorrion. All participants had a unique opportunity for a trial test run with an Olympic Jedge before the Wellington Dressage Classic CDI W.

My New Good Friend

Good friend and great rider from Brazil, Samira Uemuras currently riding for the Dominican Republic.

Gorrion Rules !

Pure Spanish horse, Gorrion made an impressive appearance at the Gold Coast Dressage Association (GDCA) on January 21-23, 2011. Ridden by International FEI competitor and trainer, Yvonne Losos de Muniz, Gorrion owned by Lily Zilo made an elegant debut of season at Prix St. George.

Tell Me It Won't Bite

Hosted by the Lattimore's, Lily spends the first couple of days of the New Year on the Choctaw Preserve in Denisson, Texas. www.choctaw-preserve.com

Dr. Yang DVM - Taipei

After 37 years, Lily meets a classmate in Taipei that became a Veterinarian. Dr. Yang is currently the resident Vet for the Taiwan national dressage team. How is that for a coincidence !

My Class Reunion in Asia

Last, Thanksgiving, I was fortunate enough to travel to Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei for a school reunion that was attended by 40 out of my 54 elementary school classmates. The highlights of the trip was my return to my birthplace, Taipei for the first time in 26 years and seeing classmates for the first time in 37 years.