Many thanks to Shannon Lilley for bringing the West Coast to light on Eventing Nation. Shannon was in attendance at Galway Downs this weekend, and was kind enough to provide us with a final report from the weekend . Thanks for writing, Shannon, and thank you for reading. [Day 1] [Day 2] [Live Scores]
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Zach Brandt and Cavallino Cocktail
From Shannon:
Galway Downs, as always, was a very successful show which seemingly ran smoothly thanks to Robert Kellerhouse and the ladies in the office, Katie Trafton and Lynn Arnold. Throughout the day on Saturday, there was live music playing with various types of food vendors out on course to keep the spectators entertained during the lulls between divisions. Robert is always doing innovative things to enhance fan experience.
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The lower level cross country ran throughout the day on Sunday. Many people came through the finish with huge grins on their faces. I even saw one lady crying because she had the best go of her life. That is definitely why we do this sport.
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The upper levels show jumped on Sunday starting with preliminary then intermediate then advanced. The show jumping throughout the weekend was proving to be a little trickier than expected and there were quite a few rails down. In the young rider preliminary division, Sarah Braun won on a horse named Gwendolyn, which is extremely exciting because Sarah has been through a tremendous amount since NAJYRC last summer. Good job Sarah!
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The intermediate division shook up a bit too but the top three jumped clean and Eleanor MacLean riding Voyager took home the win finishing on her dressage score. Tamie Smith was just 1.2 away on Normandy Soldier but also finished on her dressage score to be second in that division.
Mckenna Shea and Landioso
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The advanced division shook up quite a bit after show jumping as there were very few clear rounds. Mckenna Shea jumped clean but had six time. A 4-fault round seemed to be a good one proven by Zach Brandt and Cavallino Cocktail who had one rail. It moved from third to first. James Alliston rounded out second and third on his two horses Mojo and Parker, respectively.
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Congrats to all the winners! Thank you to Galway Downs for such a great weekend!
James Alliston and Parker
Go eventing!
