Barbara Crabo and Eveready
Barbara Crabo and Eveready were sitting in third after the cross-country and jumped a beautiful double-clear show jumping round to put pressure on the top two. Emily Beshear and Here’s To You just barely pulled a rail to drop them to 4th place. Allison Springer and Arthur entered the arena with a one rail margin. Arthur got under the third to last and punched it out and finished otherwise clear, but 4 time penalties were ultimately what cost them the win. Buck Davidson and Ballynoecastle RM jumped clear to finish in second.
American Eventing Championships advanced results:
1. Barbara Crabo and Eveready +0 32.4
2. Buck Davidson and Ballynoecastle RM +0 32.8
3. Doug Payne and Running Order +1 34.8
4. Emily Beshear and Here’s To You +5 35.9
5. Allison Springer and Arthur +8 35.9
6. Danielle Dichting and Tops +0 37.0
7. Becky Holder and Can’t Fire Me +4 39.5
Barbara Crabo hails from Scottsdale, Arizona, where she has operated an eventing program for over 10 years. Eveready “Ready” is a home-bread horse that she has brought along from the beginning and the pair competed at Rolex in ’09. Barbara was kind enough to tell us a bit more about herself and her horse:
In other notes, Doug Payne and Running Order finished off a great weekend with just one show jumping penalty added to their dressage score. Doug has been working really hard the past few weeks to get their season back on track and it is in a big way with a third today. Emily Beshear pulled a rail to drop to 4th, but the story of this weekend for them is yesterday’s great cross-country ride–Emily can now definitely feel like she has a confirmed advanced XC horse.
Tops
Danielle Dichting was the highest placed young rider in the advanced AECs division in 6th. Kadi Eykamp won the intermediate and she finished just inside the top 10 in the advanced–not a bad weekend.
Buck and Carl Bouckaert traded hats for the awards
Titanium looked a bit tired jumping for Buck and pulled multiple rails, but Buck made up for it with the great round on Ballynoecastle. Reggie won the CIC3* at Richland and has just placed second at the AECs. I feel like “Reggie” is really starting to take a step forward with consistency, which has always been the only question with that horse.
So far, the southwestern United States are kicking butt at the AECs. Between preliminary, intermedaite, and advanced there are two winners from Texas and one from Arizona.
The sun is pouring down on Chattahoochee Hills for a full afternoon of training level show jumping and beginner novice cross-country. Go eventing.
