What it's all about! Photo by Sally Spickard.
Horse heaven, indeed. Rebecca Farm is truly one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been — just ask my friends who are currently being spammed with photos of filled with mountains and beautiful horses!
It was an even busier day today, with all divisions completing the next phase of competition. While we gear up for another busy day in Kalispell, here’s a quick round-up of the leaders after today’s action.
The Intermediate combinations rode dressage today, and Dani Sussman and Kaptain America are the leaders going into tomorrow’s cross country after scoring an impressive 25 today. Kevin Baumgardner and Wembley earned a 26.9, which is good for second place, followed by Barb Crabo and Lickity Split on a 27.3. At the end of the day, all of the top five riders earned scores in the 20s — tomorrow’s cross country should be exciting as a good leaderboard shake up may be in the cards.
There are three Preliminary divisions running this weekend, one Junior/Young Rider and two Open divisions. Here are your Prelim leaders after the first phase of competition:
Jr/YR Prelim:
Anne-Sophie Levesque and Eskapade (27.8)
Open:
A: Sara Mittleider and Harry Houdini (25.0)
B: Kaitlin Whitfield and Rivoletto (26.7)
There are a multitude of Training divisions running, all of which ran cross country today. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our Who Jumped It Best from the Training Three-Day and vote for your favorite! Your Training leaders going into tomorrow’s show jumping is:
Junior A: Ryley Siclair and Athens (24.6)
Junior B: Alyssa Hammel and Ben (23.5)
Senior A: Bonner Carpenter and Darkside (20.2)
Senior B: Patricia Cava and Carter (26.4)
Senior C: Kristin Hardy and Enchanted (26.6)
Senior D: Suzy Elliot and Let It Bee Lee (25.0)
Training Three Day:
A: Erin Kellerhouse and Rondelet (25.3)
B: Ainsleigh Mitchell and Chance Affair
C: Sam Hives and Canadian Cowboy (31.8)
The Novice riders had a day off today in between cross country and show jumping while the Novice Three Day combinations tackled all four phases of their cross country day.
There were a couple of holds on cross country during the N3D this morning. Taress Hsu and Gideon had a fall on steeplechase, and from what I have heard they are both ok although if I receive any more updated information I will update this post. All reports that I have heard are that all horses and riders are doing fine tonight.
Here are your Novice Three-Day leaders after cross country today:
A: Kari Wetherill and Auryn (27.5)
B: Bonner Carpenter and Get Busy (22.3)
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