Well hello!
Otter Creek cross country once again was amazing! If you haven’t been, or even if you have, plan for rain. Without fail it comes in the afternoon. 🙂 Mark Warner has his eye on the radar and knows his land so well, that the horses are always back in the barns before the storm, and back out as soon as it passes.
A HUGE THANK YOU to all the volunteers that stayed later and sat int he rain and sunshine to make out sport possible.
On to the XC notes:
Liz Lund took the lead in the intermediate with the fastest round adding just over 15 time penalties.
Whiteney Mahlock and Isabel Holden were the only double clear preliminary rides and they are stiting first in the IP and OP, respectively.
Jan Fisk withdrew from the Preliminary Adult Team challenge division due to ilness. EN wishes her a quick recovery. Lisa Borgia now leads the division with Ann Bower in a close second.
Brad Hall is leading the Training Adult Team Challenge division with Eva on a 30.5
Kendal Torrell and La Batt Blu are leading the BN Adult Team Challenge Division.
There were special awards given out as part of the COTH ATC. (See team members here)
Wildwood Hooligans won the Oldest Combined Age award for the riders. We won’t name them . 🙂
Insanity in the Middle won for the oldest Oldest Combined Age of the Horses.
Peggy Gomez was awarded a whip for the slowest ATC xc time.
And, Nora Endzel won the Sportsman award for correcting her dressage score. (She went to the office to say her score wasn’t high enough, that they forgot to account for her error.) Now that’s good sportsmanship! 10,000 EN karma points for you, Nora.
A huge thank you to Julie Wolfert and Bernard Moraw for letting me interview them about their xc rides. Julie was my first interview, and so sweet, as I am giving John a run for his money in the “Most Awkward” category.
Julie Wolfert:
Bernard Morauw:
Go eventing.
