Event Team Results

June 3-4 - Waredaca Horse Trials - Olney, Maryland

On Saturday, Courtney competed with Toy Story at Intermediate and Curvaceous at Training. "Woody" did well in the dressage placing 8th. Courtney and he then added a lovely stadium round, jumping clean and moving up to 7th place. They finished with a clean cross county phase as well, adding only a little time to move up again and finish in 6th place. "Slinky" and Courtney had another in their string of great dressage tests placing 2nd. They went on to add stadium and cross country rounds without any faults to finish on their dressage score and hold onto 2nd place.

Sunday, brought Novice Level competition with Courtney riding Topper and Happy Talk. Competing in his first horse trials, Topper scored 74% in the dressage; Courtney and he added a clean stadium round, but unfortunately they had a green stop on cross county with them finishing in 10th place. In a separate division, Courtney and Happy Talk, did well in all three phases to finish in 10th place.

Also competing on Sunday were Sara Gartland and Always a Lady at the Preliminary Level. They had an excellent dressage test to lead their division. They then added a good stadium round, but a slight mishap on cross country dropped them out of the ribbons.

June 10-11 - Plantation Field Horse Trials - Unionville, PA

On Saturday, Courtney rode Topper at the Novice Level. They did well in all three phases, placing 7th in the dressage and jumping well to maintain his placing. On Sunday, the event hosted a starter trial. Courtney road Chocolate in his first competition with C Square Farm. He found the experience a little exciting, but did well in the all three phases, scoring 34.5 in the dressage and going clean on cross country to finish in 10th place.

June 18-19 - Seneca Valley Pony Club Horse Trials - Poolesville, Maryland

Courtney and Topper lead off what would be a weekend of red-ribbon finishes. Competing at Novice, the pair put in a good dressage test, placing 4th. They went on to add clean stadium jumping and cross country rounds to finish in 2nd place. At Beginner Novice, Courtney rode Chocolate in his first recognized event. Having learned the routine from the week before, Chocolate followed in Topper's foot steps, placing well in the dressage and completing stadium jumping and cross country without any faults to also finish 2nd.

Also competing at Beginner Novice in his first recognized event was Ducati. Ridden by Kim Russell Rowan, they also put in a good dressage test. They went on to add just a rail in stadium jumping and a clean cross country round for a solid finish. Rounding out the weekend were Kathy Bell riding Toy Master. In their first event up since coming up north for the summer, the pair did great, placing 2nd in the dressage and adding clean stadium jumping and cross country rounds to finish out the weekend with another 2nd-place finish.