Madison Langerak and Normandy Kivalo’s (Kalaska de Semilly – Carina) partnership began in 2017, and they’ve successfully ticked up through the levels since then, even collecting a top-10 finish at USEA American Eventing Championships in 2021 as a Preliminary pair.
In 2022, Madison and “Norman” returned to AEC at Rebecca Farm, this time competing in the Open Modified Championship and earning the top prize in the process.
It was a meaningful prize for Madison, who returned to competition with her horse of a lifetime after some health complications kept him on the sidelines for the better part of two seasons.
“Honestly this was my last goal so I don’t know if I’ll come back next year to event or not, but I know he loves it so I’ll have to make sure there’s a way for him to keep doing it,” Madison told the USEA. “I just don’t know if I want to push him too hard with how delicate he is—he’s my delicate little flower. It’s the highest highs and the lowest lows with him. He’ll never go out and do a mediocre job by any means.”
You can take a spin around Ian Stark’s Modified track at #AEC2022 thanks to Madison’s GoPro — can’t see the embedded Instagram post below? Click here to watch or here to watch on Facebook.
