Fair Hill International Horse Trial ran this past weekend, offering divisions from Starter to Advanced, for all levels of horse and rider duos.
We saw ten entries in their Advanced division this past weekend, and while it wasn’t the largest group, it was filled with plenty of experienced 4* pairs.
There were a few Advanced entries this weekend that had rerouted from Kentucky – Shannon Lilley brought both Eindhoven Garette and Ideal HX after a withdrawal and a retirement at Kentucky last month, as well as Boyd Martin with Miss LuLu Herself after they withdrew from Kentucky. These pairs are all headed for the CCI4*-L at Bromont (June 13-16).
After sitting towards the bottom of the field in 7th after dressage on a 33.2, Shannon Lilley and her own Eindhoven Garette (Iowa – Rose Rouge Garette) jumped one of the only show jumping clears to slide into 3rd heading into cross country. They finished the weekend with the win in the division after the fastest cross country round of the group. Shannon started Eindhoven Garette’s FEI career in 2022 with a 15th place finish in the 1* at Tryon. Since then, they’ve developed to the 4* level, having completed three 4* events, including a 5th place finish in the 4*L at Morven this past October. This win comes after their reroute after a withdrawal from Kentucky.
Adding a rail and a bit of jumping and cross country time to their leading dressage score of 29.3, Matthew Brown and Shelley Onderdonk’s Alderwood (Flex A Bill – Calandra Z) finished on a 47.3 to clinch 2nd place. We saw these two finish three 4* events in the 2023 season, most recently with an 11th place finish in the 4*L at TerraNova in November. After a 10th place finish in the Open Preliminary at Morven and then withdrawing from the Advanced at Fair Hill in April, this is their first completion back at the level for the 2024 season.
Rounding out the top three, we saw Boyd Martin with Bonnie Stedt’s Miss LuLu Herself (Stolzenfels – Noisette). Although Boyd had LuLu aimed at the Kentucky 4*S this spring, he withdrew her to reroute to the 4*L at Bromont coming up in June. These two saw a 30.9 in dressage to sit in second, before adding a rail and some time in the jumping phases to finish in 3rd.
Braden Speck with BSF Liam and Caitlin Silliman and Ally KGO finish in 4th and 5th for your top five.
In the Open Intermediate, we saw Boyd Martin with Barney Rubble in first, and Maya Clarkson finish second with Clueso and third with Maks Mojo C. You can find results from the rest of the horse trial here from the Starter to the Advanced divisions.
Fair Hill International Recognized H.T. (Elkton, MD): [Website] [Results]
