Event Team Results

August 7 - Pleasant Hollow Farm Horse Trials - Coopersburg, Pennsylvania

Courtney took the weekend off from competing and instead had a busy day coaching five students riding six horses. Headlining the day were summer students Kiri Kopcke and Jen Bell along with Nikki Gregory competing at the Beginner Novice Level. Nikki and Kiri were competing in their first horse trials while Jen was competing for the first time since the summer of 2004.

All three did well in dressage, cross county, and stadium jumping, with Nikki riding Affaire to a 4th place finish; Kiri placing 5th on Joy Busbice's Chester Street, and Jen earning 7th place on Hanna.

Joining those three were Kim Russell on Amazing Again. They competed at the novice level, finishing second. Also competing was Kathy Bell on Snowy at Novice and Toy Master at Training. Kathy did well with both horses, but with the added work of two horses at two levels all in one day, finished out of the ribbons.

August 13-14 - Fair Hill International Horse Trials - Elkton, Maryland

Courtney and Much More led off on Saturday. In his first competition at the intermediate level since being imported to the US, "Phelps" did quite well, jumping clean on the cross country with one of the best times of all 65 competitors. He did add a few rails in stadium jumping to finish 9th. On Sunday Courtney competed in the morning riding Toy Story at the preliminary level. They put in good performances in all three phases, adding only a few seconds of time to their dressage score of 35 to finish in 3rd place.

Sunday afternoon belonged to Kim Russell on Amazing Again and Jen Bell on Hanna, both competing at Novice. Kim and Maize had another good outing doing well all around to finish in 5th place. Jen, who was competing for the first time at the novice level, was a late entry ftaking the spot of a scratch in a division filled with professional riders. So, even though Hanna and her did great, adding no jumping or time penalties, to finish on their dressage score, they ended up outside the ribbons.

August 19-21 - Millbrook Horse Trials, Millbrook, New York

Rebe Gray and Which One's That highlighted the weekend. Competing at the preliminary level, the pair had another fine outing, with a good dressage test, clean cross county jumping including the 12th best time out of 80 riders, a only a rail in stadium jumping, the pair finished in 5th place. Also competing were Courtney on Much More, who did well in all three phases completing another intermediate level event.