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The Fork Photo Gallery - CIC3*W XC Pics

By USEA | April 9, 2008

Photos from the CIC3*W division at The Fork Horse Trials in Norwood, North Carolina this past weekend. This CIC3*W also served as the "Advanced" division of the Adequan USEA Gold Cup series - read more about this exciting series and how this division ended up on the USEA website.

Karen O'Connor and Bad Boy Billy started off the division

Bad Boy Billy, owned by Rebecca Broussard, was Ralph Hill's four-star horse

Phillip Dutton and The Foreman pop over a Turtle heading into the Turtle Pond.

The spectators had a nice tent (you can see it in the background - it's white) where you could plop down for the afternoon and see a whole bunch of rides.

Bad Boy Billy and Karen O'C. splash back into the Turtle Pond on their way home.

Mike Winter (making a goofy face) and Wonderful Will

Phillip Dutton and The Foreman hopping out over a turtle on their way home (doesn't that turtle look cranky?)

Jose Ortelli (from Argentina) and Jos Aladar splish splashing through the Pond the first time

Canadian Sandra Donnelly & Buenos Aires head into the Pond... unfortunately they had a tumble on their way back out, but they were both fine... a bit soggy though!

Amy Tryon & Poggio II (Don't we just love this horse? Look at him going around in his hackamore!)

One more Poggio shot... just because it's a neat picture :)

Samantha Taylor & Livewire - these guys actually had a pretty good weekend! Not a great dressage test, but double-clear in show jumping & only 1.6 time on XC.

Diana Burnett & Manny - what a cool pair... expect a story about these guys very soon! :)

Great shot of Tara Ziegler & her cross country machine Buckingham Place

Diana & Manny take the plunge back into the Pond. (Check out the cute little ducks carved on the bottom of the jump!)

Kim Severson and the gargantuan Irish boy Tipperary Liadhnan had a double-clear round.

Clark Montgomery & Up Spirit nipped around XC like it was a Beginner Novice course... beautiful to watch

Mara Dean & High Patriot lost their lead after accumulating 8 time faults

It's still a new partnership for Mara & "Riot" - so expect to see good things from them in the future!

Exploring takes a huge leap into the water with Jessica Phoenix aboard

The pair had a great weekend and finished in 12th

Cayla Kitayama & Esker Riada had a fabulous round - that horse is awesome! What a nice boy :)

Allison Springer & Arthur led the field after dressage, but ended up 3rd at the end of the weekend

Love this horse...he's like a big slinky!

One more, just because it's a cool shot :)

Heidi White-Carty & Northern Spy - the winners! They call him "Farley" because of his flop ears!

Karen O'Connor & Jacqueline Mars' Hugh Knows

Boyd Martin & Neville Bardos - by the way, Boyd is one of the friendliest and most approachable eventers I've ever met! Great guy!

Mike Winter & Kingpin take a HUGE leap over the turtle on their way home.

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