Kristi Nunnink: It’s Not About the Ribbon

Kristi Nunnink sent in a wonderful short and sweet recap from Rebecca Farm, where she and R-Star, her rockstar Holsteiner mare, won the CIC3* for the second year in a row. Kristi and R-Star have been named to the USEF Eventing High Performance Summer/Fall Training List and will tackle the American Eventing Championships in Texas in September before crossing the pond to contest Pau in France in October. Go West Coast eventing!

Kristi Nunnink and R-Star at Rebecca Farm. Photo by Liz Hall.

From Kristi:

Since we’ve come home from Rebecca Farms, I’ve been able to spend the day gardening and reflecting about the past weekend. It’s always surprising what a fine line there is between winning and not winning. I always feel like I’ve won if my horses go well and I can return home with them sound. This weekend was difficult because so many competitors in the 3* did such a great job on the cross country only to have the wheels come off slightly for showjumping.

I was super impressed with the good sportsmanship of these competitors and hope that I can be in the same class as them when I have my unfortunate times, as we all do. I think that that was the greatest reminder of the weekend. It doesn’t matter so much what color ribbon we take home, but that everyone that is there has worked really hard to get there and loves their horse as much as I love mine.