The west coast love continues this weekend on EN courtesy of CAEventMom, who has sent us yet another brilliant report from Twin Rivers. Many, many thanks to CAEventMom for contributing the article, and many thanks as well to Sherry Stewart for sending us the photographs. As always, please send your event reports and ridiculousness to [email protected]. Good luck to all of the competitors around EN today, and thank you for reading!
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Barb Crabo on Eveready, photos courtesy of Sherry Stewart
From CAEventMom:
Temperatures in the mid 70s, sun and a slight breeze greeted the Advanced XC at Twin Rivers on Saturday and quite a few riders made the most of the perfect conditions. Barb Crabo on Eveready put in a double clear round to maintain 1st place. McKenna Shea (who I met for the first time and is just lovely) on Landioso also ran double clear to take sole possession of 2nd. Hawley Bennett-Awad on Gin and Juice added just .4 time penalties and moved into 3rd. James Atkinson on Gustav then James Alliston on Jumbo’s Jake round out the Top 5.
All five were great sports and took the time to talk to me today. For which I thank them greatly!
Barb told me “I really challenged myself to be brave today. He’s very reliable so I took the tight lines and then let him gallop. I tried not to control him so much & he was amazing.”
McKenna Shea and Landioso
McKenna was also quite happy telling me “I wasn’t going for time but I just went along with him and kept him moving between the fences. He was really terrific.” When I asked her about yesterday’s dressage she mentioned that she was trying to apply some of the work she had done with Mark Phillips earlier in the week and felt like they were getting it. She’s hopeful that as she learns to apply it more consistently things will continue to improve.
Hawley with Ginny
I personally thought Hawley’s ride on Ginny was one of the best of they day, and when I mentioned that to her she enthusiastically replied “I think it was the best ride I’ve had on her ever! We’ve been working on srtaightness and she was foot perfect.”
Poor James Aktinson had such a nice ride and yet my first question was “so what helmet where you wearing for dressage?” (see comments from yesterday’s post.) The answer is and IRH – International with velvet on the straps. He also commented on his ride …. “He was great, he felt better and more confident at this level than at Intermediate. I felt like if I made mistakes today he would pick up the slack.”
Finally, James Alliston, after his 3 equally impressive rides in the Advanced division, sat with me to talk about his lovely round on Jumbo’s Jake. “He went lovely. He is always a pleasure to ride and I have to thank India . . . I thought the track was nice here so we used it as a bit of a fitness round, I kept up a quick rhythm to give him a good contest.”
Kim Liddell and Masters Choice
The Intermediate division had quite a bit of shake up and time made a real difference. Kim Liddell and Masters Choice picked up just 2 time penalties and moved into first place. Young Rider Kaitlin Veltkamp and her Flashpoint D added 1.2 time penalties and sit in 2nd while Cindy Marvin and Dee Dee Chase with the only double clear for the division are now in 3rd.
That’s all for now, good luck to everyone the rest of the weekend. Go Eventing!
