Photo via Boyd
Midway through the Friday CCI4* dressage at Luhmuhlen, Boyd and Ying Yang Yo are 12th with a 52.0, Colleen and Shiraz are 18th with a 62.0. Charlotte Agnew and Out Of Africa Two of Great Britain lead on 40.8.
Jules Stiller is one of three US riders competing at Luhmuhlen this weekend (Boyd and Colleen being the other two) and she was the only US pair to compete in the CIC3* dressage on Tursday, finishing 12th on Enjoy Me, pictured above. Jules is based in England and rides at her beautiful Headley Stud facility along with her coach Mark Todd. She has been a good friend to me since I met her last year at the Olympic test event and she was kind enough to let me stay at Headley. Jules shared a few of her thoughts from Luhmuhlen with me Thursday evening.
On her dressage test with Enjoy Me: “I made a few mistakes in the trot work but the canter work really came together perfectly and overall I was really pleased with him. He always does a good test but he really feels like its starting to all come together.”
On Enjoy Me on the XC: “He has never been the easiest cross-country horse but he has been getting better and better and he’s coming off a win so I’m really looking forward to riding him around on Saturday.”
On the CCI4* XC: “The four star cross-country is more difficult than last year but it looks like it will ride well. It looks like the time will be very tough. The course is only 10 minutes so some of it feels a little like a CIC track with the jumps coming up a bit quicker than a normal CCI and there are some real technical questions at the very end of the course which could cause a fair number of problems. The ground is good and it’s always such a great atmosphere here, it’s really a fun event. Should be a great few days!
Thanks again for chatting with us Jules and best of luck the rest of the weekend. Go eventing.
