Winter Eventing Wins – Part 2
Alexandra MacLeod and Arrow won at Full Gallop in the Intermediate A division.
Full Gallop
Eventing continued in Aiken, South Carolina on March 12-14 with the Full Gallop March Horse Trials. There, some Marylanders got in one more event before heading home, while some others were just getting started with their 2010 seasons.
Alexandra MacLeod of Chevy Chase made her Intermediate debut a memorable one, winning the Intermediate A division aboard Arrow. MacLeod scored a 36.4 in dressage, placing her and Arrow in sixth place. They jumped clean in show jumping and cross-country, though added some time cross-country, moving up to first place.
Courtney Sendak of Sparks placed fourth in the same division riding Wil’Ya Love Me. Sendak also rode Paint It Black to 12th place in Preliminary C. In Preliminary A, Larissa Barilar of Chestertown rode Tonka Toyz to seventh place.
Colleen Rutledge of Turnabout Farm in Mt. Airy placed seventh and eighth in Intermediate B. She rode her two horses Dillon and Shiraz in their first events of the season. Both horses jumped clean and had time cross-country. Dillon earned seventh, while Shiraz took home eighth.
At Novice, Alexa Seip of Easton jumped clean aboard her own Oakengrove Giselle to fourth place in Novice D. Brittany Meyer of Ellicott City tied for first place in Novice G with an impressive dressage score of 25. Unfortunately, one dropped rail in show jumping cost her the win, but she and Parker Station only moved down to second place before heading back up to Maryland. In the same division, Kate Chadderton of Victory Sporthorses placed third aboard Lois Lane.
Meyer rode Foridden Colors to sixth place in Training E. Rutledge placed 14th with Wizard of Win in the same division. Sara Siegel of Dickerson rode Subtle Contrast to double clean rounds and a fifth place in Training B. In the same division, Michelle Warro of Annapolis finished eighth aboard Prince William. In Training D, Shelagh Davidson of Baltimore rode Atlantic Roar to ninth place, finishing on her dressage score.
Brittany Meyer and Forbidden Colors placed sixth at Training level at Full Gallop.
Southern Pines I
Back-to-back weekends of eventing at the Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, North Carolina kicked off March 13-14 with the Southern Pines Horse Trials I. The divisions for this event were very large, with many in the 30s or higher.
Jill Maurer of Boonsboro placed ninth in Beginner Novice Rider, out of 33 entries. She and Harvey added one dropped rail to her dressage score to finish with a 42.6. Five Marylanders competed in Open Beginner Novice, though none actually placed. Kristen Parris of Mt. Airy rode Lord Ivanhoe to finish on a dressage score of 37.1, placing 16th. Dickcy Gibson of Myersville rode Mahogany Rush to 24th place, Nellie Hanagan of Dickerson placed 26th aboard Cotton Jenny, Kai Bradley of Walkersville finished 27th with Promise Ima Zipper and Julie Augustine of Olney finished 31st with Texas Riddle.
Damascus rider Clare Green won Training Rider aboard Windbrook Sensotronic. The pair was in third place after dressage but jumped clean to claim the win. In the same division, Parris rode No Halo Here to fourth place and Hannah Ong of Beltsville rode Redmond to 19th place and Surf Guitar to 21st.
Germantown junior Lauren Sumner jumped clean to place fifth in Open Training A with Golden Memories. Kelley Williams of A Bit Better Farm in Sunshine rode Rumbling Storm to 19th place in Open Training B. Williams also rode Brazen Bomber at Southern Pines, finishing 15th in Open Preliminary. In Preliminary Rider, Catherine Hanagan of Dickerson finished 12th riding Phoenix Song.
Erika Gonzalez of Germantown rode Copper Dancer in the Preliminary/Training division. The pair dropped a rail in show jumping to finish fourth.
Stephanie Butts and Peabody continued to place well at Intermediate.
