As a follow up to our story yesterday about Nina Ligon competing at the Pardubice three-day in the Czech Republic, Nina had a mixed day in the show jumping. Jazz King jumped a clean show jumping round to win by a big margin in the CIC3*. On the other hands, Tipperary Liadhnan pulled 4 rails to drop to 6th in the CCI3*. Only considering Paddy’s history, 4 rails is not unexpected. The good news is that this is Nina’s first big show jumping ride with him, and a 6th place finish at a CCI3* is a quality finish for any pair, especially after racking up a CIC3* win. Apparently Paddy was stung by something on his stifle so there was some question if he would jog Sunday morning. Nina’s coach, Kim Severson reported that Nina gave both horses a great ride. Both Jazz King and Paddy fly back to the United States on Friday. At the time of writing this, a complete final scores page had not been posted online.
[Final Pardubice Results, Nina’s Facebook page, Pardubice Homepage]
Congrats Nina on a great weekend of Czech eventing and safe travels back home. Go eventing.