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Jersey Fresh CCI3* - XC Photos (2nd Half)

By USEA | May 15, 2008

Jose Ortelli of Buenos Aires, Argentina & Jos Aquiles, a 9yo 17h Arg. TB gelding

Didn't have one of their better days... a stop in the water & chunk of time faults. Withdrew before show jumping to play again another day!

Karen O'Connor of The Plains, VA seemed to have recovered well from her fall with Allstar earlier, and had a nice round on Mandiba, a 16.1, 8yo TB gelding owned by Joan Goswell.

Karen's looking FIERCE and competitive in these pics! They jumped clear, but had quite a few time faults to bump them from 3rd to 9th.

Karl Slezak of Tottenham, ONT and Showdown, a 10yo, 17.1 ISH owned by Don Good had a wonderful ride - only 7.2 time faults & clear jumping, jumping from 35th to 17th.

Kristen Bond of Ocala, FL & Three Wishes II, a 17.2 ISH gelding, jumped around clean, but had a chunk of time faults unfortunately.

Lauren Kieffer of Mt. Carmel, IL on David O'Connor's 17yo 16.2h Thoroughbred gelding Tigger Too

Sadly, Tigger died on course just before the last water combination. A brave soul to the very end, Tigger will be missed by his fans.

Awesome shot of Lesley Grant-Law of Bluemont, VA (although she's Canadian) aboard her 16.2, 12yo English TB gelding Timber Spirit. They had a fabulous round - adding only time faults to their score.

Here's her husband & reigning Olympic gold medallist Leslie Law (also of Bluemont - but he's originally from Great Britain) aboard Guy & Beatrice Reyherme's Selle Francais gelding Fleeceworks Mystere du Val

Leslie & Mystere du Val led the field at the start of the competition with a respectable 38.0, but sadly had a stop on XC to drop them in the standings.

I just had to include this photo of them leaping over the ditch & wall - because it looks like they're jumping right over my BF (in the red) :)

Lisa Marie Fergusson of Langley, BC & Uni Griffon a 10yo 17h bay Welsh Sport Horse gelding (awesome!)

Unfortunately, this pair were eliminated towards the end of the course. They'll be back in full force in no time!

Young Rider Madeline Blackman of Ringoes, NJ & Gordonstown, a 10yo 16.1h Irish gelding

These guys jumped clear, but Madeline played it safe and went for a nice, slow round...gaining a slew of time faults, but giving her horse a ton of confidence

Mike Winter (Canadian) of Newnan, GA competed three horses in the 3* this weekend.

Here he is on Glen Morangie, a 9yo 16.2h TB gelding owned by Cathy Sigman. They had a clear round and only 12.6 time faults.

Here's Mike on the 2nd of his dark bay TB geldings (honestly!) - this is Manhattan IV, a 16.3h, 10yo owned by Mary Bess Sigman.

The last of the tall, dark, and handsomes - Sher Schwartz's 11yo TB gelding Wonderful Will. At 15.1 - Will's probably the shortest in the field - but certainly has a whomping stride!

I like the action & intensity of this shot...and Will looks like a fire-breathing dragon :) The determination paid off - they jumped from 17th to 3rd!

Nate Chambers of Vienna, VA aboard his 12yo Hessen gelding Rolling Stone II. Unfortunately, Nate took a little tumble before the water and was later eliminated.

Here's Nicholas Cwick of Gilroy, CA & his 16.2h, 11yo Oldenburg gelding Asterix.

Saw this horse at Twin Rivers (CA) last year - LOVE him! They had a great XC round - jumped clear!

Phillip Dutton of West Grove, PA & Nina Gardner's 9yo 16h Australian Stock Horse (neat!) Loose N' Cool.

Reigning Rolex Champion Dutton & the gelding had a very solid ride, earning only a sliver of time faults.

Sara Dierks of Berryville, VA was very pleased with Edith Rameika's English TB Somerset II.

They had a nearly foot-perfect round, bumping them up from 9th to 2nd after accumulating only 2.4 time faults!

Stephanie Boyer of Ocala, FL & Macloud, a 16.3h 17yo TB gelding also finished with no jumping penalties.

Tamra Smith of Temecula, CA & Chaos Theory, a 16.2h, 17yo TB gelding jumped around cleanly, moving up from 34th to 23rd.

Here's West Coaster Tory Smith of Camarillo, CA aboard Bantry Bay V, a 16.1h, 10yo ISH gelding

These guys jumped well around the course, but unfortunately dropped in the standings after quite a bit of time faults. They were 4th in the CIC3* at Galway Downs (CA) this spring...they have quite a future!

Here's Wendy Bebie of Round Hill, VA (hi neighbor!) & Phoenix a 16h, 16yo Selle Francais gelding.

Love the reflection on the water here! Unfortunately, they didn't have one of their better weekends, and had a stop on XC.

Will Coleman & Kiki du Manoir, a 16.2 10yo Selle Francais gelding.

Wheee - galloping for home! Sadly, these guys had an uncharacteristic stop, which dropped them out of contention.

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