Archive for September, 2010

AEC Wraps Up With 2 More Ribbons for Maryland

More Maryland Ribbon Winners On the last day of the American Eventing Championships (Sunday, September 12, 2010), Stephen Fulton and Katie Ruppel added a ribbon and some prizes to their trailers for the ride back to Maryland. Both riders competed at the Preliminary level. Fulton and FMF’s Ides of March entered the show jumping phase [...]


AEC Ribbon Count: 2 Res. Champs! Plus: 4 other ribbons

Skyler Decker, on her way to the Junior Beginner Novice Reserve Championship aboard Nickels and Dimes. Maryland Winners Junior riders Alexa Easton and Skyler Decker represented Maryland well, each earning a Reserve Championship at the American Eventing Championships today (Saturday, September 11, 2010). In the first division to show jump of the day, Easton rode [...]


Five Maryland Riders Set to Jump for Ribbons

Five Maryland event riders are going to sleep tonight (Friday, September 10) knowing that in the morning, they will be jumping for ribbons at the American Eventing Championships. In Junior Novice, Alexa Easton (pictured left) jumped clean on cross-country aboard Tiger Lily. Knowing she was already in fifth place, Easton chose to take the long [...]


Marylanders Score Well on First Day of AECs

The first day of the American Eventing Championships started off bright and early this morning, September 9, at 8am with six dressage rings for Training and Novice competitors. Three Beginner Novice divisions also completed the dressage phase today. The AECs are being held for the first time at the Bouckaert Farm of Chattahoochee Hills in [...]


Final Summer Events, Plus: Area II BN Champs

by Katherine O. Rizzo Mardi Herman and Go Gilda placed fourth at Olney (pictured) and second at Fair Hill competing at Training. Maryland event riders have had a busy summer! Here is a quick recap of who went where and who won what in Area II. Olney Farm On the first day of August, many [...]