EA Cygnus+//

With Mimi Stanley aboard, EA Cygnus+// (1990-2013)  was the only Arabian to be awarded the Adequan/USDF Jr/Young Rider Grand Prix Horse of the Year. Cygnus was also the first Arabian and second horse of any breed to earn a prestigious USDF Horse Performance Certificate at EVERY level of dressage – Training through Grand Prix – a feat requiring more than 90 qualifying scores.  Cygnus completed an astounding 75 USDF Grand Prix tests in his career, making him one of the top 50 dressage horses of all time – living or dead, and of any breed –  for number of USDF Grand Prix scores. Cygnus was named Upper Level Dressage Horse of the Year (2013) by readers of Arabian Sport Horse Magazine.

Other accomplishments include:

National Championships:

• Sport Horse Show Hack
• Prix Saint George
• Intermediate II
• Grand Prix Freestyle

Reserve National Championships:

• Sport Horse Show Hack (twice)
• 4th Level Dressage
• Prix Saint George
• Grand Prix

Great horses are not often easy horses. They have big egos and idiosyncrasies and quirks and foibles. Horses of a lifetime do exist, but only for riders so skillful, tactful, and courageous that they can unlock and then reveal the brilliance of their equine partners.

Dressage Scores for Cygnus

News about Cygnus and Mimi:

• “Here Come the Arabians,” EA Cygnus and Mimi featured in Dressage Today (April 2014)
• “Cygnus Named Upper Level Dressage Horse of the Year,” Arabian Sport Horse Magazine (Feb/March 2014)
• “Success with Cygnus,” Desert Mirage Magazine (February 2014)
• “Farewell to Cygnus,” Arabian Sport Horse Magazine (December 24, 2013)
• “Sad Loss of Top US Dressage Horse Cygnus,” Horsetalk.co.nz (December 24, 2013)
• “Top US Dressage Horse from Bismarck Dies,” Bismarck Tribune (December 26, 2013)
• “Arabian-Breds Shine in CSDEA Dressage Championships,” Arabian Sport Horse Magazine (October 2013)
• “Arabian Among Top Dressage Horses in History,”Arabian Sport Horse Magazine, (September 2013)
• “Arabian Dressage Horse a Record Breaker” – Eventing Nation, HRTV and horsetalk.co.nz (April 2013)
• “Success with Cygnus” – Mimi’s journey with EA Cygnus – Arabian Sport Horse Magazine (April/May 2013)
• Mimi Stanley Named to the Olympic Dream Team – Dressage Foundation  (May 2010)
• Mimi Stanley Defies Dressage Stereotypes – Chronicle of the Horse (Feb. 2009)
• Neither Rain, nor Snow, nor Sleet, nor Hail can Keep Mimi Stanley from Riding – Chronicle of the Horse (Feb. 2009)
• Mimi Stanley Profile “Dream Big, Prove Big” by Arabian Horse Association (Sept. 2009)
• Equestrian USEF TV – Mimi Stanley Video Profile  with EA Cygnus (Sept. 2009)
• Bismarck Woman Having Success in Riding Competitions – Bismarck Tribune (Oct. 2009)

Cygnus Photo Gallery

Video of Mimi and Cygnus, 2012 Sport Horse Nationals: