We are here in Norwood, NC for a beautiful weekend at The Fork Stables. The competition has both an advanced class and a CIC*** class, which makes it the last prep run for many riders before Rolex CCI**** in three weeks. I have Jet and Monte here. Jet is moving up to advanced this weekend. Monte is running preliminary. Jet's division is large and very strong, and it really is a pleasure to see so many beautiful horse and rider combinations. Yesterday we did our dressage test and scored a 40.7. Jet is not confirmed yet in his flying changes, and there are four in the test. He did all four, though they were somewhat exuberant. I was pleased with his test for his first attempt. He was rideable and as he gets stronger in his half pass and flying changes his scores will improve. We are looking forward to cross country day on Saturday! Monte does dressage today. He was a little nervous when we arrived on Wednesday. I realized that although he has traveled up and down the coast to Florida a few times, he has never been to an overnight show. We settled him in and yesterday he was fine, but by late afternoon the nerves had caught up to him. You see him here finally relaxing in his stall. He was snoring when I took this picture. Jet also took a snooze after his ride yesterday. More later!
We are here in Norwood, NC for a beautiful weekend at The Fork Stables. The competition has both an advanced class and a CIC*** class, which makes it the last prep run for many riders before Rolex CCI**** in three weeks. I have Jet and Monte here. Jet is moving up to advanced this weekend. Monte is running preliminary. Jet's division is large and very strong, and it really is a pleasure to see so many beautiful horse and rider combinations. Yesterday we did our dressage test and scored a 40.7. Jet is not confirmed yet in his flying changes, and there are four in the test. He did all four, though they were somewhat exuberant. I was pleased with his test for his first attempt. He was rideable and as he gets stronger in his half pass and flying changes his scores will improve. We are looking forward to cross country day on Saturday! Monte does dressage today. He was a little nervous when we arrived on Wednesday. I realized that although he has traveled up and down the coast to Florida a few times, he has never been to an overnight show. We settled him in and yesterday he was fine, but by late afternoon the nerves had caught up to him. You see him here finally relaxing in his stall. He was snoring when I took this picture. Jet also took a snooze after his ride yesterday. More later!
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