Monday News & Notes from Fleeceworks

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: WebsiteFinal ScoresEN’s Coverage

Chatsworth ERM: WebsiteFinal 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?]