Middleburg Horse Trials – Middleburg, Virginia. September 27-28, 2003

Giselle Superstar and Rainey Sealy led the way winning their Preliminary Level division. They led after the dressage with a score of 31 (69%), and jumped clean in stadium and cross county, adding only a few seconds on time on XC, to win their 2nd Preliminary event of the season.

Courtney and Snowy followed Giselle and Rainey’s lead, winning their Novice Level division. They tied for the lead after the dressage with a 30 and went on to jump clean in stadium and cross country, with their tie being broken by only one second of time on cross country. Courtney also rode Dillon at the Novice Level. He added clean jumping rounds to a dressage score of 39 to finish in 2nd place.

Courtney and Toy Story competed at the Intermediate Level, finishing their last horse trials before the CCI** at the Radnor Hunt International Three-Day Event. The pair had a good outing, finishing in 6th place. Also competing, were, Christine Weir and Code of Ethics, who completed another Preliminary Level competition. The pair finished with a good dressage test, no cross country jumping penalties, and only a rail in stadium jumping to earn another qualifying completion towards a CCI*.