May 30 - June 1 - Waredaca
Horse Trials - Olney, Maryland
Courtney led off the weekend competing Star Dazzler in the
4-year-old Young Event Horse Competition on Friday.
They did well, finishing in 2nd place.
A busy Saturday
followed with Courtney competing Havasu Canyon at
Intermediate and fours horses at Training. Havasu
continued his success at Intermediate performing well in the
dressage and then being only one of four horses to go clean
and under time in stadium and on cross country to finish in
3rd place.
Except for two delays while thunderstorms went through
the area. Courtney went from one horse to the next at
Training. Dunlavin Fox led the way, adding double
clears in stadium and on cross country to win his division.
Who's a Star (Tag) also jumped two double clears to place
2nd in his division. Chocolate added four faults in
stadium but went clean on cross country to finish 4th;
Courtney and he should receive extra credit since the cross
country took place during a very heavy rain, with Chocolate
fighting to keep the water out of his ears as well as went
around. Donnlara also did well but finished outside
the ribbons.
Sunday brought yet more rain along with Toy Story
competing at Preliminary and Icy Mist at Novice.
Woody, placed 3rd in dressage and added only a rail in
stadium to a clear cross country round to hold on to his
position, finishing 3rd. Icy did well in all three
phases placing 10th.
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May 17-18 - Fair Hill International
Horse Trials - Elkton, Maryland
Competing for the second time at Intermediate, Courtney and
Havasu Canyon did well in all three phases, placing 6th in
dressage before a good stadium round and excellent cross
country performance to move up and finish 5th.
At
Training, Kentucky Bourbon lead the way, placing 3rd in
dressage and jumping clean in stadium and on cross country
to finish in 2nd place. Joining Bourbon at Training
was Donnlara moving up from Novice for the first time.
She also did very well in the dressage and jumped clean in
stadium and on cross country to finish 3rd.
Sunday brought Novice and some very heavy rain; Courtney
rode Icy Mist and Franklin. Icy did well in all three
phases jumping double clear in stadium and on cross country.
Franklin had a very good dressage test, tying for 2nd.
He jumped a clear round in stadium, but unfortunately had a
technical elimination going off course on cross country in
the heavy rain. Neal also competed Hanna at Novice.
They did well in dressage and jumped clean on cross country;
placing 6th. (Rain forced the cancellation of their
stadium round.)
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May 10-11 - Plantation Field
Horse Trials - Unionville, Pennsylvania
Back at nearby Plantation Field, Courtney had a busy weekend
riding six horses. Franklin, competing in his first
Horse Trials, led the team; competing at Beginner Novice, he
finished on his dressage score in 2nd place. At
Novice, Icy Mist put in a good dressage test, added a rail
in stadium, and jumped clean on cross country to finish 7th.
At Training, Courtney rode Dunlavin No Pajamas, Dunlavin
Fox, Dark Chocolate Mousse, and Kentucky Bourbon. No
Pajamas (Streaker) placed 3rd in the dressage, and went on
to jump clean and under time in stadium and on cross country
to finish 3rd. Fox tied for 2nd in the dressage and
jumped clean on cross country, but he added a rail ins
stadium to finish in 4th place. Chocolate, did well in
all three phases, jumping clean in stadium and cross county
to also finish 4th. And Bourbon did well in the
dressage and jumped clean in stadium, but he had a peek at
the water jump on cross county and finished out of the
ribbons.
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May 1-3 - MCTA Horse Trials at
Shawan Downs - Hunt Valley, Maryland
Competing in his first event, our homebred Star Dazzler
(Simon), placed 1st in the 4-year old Young Event Horse Competition. Joining
Simon in the YEH classes, was Who's a Star (Tag), who earned his 2nd
qualifying score of the year in the 5-year old class making him now
eligible for the YEH Championships.
At Novice, Donnlara continued her
sting of impressive placings. She put in a lovely dressage test
and jumped clean in stadium and cross country to finish with a score of
29 and the 1st-place ribbon. Courtney also rode Dark Chocolate
Mousse, who did very well in the dressage, scoring 25.8. He went
on to jump clean in stadium, but unfortunately took a peek at the water
on cross country to finish 9th.
At Training, Courtney placed 1-2 with Dunlavin No Pajamas finishing
1st and Tag finishing 2nd, each on their dressage scores of 27.9 and
29.5, respectively. Dunlavin Fox also did well, but as it was his
first event of the year, he was a little rusty and finished out of the
ribbons.
And at Preliminary, Courtney rode Toy Story, who had solid
performances in all three phases to finish 9th.
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