Caitlin Silliman and Remington win the Jersey Fresh CCI2*.
Caitlin Silliman and Remington XXV led wire to wire in the CCI2* at Jersey Fresh and won decisively today after a lovely double clear show jumping trip to finish on their dressage score of 41. After giving themselves an 8.8-point berth from second place after the dressage, Caitlin and Remi were impossible to catch all weekend in a truly dominating performance. Will Faudree and Reisling De Buissy also had one of the eight double clear show jumping trips we saw in the CCI2* division to clinch second place. Will and Reisling De Buissy were sitting in third after their dressage test on a 49.8 and moved up to second yesterday thanks to a double clear trip across the country. This horse is an exciting newer ride for Will, and I’m looking forward to seeing how their partnership continues to develop.
Will Faudree and Reisling De Buissy finished the CCI2* in second place.
Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights also jumped double clear in the show jumping to finish on their dressage score of 51.9 in third place. CR tries so hard, and he really put his heart into the round today for Colleen, who has to be thrilled with her homebred’s result here this weekend. Colleen flew straight back from Badminton to compete with CR at Jersey Fresh, and now she’s earned some well-deserved rest and time to revel in her accomplishments both across the pond and here in the States this weekend. Sally Cousins and Ideal Contini pulled one rail in the show jumping to finish in fourth place, and Lauren Kieffer and Czechmate put in a beautiful double clear round to complete the weekend in fifth place. Lauren and Czechy originally sat in second after the dressage, but time penalties across the country pushed them down the leaderboard. I thought they had one of the nicest show jumping trips we’ve seen so far today.
Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights finished in third place in the CCI2*.
Four pairs in the CCI2* finished the weekend without a single jump penalty: Caitlin Silliman and Remington XXV; Will Faudree and Reisling De Buissy; Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights; and Buck Davidson and Cool N’ Cavalier, who traveled farther up the leaderboard than any other pair after dressage, jumping from 20th to finish in ninth place. Rails fell all throughout the course for the CCI2* riders, with no one fence serving as the bogey jump. Fence 5 — a red, yellow, and black vertical — fell frequently, as did the first element of a green and black two-stride combination at Fence 7AB. We definitely saw some tired horses in the CCI2* group, showing just how challenging the terrain proved to be on the cross country yesterday. We’re running on a bit of a delay now, and the CIC3* group is expected to begin show jumping at 1:30. Stay tuned for much more from Jersey Fresh.
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