Event Team Results

February 3-4 - Full Gallop Farm - Aiken, South Carolina

The Event Team started off the year with a busy schedule at our first Horse Trials of 2007. Thankfully, the event was at Full Gallop Farm, our winter home, so no trailering was necessary. Emily Hamel riding Grenadier Guard and Sara Gartland riding Always a Lady led the way competing at Training. Placing 2nd in the dressage, Emily went on to add clean stadium jumping and cross country rounds to finish in 1st place. Sara also jumped clean in stadium and cross country to place 9th.

Courtney competed on three horses, all at Novice. Chocolate followed the standard set by Emily adding clean jumping rounds to a good dressage test to finish in 2nd place. Dante and Cloud also had good performances finishing 6th and 7th respectively.

February 3-4 - Rocking Horse Winter I Horse Trials - Altoona, Florida

Competing for the first time at the Preliminary, Kathy Bell riding Toy Master put in a good dressage test. They then added only a rail in stadium jumping and a little time on cross country to finish in 8th place.

February 10-11 - Sporting Days in Aiken Horse Trials- Aiken, South Carolina

Courtney and Dante led off the weekend competing at the Beginner Novice. They put in a very good dressage test, scoring nearly 75%. Adding a clean cross country round, and only a rail in stadium jumping, they finished in 1st place. A new addition to the Event Team, Havasu Canyon competed in his first horse trials. Riding at Novice, he and Courtney did well in all three phases with a single rail in stadium jumping dropping them from 2nd to just out of the ribbons in 9th. Moving up to compete at Training, Chocolate did well in the dressage and stadium jumping, but some trouble at the water jump on cross country, dropped him out of the ribbons.

Christine Weir joined the Team in Aiken for her first competition of the year. Riding Amadeus, she did well in all three phases, using a clean cross country round, a single rail in stadium jumping to finish in 5th place. Emily Hamel riding Grenadier Guard, and Sara Gartland riding Always a Lady both moved back up to Preliminary. Each had some ups and downs to their weekends, but horses and riders came home safe and sound.

February 14-15 - Full Gallop Farm - Aiken, South Carolina

Only a few members of the Event Team competed at this midweek event. Courtney rode Dante at Beginner Novice. They placed first in the dressage, went clean on cross country, and added only a rail in stadium jumping to finish 3rd. Courtney also competed with Havasu Canyon at Novice. They did well in all three phases but had an unfortunate error on cross country resulting in a technical elimination. Emily Hamel and Grenadier Guard competed at Preliminary; they also did well in all three phases but ended up out of the ribbons.

February 23-25 - Paradise Farm Horse Trials- Aiken, South Carolina

Students Emily Hamel, Sara Gartland, and Christine Weir led off the weekend all competing at Preliminary. All three did well in the dressage, with Emily riding Grenadier Guard & Sara riding Always a Lady both placing 5th, and Christine riding Amadeus placing 8th. The three continued with good jumping performances. Emily added a little time on cross country and a rail in stadium to finish in 5th place. Sara jumped clean in both cross country and stadium but added a little more time to finish in 11th. Christine encountered a few minor difficulties on cross county, but jumped clean in stadium to finish in 12th.

Courtney competed with Lord Robert (Training), Havasu Canyon (Novice), and Dante (Beginner Novice). She did very well in the dressage with all three horses, with each scoring in the 20s (over 70%). On cross country, all three finished with clean jumping rounds and no time faults. Lord Robert and Havasu Canyon added clean stadium jumping rounds as well to finish in in 2nd and 4th places; Dante added a single rail to maintain his 2nd place standing.