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With Summer winding to an end Doc and I are gearing up for a strong finish at Fair Hill CCI*** in October.  In July we traveled to Maui Jim in Wayne, IL and finished fourth in the CIC***.  Doc and I were the first to go on cross country and he was fantastic.  For September we will be focusing on going faster and streamlining all three phases of our performance.  I have been getting great help this summer from my childhood dressage trainer Monica Sinks and I have also been regularly traveling to Chesterland to get all-around help from Bruce Davidson.

As for the other horses, Jet has moved up to Prelim and is loving it!  He eats up the cross country.  His dressage remains his weakest phase be he seems to be holding his own with it and I know he will continue to improve with mileage.  He will do the CCI* in Ocala in November.

Riviera just spent a day being a jumper at Ludwigs Corner Horse Show.  He jumped to second place out of thirty horses in the LCHS 4' Challenge jumper class.  We are also preparing to compete at fourth level with him this fall and winter. 

My fourth horse is my young horse Monte Carlo who is finally coming into his own.  He has started competing at jumper shows and is just this summer mentally growing into his large body.  He is a very talented, powerful horse and Brian and I have high hopes for him.  He will do a 3'6" class at the end of the month at the Cecil County Horse Show held in Elkton, MD.

With Summer winding to an end I would also like to say CONGRATULATIONS to all of my students who had a very successful time competing over the past few months.  To name a few, Carmella Clark on Tachyon achieved every score above 60% in all of her recognized training level dressage tests this summer and has qualified for a performance award.  Holley Russell on Ida competed at first level for the first time scoring a 63% and also won first place overall (AND second place overall on her own horse Lady Livengood) in the eventing tests category at the Tuesday Evening Dressage series held at the Bucks County Horse Park.  Finally, Christine Wilson on Queen's Treasure moved up to training level eventing in August at BCHP and finished with a second place ribbon!  Great job to everyone.      

Please check back next weekend for more updates!  Doc and Jet will be heading to Southern Pines, NC to compete and on September 17th we are welcoming Doc's breeder from Australia for a four day visit.

Cheers!

Ashley