Close to 40 Preliminary riders enjoyed the scenic Red Hills cross-country course last weekend in Tallahassee, Florida, which offered an updated track from esteemed course designer Hugh Lochore. In the competitive Open Preliminary class, Mara Dean and Chequers Macon took top honors, after adding just a handful of time penalties to their dressage score of 24.8, while Jon Holling and Safdie, and Molly Cavanaugh and Moonlight Rock N’ Roll finished second and third, respectively. Jenny Caras and Raku led the field in the Preliminary Rider division, with Kayla Diehl and On The Rocks, and Nicholas McLaughlin and Shamrock rounding out the top three. Full results. Emily Daily photos.
(Left: Katie Wooten & EM Aquataine.)
Legacy Stables in Hampstead, Maryland will be offering a discount to USEA Members at their April 10-11 eventing clinic with four-star rider Bonnie Mosser. Owned and operated by Leeandra and Joe Wesley, Legacy Stables features serious training in a fun, educational atmosphere.
The Professional Riders Organization announced today that they will partner with the Horse Park of New Jersey to sponsor the CCI3* which will be part of the 2010 PRO Tour Event Series. PRO will offer prize money in the CCI3* division at this premier event.
They will also be sponsoring The Fork CIC3*, also a part of the Pro Tour Event Series, and will be giving away $10,000 in prize money.
Will Coleman had a great weekend in the Red Hills CIC1* in Tallahassee, Florida last weekend, taking home first, fourth, and fifth, in the division of 21 starters. Coleman clinched the win aboard James Wildasin’s eight-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, All The Buzz (pictured left), leading the field from start to finish on his dressage score of 40.9. Does the name All The Buzz ring a bell? It should – he was the 2007 Five-Year-Old Young Event Horse Reserve Champion, with Leslie Law in the tack. Claire Kelley and Clifton Peekachu took home the red ribbon in the CIC1*, while Marcea Funk and Pancho Villa rounded out the top three. Emily Daily photos. Full results.
Tips for the Trot-Up
Author: Emily Daily
By Ashley Adams with Amber Heintzberger
Part seven in a series on preparing for your first three-day event.
In this series Ashley Adams, assistant trainer to Bonnie Mosser at Point Above Farm, offers advice to riders preparing for their first three-day event. Ashley is currently preparing her Thoroughbred gelding Vaunted for their second time competing at the Rolex Kentucky three-day event.
I don’t know another rider that doesn’t get just as nervous for the trot-up as the rest of the competition; it’s just as big a part of it as the dressage, show jumping, or cross-country. Before the trot-up try to keep the horse “in a bubble” as much as you can; I remember one time when poor Karen O’Connor had a horse step on its heel on the way to the jog!
Are you looking for tips to stay in shape so you can keep up with your horse on course? West Coast rider Frankie Thieriot is writing articles for Nikewomen.com, working as a Nike Field Reporter.
Follow her latest articles to get tips on fitness trends, see how to make the most of your workouts, and even read about what she and her horse Fric Frac Berence are up to.
(Left: Frankie & Fric looking fit and ready for the 2010 season!)
by Cassidy Sitton, photos by Hoofclix
In this series, Cassidy Sitton chronicles her experiences as she and her OTTB, Subway Prophet, prepare for the FENCE SmartPak/USEA Training 3-Day in the beginning of April.
After spending the winter months doing trot sets, playing in the sandbox (dressage arena), and trotting over what seems like a million gymnastics, we now have the first event of the season behind us, and we are careening full speed ahead towards the Training 3-Day at FENCE Horse Trials.
by Kate Erickson
As first events of the season go, I would have to say that Twin Rivers Horse Trials (on February 26-28) was a great one, for one very simple reason: it can only get better from here! Not only did I have pretty spotty results in the riding department, but Mother Nature also very decidedly did NOT play along. I was so pleased, as always, to get a chance to go out and test what I’ve been working on in a competitive atmosphere, but it was also a relief to get back to the barn safe, sound, and sort of dry on Sunday afternoon!
(Left: Smiling, despite the rain! Liz Hall photo.)
When I was preparing for Pony Club ratings as a youth, I was always told to present critiques, especially when there are some not-so-pleasant facts to convey, in the classic "Oreo" format: good stuff first, then things to work on, then a good finish. So here’s the "Oreo" breakdown of the weekend:
Hannah Sue Burnett and Dick Thompson’s feisty Thoroughbred gelding St. Barths (pictured left) posted a quick and tidy round on cross-country day, adding just over 12 time penalties to their dressage score of 46.4, to hang onto first place heading into Sunday’s show jumping round in the Red Hills CIC2* in Tallahassee, Florida. Michael Pollard and Jos Calfun are less than a rail behind, while Phillip Dutton and Lioness sit in third heading into the final phase of the competition. Emily Daily photos.
Mara Dean and Nicki Henley led the Red Hills CIC3*-W from start to finish last weekend in Tallahassee, Florida, dropping a single rail on Sunday afternoon and adding a handful of time faults to finish a few points ahead of Phillip Dutton and Tru Luck. Tara Ziegler and Buckingham Place took the win in the CIC3*, while Andrea Leatherman and Mensa led the victory gallop in the Advanced. Full Results. Emily Daily photo.
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