Rain has started to fall here at Bromont during the lunch break, but The Beatles are playing over the speakers and life is good. There were a lot of quality rides this morning in both the one-star and two-star.
CCI2* morning dressage leaders:
1. Courtney Cooper and Who’s A Star – 52.6
2. Boyd Martin and Haifa Bay On The 1st of November – 53.1
3. Will Faudree and Andromaque – 54.6
4. Laura VanderVliet and Mighty Mangaroo – 55.2
5. Nate Chambers and Rolling Stone II – 56.1
(1) Courtney Cooper had a great looking test with Whose A Star, and she wore her helmet in the arena. Maybe half of the riders are wearing their helmets in their practice rides and there have been a couple wearing helmets in the competition arena.
(2) Boyd put in a good test on Haifa Bay, who he is riding for Buck because Buck has the maximum number of horses allowed. Why are Buck and Boyd so good? Practice, practice, practice.
(3) Will had a quality performance on his mare Andromaque. “Missie” is a great looking young horse for Will, and people “in the know” really like her. Like Pawlow, she fits Will’s style quite well and I expect a good performance from them here this weekend. Don’t forget this horse’s name.
(4) Only the first 10 scores are currently posted for the CCI*, but in the early going Boyd Martin and Minotaure du Passoir are leading on a 47.5, just ahead of Buck and EN’s best tail winner Catalina. I spoke with someone once whose horse has a bad tail and the rider said that they thought using a fake tail made their scores 5 points better. Little things make a big difference.
Of course we will have full CCI* and CCI** scores as soon as they are posted this afternoon. Go eventing.
