One of the things I am enjoying most about the four day schedule of the AECs is that we have a chance to watch every level and probably at least one phase for every rider. The beginner novice division owned the cross-country Saturday afternoon. As you would expect, there were a few sticky moments, a few excited horses, and a few very unexcited ones as well, but all in all the beginner novice pairs looked every bit like they were competing for a championship today.
There were no changes to the top three of any of the beginner novice divisions. Lauren Weil and Pippen lead the beginner novice horse, Sandra Holden and Cano Cristales lead the beginner novice amateur, and Logan Elliott leads the beginner novice junior rider with Cady O’Daly Michael.
The beginner novice and novice are the only divisions still competing at the AECs on Sunday and they will be show jumping all day.
Last, but not least, I want to give a shout-out to the US squad over in Blenheim. If you have been reading ESJ’s posts, you know that Tiana, P Dutty, Clark, and Will tore it up today. They all jumped into the top 14, with Tiana in 4th. Good luck in the show jumping guys and go eventing.
