Event Team Results

February 5 - Pine Top Farm Horse Trials - Thomson, Georgia

The Event Team began the year "hitting for the cycle" with horses finishing in 1st through 5th place. Leading the way was Kathy and Susan Bell's Snowy, who with Courtney riding finished on his dressage score of 26.5 to win in Beginner Novice. Next in line was Rebecca Gray on her own Which One's That; they added no jumping faults to the 2nd-place dressage test to take home the red ribbon.

Next was Sara Gartland on her own Ever Clever, a former C Square Farm horse, who finished 3rd in the Junior Novice on her dressage score of 33. They were followed by Courtney riding Amy Lindgren's Mullacash Paddy (aka Winter Sky), who also finished on their dressage score to take home 4th at the training level and Christine Weir on her own Severn Dandelion (Teaspoon), who again finished on their dressage score, to take home 5th place at Novice. Rounding out the day was Much More, who had a good go, but finished out of the ribbons at the training level.

A pretty good showing for the first competition of the year!

February 12-13 - Sporting Days Horse Trials - Aiken, South Carolina

Next the Event Team stayed even closer to their winter home in Aiken, competing at nearby Sporting Days Farm. Rebecca Gray lead the way moving back up to the preliminary level on Which One's That. They did well in all three phases, with a clean cross county round, adding only a single rail in stadium jumping to finish 7th.

Courtney rode three horses at the training level: Toy Master (Tucker), Lindy, and Much More (Phelps). Tucker and Lindy both jumped clean in stadium jumping and cross country to finish 5th and 7th respectively. Phelps did well also, but added a stop cross county to finish out of the ribbons. Also competing were Christine Weir and Severn Dandelion (Teaspoon). In the horse's first competition at the training level, they did well adding on a single stop on cross country for a successful completion.

February 19-20 - Pine Top Farm Horse Trials - Thomson, Georgia

Lord Robert (Bob) started his season at the intermediate level. He and Courtney put in good performances in all three phases, but not without revealing some things that they needed to work on before their first advanced level competition in the beginning of March. Courtney rode Toy Story at the preliminary level, where like Bob, they were a little rusty, finishing with no cross country jumping penalties, but out of the ribbons.

February 26-27 - Paradise Farm Horse Trials - Aiken, South Carolina

This weekend brought several first-time outings for the season. At the novice level, Kathy Bell rode Snowy, with good showings in all three phases, including no jumping faults to finish in 6th place. Also competing at Novice were Terri Kropp on Lindy, newly acquired from Amy Lindgren. They put in a good dressage test and had an excellent cross country round; however an unfortunate error of course, kept her from officially completing. Also, in their first outing for the season, Amy Lindgren rode Mullacash Paddy (Winter Sky) at Beginner Novice. They did well adding only some time and no jumping faults to finish outside the ribbons.

Courtney competed with Toy Master at the preliminary level and Much More at Training; they both went well, including no cross country jumping penalties, but finished outside the ribbons. Also competing were Christine Weir on Teaspoon, who again had a good outing at the training level, before they headed back home to Maryland.