Rocking Horse
The Rocking Horse Spring Horse Trials took place March 12-14, a week before the official start date of spring in Altoona, Florida. There, Stephanie and Gretchen Butts (Waredaca in Laytonsville) and Kerry Blackmer (Miles Ahead Farm in Adamstown) wrapped up their winter in the sun with one final competition before heading back up to Maryland.
At Intermediate, Blackmer rode Case Closed to third place in the Intermediate Rider division. Riding Night Ruckous, Blackmer finished 17th in Training Horse A.
Stephanie Butts rode Landon Calrissian to 15th place in Novice Horse A. With Sgt. Pepper, she finished 18th in Open Preliminary A. Riding Crossroad, Butts placed 17th in Training Horse B.
Gretchen Butts rode her two horses at Preliminary and Training. In Open Preliminary A, Butts place 17th with Arundel. Riding Malone Bay in Training Horse A, she placed 13th.
Kerry Blackmer and Case Closed finished third at Rocking Horse in the Intermediate division.
Daniel Clasing and Houston moved up to Advanced at Southern Pines II.
Southern Pines II
Southern Pines Horse Trials II took place March 19-21, officially becoming the first spring event in Area II. There, Daniel Clasing (Yardley Hill Farm in White Hall) moved his horse Houston up to the Advanced level. The pair earned a 40.6 in dressage, dropped two rails in show jumping and jumped clean with a little time on cross-country. Overall, Clasing finished in 13th place in Advanced A.
Also competing at Advanced was Colleen Rutledge and her horse Shiraz. They scored a 42.5 in dressage, also dropped two rails and jumped clean with some time cross-country to finish in 12th place in Advanced B. Rutledge rode Dillon at the Intermediate level, placing eighth in Open Intermediate B. With Wizard of Win, Rutledge finished 20th in Open Training C.
Valerie Vizcarrondo of Blue Clover Eventing in Harwood, put in a great performance with Clifton Jade to finish fifth in Open Intermediate A. Molly Curtiss of Brookeville successfully moved up to Intermediate, placing 15th in Intermediate Rider with Savannah. Courtney Sendak and Wil’Ya Love Me placed 13th in the same division.
At Preliminary, Cindy Wood and Unbelievable were the highest placing Marylanders for the level. The pair finished in ninth place in Open Preliminary B. Sendak and Paint It Black placed 22nd in the same division.
Molly Curtis and Savannah have successfully moved up to Intermediate.
Kate Chadderton and McCuan Mario pictured at Pine Top.
Molly Rosin and Eurovision
Kate Chadderton and Molly Rosin (Havarah Eventing) each rode two horses at Preliminary. Chadderton finished 16th with McCuan Mario in Open Preliminary A, jumping clean but a bit slow on cross-country. With Collection Pass, Chadderton placed 15th in Open Preliminary C.
Rosin finished in 16th and 17th place in Open Preliminary C. Riding Eurovision, Rosin placed 16th after dropping several rails in show jumping. Her second Preliminary horse at Southern Pines was Havarah’s Charly, a horse she placed fourth with at Fair Hill International CCI** in 2008. At Southern Pines, the horse’s first event back from a minor injury, Rosin finished 17th.
Julia Wendell (An Otherwise Perfect Farm, Upperco) rode Picante to 11th place in Open Preliminary A, jumping clean but outside the time in both jumping phases. Just behind her in 12th place was Sheri Thornley (Southwind Farm, Damascus) and Toga who also jumped clean.
Sara Siegel and Subtle Contrast jumped double clean to finish ninth in the Preliminary/Training division.
Rosin was busy at Southern Pines, riding three Training level horses in addition to the two Preliminary ones. With BeauJeste, Rosin jumped double clean and inside the time to place eighth on a dressage score of 37.7 in Open Training C. Sprite dropped a rail in Open Training A to finish 23rd and Sabrina had a stop on cross-country to place 22nd in Open Training B.
Sara Siegel and Subtle Contrast finished the winter season with a ninth place in Preliminary/Training at Southern Pines II.
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