Strini Snags a Win at Southern Pines
Seventeen-year-old Benita Strini and her Connemara/Thoroughbred gelding Cameron Creek pulled off a big win in one of the Junior/Young Rider Preliminary divisions at Southern Pines last weekend. Strini, of Scottsville, Virginia, led the field from start to finish, and ended on her dressage score of 29.6.
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