MORVEN!!!

WOW!! What a weekend! It started earlier this week when Knickerbocker came in with a abscess brewing. So I got on the phone with Morvens wonderful secretary and switched Kari's spot from training to novice, not quite sure who she was going to ride! This is also all happening while Kari was at work, unaware of my scheming.

So long story short, she took Buckshot, who she has ridden twice in the last 2 months, once on sat and once on Fri! Before that, he has been used by the kids all summer!

So Buckshot did his first novice, and Kari was AWESOME!!! She rode perfectly in all three phases, and I think the little red man was happy to be back at a recognized event. He loves cross country! She pulled off a 44 in dressage, one green rail in show jumping and a clean, careful cross country! Ending 12th in a very competitive LARGE division. WAY TO GO KARI AND BUCKSHOT!

Alexa Henry piloted her own horse, Organized Chaos to an 8th place. She ended on her dressage score, 38.5! She was in a big competitive class, and showed off her new show jumping style and her awesome cross country skills! This mare will be moving up to training soon, and claiming ribbons the whole time! Great riding Alexa!

Beasty was even more amazing this weekend then ever! Her dressage is really coming along! She earned a 44, and is really starting to settle. Once we perfect the warm up and get rid of the tension in her little mare body, her scores are going to blow everyone out of the water! Beasty was an angel in show jumping, the longer warm up, matched with the show jumping being in the grass this year helped her feel very focused. Beasty jumped clean, but her pilot had a rail! After pushing for a longer one, after not enough prep coming in, Beast tried to pat the ground....it wasn't good. I asked her to keep going and she said OK, with her wonderful little attitude. She is something else!

The cross country was SOLID. This was the hardest cross country Beast has had to do to date. I am not quite sure what 5 abc was, a coffin?,A mound with a ditch one stride from the top? It was a ditch that was a little surprise to them as they were taking off at A, that's for sure. Then on to angled large roll tops, a second full coffin, hanging log to a corner, that was both large and had a beautifully inviting run out to the left! A couple skinnys down hill in the woods, and a tough water question! All the fences in between weren't small either!

What a breeze for this mare. It amazes me how she just rises to the occasion and skips around the course! My watch wouldn't start, but we still came in just a few seconds from optimum!

Beasty finished a respectable 11th, in her big division! Lots of carrots in store for her!

Thank you so much to my besties, Kari, Katie, Sharon, Dave, Maggie, Alison and Alexa!!! You guys are the best!!!!!

We are looking forward to Maryland horse trials, both recognized and unrecognized!