Fylicia Barr celebrates with her team after taking the Jersey Fresh CCI4*-L win. Photo courtesy of Diana Rowland.
Galloway Sunrise didn’t just clinch her first international victory at Jersey Fresh yesterday; she took the first win of her entire career. It was a fairytale outcome — if a soggy one — in Fylicia Barr’s journey with the mare. Fylicia and her mother, Shannon, found “Sunny” as a feral yearling listed for $500 on Craigslist. The rest is history. There are many special partnerships in our sport, but Craigslist to CCI4*-L winner — that is one hell of a rags-to-riches story. Cheers to Fylicia, Sunny and everyone who helped them get there.
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Major Events:
Jersey Fresh: Website, Final Scores, EN’s Coverage
Chatsworth ERM: Website, Final Scores, EN’s Coverage
U.S. Weekend Action:
Spokane Sport Horse Farm H.T. [Final Scores]
Texas Rose Horse Park H.T. [Final Scores]
Galway Downs H.T. [Final Scores]
Winona H.T. [Final Scores]
Plantation Field H.T. [Final Scores]
WindRidge Farm H.T. [Final Scores]
Mill Creek Pony Club H.T. [Final Scores]
Woodland Stallion Station H.T. [Final Scores]
Your Monday News & Notes:
Alex Tett is on a quest to represent Zimbabwe at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and she checked a big box by completing her first CCI4*-S with Hawk’s Cay at Jersey Fresh. [Chasing the Dream: Alex Tett Aims to Represent Zimbabwe in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics]
Michael Jung and fischerChipmunk FRH are building what will likely be a formidable partnership as we look ahead to Tokyo. One rail down in the CCI4*-S at Marbach over the weekend saw them lose by a slim 0.1-penalty margin to Andreas Dibowski and FRH Corrida in a field of more than 70 horses. [Marbach CCI4*-S Results]
Irish Olympic event rider Clare Abbott shares exercises on how you can use cavaletti to improve your horse’s canter and balance in the latest edition of #SundaySchool from our friends at Horse & Hound. [#SundaySchool: using cavaletti to improve the horse’s canter and balance]
Just try to watch this without smiling. Tiny jumper rider Tabitha Kyle, the 11-year-old daughter of Irish Olympic eventer Mark Kyle, has been turning heads aboard 17.2-hand Grennanstown Sarco Lux Hill. She delivered standout rounds at the Chepstow Spring International CSI2* earlier this month, and this one is a must-watch. [What happens when you team up a petite 11-year-old rider with a 17.2hh-plus ‘beast’ of a horse?]
