Jet had a fantastic day yesterday at the Maryland Horse Trials near Frederick, MD and is now fully qualified to compete at the Ocala CCI* in November. We were the second ride of the day in dressage and the first ride of the day in both of the jumping phases. Jet continues to find relaxing in the dressage problematical, but he tried very hard and put in an obedient, if underpowered, test. In the jumping phases, however, he really shone. He jumped double clean in both the stadium and the cross country phases to finish the day on his dressage score alone. This is the first time at preliminary level that he has done this. He literally ate up the cross country course and when he crossed the finish line he was barely winded.
My students Holley Russell and Sandra Stocks also had brilliant days yesterday at the more local Bucks County Horse Park. Holley jumped double clear jumping rounds to finish first in the beginner novice devision on Towanda. Sandra had clean jumping rounds at starter level on Dakota but incurred a few time faults in stadium and finished in third place. Wonderful job girls!
Tomorrow Doc and I ship to Fair Hill. You can find out more about Fair Hill on the website, www.fairhillinternational.com. Come and watch us compete this week or this weekend!
-Ashley
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