Allison and Destination Known
They came close, but no one could quite catch Texan Heather Morris and Slate River’s Thursday dressage score of 28.3 on the second day of competition. Tipperary Liadhan put in a test that was good for most and ok for him to take second place. Boyd and Remi tied Allison and Tiana for 3rd.
Advanced Dressage Results:
1. Heather Morris and Slate River 28.3
2. Kim Severson and Tipperary Liadhnan 29.0
3T. Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister 29.3
3T. Boyd Martin and Remington 29.3
3T. Allison Springer and Arthur 29.3
6. Will Coleman and Twizzel 30.0
7. Emily Beshear an Here’s To You 32.0
8. Will Faudree and Andromaque 32.7
–There were big smiles today from riders like Kim and Phillip who are getting their top veteran horses like Tipperary Liadhnan and TruLuck out for their first major runs of the year here at The Fork. Both of those horses showed some rust in the dressage but they’ll be ready with their best stuff in a few weeks at Kentucky.
Missy Ransenhousen’s comeback with BG was recently featured in a Samantha interview
–I’d like to give big welcome back to eventing for Sharon White. Sharon is riding Rafferty’s Rules in the intermediate at The Fork this weekend. I saw Sharon this afternoon and she said that she was just really excited to be back eventing after a winter of dressage. Welcome back Sharon!
–Boyd Martin and Remington had bobbles through 2 changes but still put together a good enough test for 29.3 and a three-way tie for 3rd. The judge was forgiving for bobbles throughout the advanced division and it didn’t seem like the horses were hugely penalized for mistakes on one movement in the overall score, which I think is appropriate.
Lainey and Anthony Patch
–Former young rider CCI2* champions Kelly Pugh and Copycat Chloe are competing this weekend in the advanced. Their test had some tense moments but the horse showed off an extremely nice trot.
–Bonner Carpenter’s Impeccable, and Ashley MacVaugh’s Tactiek are two horses that I haven’t seen much of but really really impressed me today. EN readers already know how much I like Andromaque, and I thought Anthony Patch had a better test than he scored.
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad we are done with the dressage and we can move on to the fun stuff tomorrow. The intermediate cross-country starts at 9am with the CIC3* scheduled to start at 11:45 and the advanced to follow that with the last ride out at 5:04pm. The preliminary divisions show jump on Saturday. Coren and Samantha will be along with more fun stuff from The Fork later and until then go eventing.
