The three-year-old Oldenburgs dominated the competition, with Royal Tribute taking the win in the Three-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Championships, the Three-Year-Old Overall Championships, and the Overall Grand Championship. The leggy Oldenburg gelding (Royal Prince—Firstar) is owned by Kristen Burgers and scored a commendable 77.35. Though Lauren Seitz’s Oldenburg filly Just About Perfect scored higher in her Three-Year-Old division (taking the win with a 78.65), she had to settle for Reserve Three-Year-Old Overall Champion and Reserve Overall Grand Champion of the show. Emily Daily photos. (Left: Royal Tribute & handler Doug Payne accept their ribbons from judge Susan Graham White.)
Photo gallery of the 2009 IDHSNA/USEA Future Event Horse East Coast Finals - Two-Year-Old division. Lisa Otten’s homebred Oldenburg gelding Grand O Finale was crowned Overall Two-Year-Old Champion, and also took second in the Two-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Championships (pictured left with Otten and judge Susan Graham White). Peter & Diane Halpin’s Hanoverian filly Llangollyn LL took top honors in the Two-Year-Old Filly Championship and the Overall Reserve Championship for Two-Year-Olds. The colorful Carnivale King, owned by Alexander Fisher-Morganti won the Two-Year-Old Colts/Geldings Championships. Emily Daily photos.
Photo gallery of the 2009 IDHSNA/USEA Future Event Horse East Coast Finals – Yearling divisions. Kilkelly See The Difference (pictured left), owned by Linda Cowasjee, took home the Yearling Fillies Championship and Overall Yearling Championship, while Wits End Eventing’s Royal Alyance won the Yearling Colts/Geldings and Overall Yearling Reserve Championship. Photos by Emily Daily.
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Royal Tribute, a three-year-old Hanoverian/Thoroughbred gelding (Royal Prince—Firstar), was crowned Grand Champion of the 2009 IDHSNA/USEA Future Event Horse East Coast Finals last Friday at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia by judges Carter Bass (pictured with handler Doug Payne) and Susan Graham White. Owned by Kristen Burgers, the striking youngster also won the Three-Year-Old Colts/Gelding class and the Three-Year-Old Championship, scoring a fantastic 77.35. Complete results. Emily Daily photo.
Classic-format first-timer Mackenna Shea said she’d definitely be embarking on phases A, B, C, and D again after finishing her weekend at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event on her dressage score in the long-format CCI*. Aboard Landioso, she finished on a score of 40.0 over fellow Area VII Young Rider Teammates Tessa Becket and Sound Prospect. Josh Walker photo. Complete results from all divisions.
More than 60 horse and rider combinations experienced the thrill of “The Chase” on Saturday at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Fiona Graham of Portola Valley, California, blazed through the endurance phase of division A of the SmarPak Equine USEA Training Three-Day Event aboard Isengart to finish double-clear and maintain her lead on a score of 30.1. Gina Miles still leads division B of the T3D, while long-format first-timer Mackenna Shea remains atop the classic-format CCI*. Josh Walker photo. See more results here.
Sixteen-year-old Mackenna Shea made the 25-hour trip from her home in Tacoma, Washington to Temecula, California to compete in her first long-format CCI* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Aboard her own 7-year-old Bavarian Warmblood, Landioso, the pair earned a 40.0 in the dressage arena to lead the division by 9.1 points. Josh Walker photo. Complete Results.
Though the Spalding Labs USEA Young Event Horse West Coast Championships ran until the sun set at the Galway Downs International Three-Day and Horse Trials, spectators were treated to performances by some of the best young event prospects in the country. Robyn Fisher rode Rose Sullivan’s Clair de Lune SE, a Holsteiner Stallion by Contendor and out of L’Vienna Z, and scored an 83.90% to win the 5-Year-Old Championship, while she also rode her own Dutch Warmblood gelding, Artesian (Judgement—Shannondoah) to a score of 87.00 to earn the 4-Year-Old Championship. Josh Walker photos. Full results. Read the rest of this entry »
It was all Robyn Fisher once again in the Spalding Labs USEA Young Event Horse Series as she galloped away with victory in both the 4- and 5-Year-Old divisions of the West Coast Championships at the Galway Downs International Three-Day and Horse Trials. Aboard Rose Sullivan’s Clair de Lune SE, a Holsteiner Stallion by Contendor and out of L’Vienna Z, Fisher scored an 83.90 for the 5-Year-Old Championship (pictured). She rode her own Dutch Warmblood gelding, Artesian (Judgement—Shannondoah) to a score of 87.00 to earn the 4-Year-Old Championship. Josh Walker photo. Full results.
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