Rick Wallace and Ultimate Victory, photo by Samantha Clark
A week after dominating Rocking Horse HT, Buck loaded up some of his string and invaded Poplar Place HT in Georgia. The weekend went fairly well for him there, too; while he didn’t walk away with an Intermediate win, he did finish 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in that division– congrats to Eliza Farren and Bantry Bays Dublin for leading wire to wire. You knew Buck would win something, though, and he took the Open Prelim division with former Kim Severson ride, Wiley Post.
Rick Wallace, whom Jessica Bortner-Harris profiled a few weeks ago, had a solid weekend as well, winning the Advanced Intermediate on Ultimate Victory. Daughter Elisa Wallace also won Open Novice B with Corteo.
AI: 1. Rick Wallace / Ultimate Victory; 2. Werner Geven / Vilas Country
OI: 1. Eliza Farren / Bantry Bays Dublin; 2. Buck Davidson / Copper Beach; 3. Buck Davidson / Knight Lion; 4. Buck Davidson / Shear Mizou; 5. Emily Rusinyak / Reatta HW
IP: 1. Ashley Stiles / Golden Malt; 2. Erin Pullen / Big; 3. Susie Harrison / Let’s Be Frank; 4. Tyler Frey / Sirrahsta
OP: 1. Buck Davidson / Wiley Post; 2. Kadi Eykamp / Rigaudon; 3. Werner Geven / Aber-Ka-Dabra; 4. Elizabeth Barron / Esperanza; 5. Julie Richards / Bristol Indian
JYOP: 1. Grayson Wall / Stryker; 2. Caroline Martin / Center Stage; 3. Lydia Kennedy / Subtle Dream Unveiled; 4. Ashley Dodds / Manhattan IV; 5. Caroline Martin / Roller Skate
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Meanwhile, at Sporting Days Farm HT in Aiken, Lisa Marie Fergusson held on to win the OP division on Uni Sprite, ahead of Will Coleman and Master P. Lisa has been doing pretty well with Uni Sprite, and also finished fourth in Prelim Horse with Honor Me; good to see after the tragic loss of her talented partner Smart Move a year ago. Benita Strini and Sammy Jo took the Prelim Horse division, with Katherine Adams and Pandora’s First Avatar winning Prelim Rider.
Some sensational scores topped the Training Divisions: Boyd Martin led OT-A on Quinn Himself with a 17.3 after dressage, and hung on for the win despite a rail in stadium…the top four in this division were all under 30 points. OT-B was won by Kate Brown on Ixiom with a 21.8. One training win wasn’t enough for Boyd, as he also finished first in TH-A with SBF Cortez and TH-B with Ballyneety. Congrats to Katie Lichten and Silent Faith for the win in TR-A, and to Caroline Andrews with Will You Be Mine in TR-B.
Sporting Days Farm HT Results:
OP: 1. Lisa Marie Fergusson / Uni Sprite; 2. Will Coleman / Master P; 3. Jodi Hemry / In Style; 4. Liz Messaglia / Apollo Star; 5. Lindsay Beer / Carbon Copy
PH: 1. Benita Strini / Sammy Jo; 2. Erin Sylvester / Paddy the Caddy; 3. Erin Sylvester / Mettraise; 4. Lisa Marie Fergusson / Honor Me; 5. Tiffany Loudon-Metze / Class Happening
PR: 1. Katherine Adams / Pandora’s First Avatar; 2. Kaylin Dines / Why Not; 3. Amelia Grubbs / Hang On Snoopy; 4. Janelle Phaneuf / Twist Again; 5. McKenzie Ragan / Surefire’s Anwar
PT: 1. Morgan McCue / Havanna’s Orphan Annie; 2. Eliza L. Grainger / Fred Astaire; 3. Kathy Viele / Matariki
OT-A: 1. Boyd Martin / Quinn Himself; 2. Courtney Cooper / Vegas Run; 3. Rebecca Golian / Just A Flirt; 4. Jodi Hemry / Charles Harbor; 5. Lucia Strini / Galway Bay Cooley
OT-B: 1. Kate Brown / Ixion; 2. Sarah Kuhn / Clifton Zander; 3. Matthew Ulmer / Scooby Roo; 4. Chase Shipka / Palm Crescent; 5. Benita Strini / Petit Filou II
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Not to be forgotten, our friends on the West Coast had fun competing at Galway Downs. The Intermediate divisions were full of Advanced horses making their first outing of the year; as such, there was little trouble and most made the time. Hawley Bennet-Awad and Five O’Clock Somewhere won OI-A, while Barb Crabo and Over Easy won OI-B. Tamra Smith had an excellent weekend, finishing first (Normandy Soldier), third (Fleeceworks Cinco), and eighth (Fleeceworks Fernhill) in the Open Prelim division, as well as winning OT-A with Fleur de Lis.
Galway Downs Winter HT Results:
OI-A: 1. Hawley Bennett-Awad / Five O’Clock Somewhere; 2. James Atkinson / Annie Oakley III; 3. Bunnie Sexton / Rise Against; 4. Kelly Loria / Leader des Bieffes; 5. Gina Miles / S.V.R. Ron
OI-B: 1. Barb Crabo / Over Easy; 2. Jennifer McFall / High Times; 3. Kristi Nunnink / R-Star; 4. Zachary Brandt / Cavallino Cocktail; 5. Mackenna Shea / Landioso
OP: 1. Tamra Smith / Normandy Soldier; 2. Frankie Thieriot / Uphoria; 3. Tamra Smith / Fleeceworks Cinco; 4. Jordan Linstedt / Tullibards Hawkwind; 5. Jordan Linstedt / Revitavet Capato
PR: 1. Stephanie Callihan / Compelling Chris; 2. Megan Lepper / De Mello; 3. Kiersti Wylie / Armani; 4. Eleanor MacLean / Voyager; 5. Dawn Robbins / Whitaker
