Mystery Whisper FTW!
Phillip and Mystery Whisper punched another hole in their ticket to London this weekend, pulling a single rail and rubbing the final oxer to win by nearly ten points on a final score of 38.8–the only final score under 40 this weekend. Right about now, Whisper’s headed back to West Grove in blue ribbons and bubble wrap.
Michael and Jude’s Law
Veronica looked a touch tired, pulling a disappointing three rails to drop to sixth. Michael and Jude’s Law jumped a solid round, lowering just one rail to move up to second, and Selena and the 18-year-old Columbo came closest to a clean round with just two time penalties, moving up a place to third. Buck and Reggie were fourth, a testament to Buck’s recovery from the collarbone injury that kept him from jumping at Rolex. Buck looked strong all weekend.
The course rode extremely tough, and there were no clear rounds in the CCI***.
Will and Pawlow
Rails flew in the CIC*** too, with the top three riders all incurring faults–Rebecca and Riddle Master lowered one to win, Sinead and Tate moved up to second with just a single down, and Will Faudree and Pawlow dropped two for third. Boyd and Trading Aces managed to pull off the only clean round of the afternoon, moving up a place to finish fourth.
[Scores]
Boyd and Trading Aces
After the awards ceremony, Boyd entered the ring to jump his round on Neville, who looked fresh; he dropped two rails and crossed the finish line to a huge cheer from the crowd, almost all of whom hung around to watch. It’ll be interesting to see how Boyd adjusts Neville’s warm-up plan looking toward Bromont in a few weeks.
I’ll take this opportunity to thank the entire crew at Jersey Fresh for putting on such a spectacular competition this weekend–everything was supremely top notch. This was my first time attending Jersey, and I’ll most certainly be back.
Videos of show jump rounds are uploading now–check back soon!
