It was a busy weekend, with ten recognized events occurring in every corner of the Eventing Nation. You can find links to all of them on our Sunday morning post, and we’ll go over a few others in detail here, including recognizing our new Area champions!
Heritage Park Horse Trials in Olathe, Kansas hosted the Area IV Championships as well as horse trials and Tests from Pre-Beginner Novice up through Preliminary. We congratulate the 2015 Area IV Champions: Todd Wulf and Sullivan (Preliminary), Julie Wolfert and Djabouti (Training), Julie Wolfert and GH GloryUs Grace (Novice) and Olivia Coolidge and Tallahassee (Beginner Novice), all of whom led their divisions from the start.
In the Open Preliminary division, Jessica Ptak and Cordial Lady moved up from sixth to take home the blue. Natasha Erschen and Magic Drummer were second, and Hannah Herrig and Irish Diamonds came third.
Also, we have to extend a shout out EN’s own Sally Spickard and her OTTB gelding Fawkes for their completion in the Pre-Beginner Novice B division. Go baby horses!
Congrats, Sally!
Heritage Park H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]
Las Cruces in New Mexico was the site of the Area X Championships. Massive congratulations to the 2015 victors: Nicholas Madsen and B’Ambitious (Preliminary), Deirdre Orcelletto and Got Rugged (Training), Brittany Kushinsky and In Vogue (Novice) and Angela Carmitchel and Dancewithgold (Beginner Novice).
Tom Angle won the Open Preliminary Horse Trials division, leading from the start with his own and Goose Downs Farm’s Viking II. Cynthia Boudreau and She’s Got Game were close behind in second, and Amanda Gnatek and Jezebelle finished third.
Las Cruces H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]
The Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm had a huge turnout, with Beginner Novice through Intermediate levels. Brand new dad Boyd Martin won the Open Intermediate-A division with Master Eli, leading from start to finish after posting a dressage score of 29.6. Waylon Roberts and Rather Swell had a rather stupendous move up the leaderboard from tenth to second with the fastest cross country ride of the day, and Kate Chadderton picked up third with Buckharo.
Boyd was also the winner of Open Intermediate-B, once again leading from the start. He also shows up at the top of the leaderboard in Open Training-A riding Santos, finishing on their dressage score of 22.7, nearly 10 full points ahead of second place. Sally Cousins and Quigase du Lac were second in Open Intermediate-B, and Kate Chadderton was third again with Collection Pass. Kate’s two horses were also both awarded with the highest placed Thoroughbred awards in their respective divisions!
There were four well represented Preliminary divisions. Tayler Stewart and Sally Cousins’ former ride Ideal Contini won the Junior Young Riders division, while Sally won the Open-A division with Christopher. Phillip Dutton and Good Enough topped Open Preliminary-B, and Claire Robinson and Ayita won a tie against Wendy Bebie and Calero for the win in Open Preliminary-C.
The Maryland at Loch Moy H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Live Scores]
The Greenwood Farm Inc. Fall Horse Trials in Weatherford, Texas welcomed Beginner Novice through Intermediate competitors. Bailey Moran and Loughnatousa Caislean scored a 29.6 for first place in the Intermediate class and though time penalties dropped them to second after cross country, they returned to the top of the leaderboard after the final phase. Caroline Testi and Crimson Tide came second and third went to Lida McAllister and Flagmount’s Harmony.
Mike Huber, who was recently honored with an award to be given annually in his name at the NAJYRC, won the Open Preliminary class with Russell’s Reserve. Forrest el-Effendi and Winter Colony, who posted the only double-clear cross country round in the division, were second, and Emma Kate Fisher and Carlingford’s Forever finished third.
The Preliminary Young Rider division was topped by Ashlyn Hayworth and Oliver, finishing on a 35.7. Frances Littlejohn and Hector picked up second, while Cassidy Snyder and Flagmount’s Celtic Rose moved up from sixth place to finish third.
Greenwood Farm Fall H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]
As we reported this morning, Paradise Farm was unfortunately cancelled due to a grim weather forecast, and Windridge Farm had been rescheduled from last week to this week. Even though there was standing water after the storms brought in by Hurricane Joaquin, the grounds dried out enough to run all phases yesterday, from Starter through Preliminary.
Maya Simmons came out on top in the Preliminary division riding Archie Rocks. They were fourth after dressage and moved up to first with 6.4 time penalties to add. Hillary Irwin and Kilbeggan were just a few seconds slower to drop to second, just 0.2 penalty points behind Maya. Susan Thomas and Fly ‘N’ Bayou round out the top three.
WindRidge Farm Fall H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]
