That’s one happy kiddo! Photo via Colleen Rutledge Eventing on Facebook.
Tamie Smith isn’t the only rider with a top 10 finish to be proud of this weekend. Meanwhile on this side of the pond, riders around the nation were out in full force enjoying the fall event season. Among them: Colleen and Brian Rutledge’s daughter Ciana, who competed in The Maryland H.T.’s Beginner Novice Three-Day Event at Loch Moy Farm this weekend and finished in 10th place.
Ciana has been working hard all year to get herself and her pony Daybreak, a 17-year-old Welsh Pony gelding owned by her four-star veteran mother, qualified for the BN3DE at the end of the season. Ten-year-old Ciana has had a fantastic first year of recognized competition starting with her first sanctioned event in June and having just come off a second place finish in the Area II Junior Beginner Novice Championships last weekend. Here they are beasting around that course:
So I post Colleen’s slow motion jumping every once in while figure I would try it on her daughter Ciana. Brian
Posted by Colleen Rutledge Eventing on Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Once at Loch Moy for the long format event, it was all smiles heading into the first horse inspection:
Photo via Colleen Rutledge Eventing on Facebook.
And they capped off the weekend with a double clear show jumping round:
Ok one last post on Ciana. Here is her final double Clear round in Show Jumping.
Posted by Colleen Rutledge Eventing on Sunday, October 14, 2018
Well done, Ciana, and everyone who participated in the first long format Beginner Novice event at the Maryland H.T!
