Marylanders win big at Loudoun Spring HT
Several Maryland event riders brought home blue ribbons from the April 28-29 Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Spring Horse Trials. This event is held at Morven Park in Leesburg and offers Beginner Novice through Intermediate divisions.
Caitlin Kuzynski had the best final score out of the Marylanders competing at Beginner Novice. She rode Remington Steele to a 30.5 in dressage and jumped double clean to place second in the Open Beginner Novice division. In that same division, Alexandra MacLeod rode Arrow to fifth.
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CICs and HTs at Fair Hill
Kristen Parris (Mt. Airy) and No Halo Here finished ninth at their first Intermediate
Finally… the results from Fair Hill International Horse Trials on April 18-20 in Elkton. Heavy rains over the weekend did cause many competitors to ride just combined tests.
Lauren Sumner was the highest placing Marylander in the CIC*. She rode Golden Memories to a 56.6 in dressage, jumped double clean on cross-country and then dropped a few rails in show jumping. Her final score of 68.6 put her in sixth place out of 16 entries.
In the CIC**, Valerie Vizcarrondo rode Playtime to second place. The pair scored a 46.1 in dressage and jumped clean both on cross-country and show jumping. They did have a few time faults in both rounds but finished less than a point behind the winner, Doug Payne of New Jersey. Danny Warrington came home with a ribbon as well, riding Will Smith to fifth place.
Julia Wendell was the only Maryland entry in the CIC*** riding Cavendish. The jumped around the cross-country course clean with a few time faults and placed seventh overall.
In the regular horse trials divisions, Courtney Sendak and Wil’Ya Love Me continued their Advanced season with good results. The pair scored a 38.8 in dressage, putting them in the middle of the pack. They dropped one rail in show jumping and then put in an impressive cross-country round, adding some time faults but clean jumping. This moved them up to third place at the end of the competition. Tracey Bienemann rode Zara at Advanced as well, placing fifth.
Kate Chadderton earned fifth place in Open Intermediate A. She rode Collection Pass to a 42 in dressage, dropped one rail in show jumping and then went double clean on the cross-country course. She then rode VS McCuan Civil Liberty to second place in Open Preliminary A. This time, Kate scored a 30 in dressage and finished the competition on that score.
Kristen Parris and Lord Ivanhoe placed seventh at Preliminary
Also earning a second place at Preliminary was Madeline Parisan. She rode Hope To Star to a 28.6 in dressage and jumped clean the rest of the weekend to earn second in the Junior/Young Rider Preliminary division.
In Open Preliminary C, Abigail Gibbon scored a 28.6 in dressage. She and Prima LGF had one dropped rail in show jumping and jumped double clean cross-country to finish in fourth place. In the same division, K.C. Cowels and Miss Carlisle also dropped a rail and finished sixth.
Jennifer Price rode I Love Lucy to a final score of 35.4 in Junior Training to place third.
Rolex Recap: Marilyn Little-Meredith places in the top 10
Marilyn Little-Meredith aboard RF Demeter - 9th place overall at Rolex
Marilyn Little-Meredith of Raylyn Farm in Frederick was the only Maryland entry at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event this year (April 26-29), but she had two horses entered. For those that do not know much about Marilyn, she has done a bit of everything in the equestrian sport world but spent most of her junior and young adult career racking up the ribbons on the Grand Prix Show Jumping circuit, both here in the US and overseas. To read more about Marilyn, click here.
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This just sucks….
The Badminton CCI**** announced this morning that it is canceling this week’s competition. The fall out from this cancellation is tremendous… William Fox-Pitt’s Rolex Grand Slam goals thwarted, various European eventers looking for one last big run before the London Olympics are left without a 4-star, some still trying to qualify for the Olympics might be out of time and Maryland’s Colleen Rutledge currently training in England with no 4-star to compete in (not to mention the millions of dollars in tourism that just got flushed down the drain). Colleen’s blog post this morning just about sums it all up.
More photos from Redland
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Alison Bowyer and Knickerbocker – first place Senior Beginner Novice
Courtney Swartz and Professor Pronto – fifth place Junior Beginner Novice
Alexis Levy and HF Pressbox Coach – sixth place Senior Beginner Novice
Mary Macklin and California Comet – sixth place Open Training
Redland Recap
The Redland Hunt Pony Club Horse Trials marks the beginning of the eventing season in Maryland. The event is a fundraiser for the Olney based pony club and is held at Brooke Grove Farm. The event holds Beginner Novice through Training divisions and had a new look on the cross-country course with new tracks for each level.
Saturday began with the Training divisions first thing in the morning. Chelsea Eldridge had three Training horses and won the Open Training division aboard Elektra. The pair scored a 30 in dressage, had one dropped rail in show jumping and then only 0.8 time faults on cross-country. Her other two horses finished eighth (Elf in Junior/Young Rider Training) and sixth (Slim Jim in Training Horse).
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The Fork, CDCTA and Plantation
CICs at The Fork
The Fork in Norwood, North Carolina held CICs for the two and three-star levels as well as a regular horse trials for Training through Advanced on April 5-8. Many Rolex and Badminton-bound riders used the CICs as prep work for the spring CCI four-stars.
Marilyn Little-Meredith rode RF Smoke On the Water to third place in the CIC**. The pair was in third place after dressage with a score of 53.9 and held onto that placing with no jumping or time faults added to its score. Marilyn also rode RF Demeter in the CIC***, also earning third place. This time, she scored a 45 in dressage, jumped clean cross-country and dropped one rail in show jumping. In addition, Marilyn rode RF Rovano Rex in the Advanced B division, placing seventh. Both Demeter and Rovano Rex are entered at Rolex.
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Three Marylanders Head to Spring 4-stars
Daniel Clasing, Marilyn Little-Meredith and Colleen Rutledge are all officially entered in spring four-star events this spring. Daniel, riding Houston, and Marilyn, riding RF Rovano Rex and RF Demeter, will be competing at the Rolex Kentucky Three-day Event CCI**** in Lexington, Kentucky while Colleen heads over seas with Shiraz to compete in the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials CCI**** in England.
Stay tuned for updates from both events later this month!
Spring at Morven Park
The Morven Park Spring Horse Trials took place in Leesburg, Virginia on March 31–April 1. Here are the results of the Maryland top six in each division.
Dagmar Caramello rode C’est La Vie to third place in Open Beginner Novice B, finishing on a dressage score of 32. In the same division, Glenda Player rode PL Lucky Darby to sixth place. In Beginner Novice Rider, Tara Swersie rode Whiskey Tango to fifth place. Madeleine Favre and Destiny’s Wish earned fifth place in Junior Beginner Novice Rider.
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