Buck Davidson and Halimey. Photo by Leslie Wylie.
Buck Davidson had an alright sort of day here at the Event at Rebecca Farm. Not only did he pick up the CCI3* win with Copper Beach, he collected the CCI2* trophy as well with Halimey.
Halimey is a relatively new ride for Buck. The 11-year-old half-blood Trakehner stallion owned by Christine Turner was previously campaigned through the Advanced level by Michael Pollard.
“Hal” isn’t a big horse, standing just 16.1 hands, but he has a big presence on the flat and even bigger jump. He’s been a star for most of his life: Bred in Germany, he was approved in Neumünster in 2007 as the best Anglo‐Trakehner colt, with a premium title. As a 5-year-old he immediately qualified for the Bundeschampionat of the German Event Horse and proceeded into the finals, where he placed 10th overall. He qualified for the same event again as a 6-year-old. In 2009, he was the Champion of his 70 day test in Marbach with top scores for both his dressage and jumping, including cross country, performances.
He came to the Pollards’ Chatsworth Stud in 2013 and with Michael in the irons earned multiple top two-star results. Their last FEI competition was the Richland Park CIC2* last summer, where they finished second.
So far Buck and “Hal” seem to be getting along famously. They placed first or second at their first three Prelim horse trials and enjoyed a solid run around one Intermediate horse trial before coming to Rebecca. This week they led the CCI2* division from start to finish, winning by a wide margin on their dressage score of 43.2.
“I’ve got to give credit to Michael Pollard. He’s done all the work with this horse,” said Davidson. “Hal was great today, great in all three phases. I really didn’t do very much other than steer!”
An interview after their CCI2* win:
The closest anyone got to catching this exciting pair was James Alliston and his own Revitavet Elijah, a 7-year-old Oldenburg gelding. They turned in double-clear cross country and show jumping rounds to move from third after dressage into second overall.
Rounding out the top three was Kevin Baumgardner and his own Wembley, a 13-year-old Dutch gelding. They added just two time penalties to their dressage score.
Congrats to all the finishers!
Rebecca Farm CCI2* final top 10:
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