Pine Hill Results
Our trip to Pine Hill turned out to be a sucessful venture - if a hot one! This time of year, we expect it to be hot and humid and it always seems to rain on the GAG division. Not this year, we arrived Sat. afternoon to find it dry, dry and 105 degrees. Whew! We unloaded the horses and watered them quick! Didn't try to walk courses or ride til the evening.
Show day, Sunday, proved to be hot and dry as well, but there was a stiff breeze blowing, so it wasn't as bad. Diana Morgan and her wonderful Polo won their Training, Jr. division. Kyla Nelson rode a dressage test on Lazarus that was worth the weekend right there - no bucking! She rode the Training level jump phases with no problems - that bank combination with the ditch rode just fine! A few time penalties knocked her out of placings, but she rode thoughtful clean rounds.
Novice Senior had Mallori Nickerson riding Wavish and ending up in 3rd place.
Junior Beginner Novice had both Jessica Nickerson aboard Sunset - his first time out at an event - and Ashley Cotton on Phabulous Phread. Both horses were new to this. Phread was such a nervous wreck Saturday that we weren't sure how he would settle on Sunday. The dressage was a showing some tension still but in the jump phases he continued to relax and she ended up with a 3rd. Jessica showed tension as well and sped around the dressage. Had one stop at the stadium - first fence, horse didn't even see it coming he was so busy looking at his environment. But the cross country rode without a hitch - even the water! This was both horses first time at an event as well.
And Green As Grass division had Ashley showing young Diego at his first jump show. He thought the entire weekend was fun. No penalties jumping placed him at 3rd by the end of the day.
Good show guys!
Show day, Sunday, proved to be hot and dry as well, but there was a stiff breeze blowing, so it wasn't as bad. Diana Morgan and her wonderful Polo won their Training, Jr. division. Kyla Nelson rode a dressage test on Lazarus that was worth the weekend right there - no bucking! She rode the Training level jump phases with no problems - that bank combination with the ditch rode just fine! A few time penalties knocked her out of placings, but she rode thoughtful clean rounds.
Novice Senior had Mallori Nickerson riding Wavish and ending up in 3rd place.
Junior Beginner Novice had both Jessica Nickerson aboard Sunset - his first time out at an event - and Ashley Cotton on Phabulous Phread. Both horses were new to this. Phread was such a nervous wreck Saturday that we weren't sure how he would settle on Sunday. The dressage was a showing some tension still but in the jump phases he continued to relax and she ended up with a 3rd. Jessica showed tension as well and sped around the dressage. Had one stop at the stadium - first fence, horse didn't even see it coming he was so busy looking at his environment. But the cross country rode without a hitch - even the water! This was both horses first time at an event as well.
And Green As Grass division had Ashley showing young Diego at his first jump show. He thought the entire weekend was fun. No penalties jumping placed him at 3rd by the end of the day.
Good show guys!
posted by Kinswood Farms at 5:44 AM
3 Comments:
It WAS a good show, and it was hotter than blazes! Thanks for the update on how everyone did. Congrats to all.
Im so proud of how this July Pine Hill event turned out to be. Phread had my head spinning, literally; on saturday, but sunday had a nice heads up for all Kinswood riders. Good job everybody and try not to let the heat interfere with a great ride.
Ashley
I'm really proud of all of the riders (Even the riders that didn't place) I was able to help while I was there. Thanks for letting me come Ms. Diane.
~HANNAH~
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