The second showing was back up and running, you can imagine the Fox Lake crew were there. We headed over to Pensacola, FL for two weeks of the Elite Show Jumping “A” horse shows.
Week one came with challenges of weather, but our riders did not let that stop them from riding their best.
During the week, Jen Hauser and Hagen Blackwell’s Vegas De Gravelotte took home a reserve in the 3’6” Performance Hunters. Tricolors also went out to Jen Hauser and Hannah Bank’s Corrado, who were champion in the Low/Open Hunters with Danielle Moraski and Romney Velazquez’s Caredan Z receiving reserve.
The weekend brought just as much success for our clients despite the rain getting worse each day. The Velazquez family had a fantastic weekend, getting tricolors on all of their mounts. Lauren Velazquez and Balladeer rode to champion in the Children’s Hunters and won the Children’s classic. Romney Velazquez took home the top two spots in the Adult Hunters winning champion on A Timely Affair and reserve with Caredan Z. Romney and Caredan Z also won the Adult classic.
Campbell Swanner did some of her best riding in the inclement weather with Eclips V in the 3’3” Junior Hunters coming in right out of reserve. Hagen Blackwell and Vegas De Gravelotte had great ribbons in the 3’6” Junior Hunters including a first in the under saddle.
Hannah Banks and Corrado and Julia McAdam and Cinsational had some great rides in the Children’s Hunters, both riding to a second place ribbon. Julia was also fourth in the Children’s classic.
Keri Rankin and Odessa had a phenomenal weekend, showing early Sunday and beating the harsh rain. They were reserve in the 3’3” Amateur Owners as well as second in the Amateur Owners classic.
Sadly our jumpers did not have the same luck with the rain, and had to scratch Sunday due to the storm, but they rocked it before that. Abby Beaty and Prof De La Roque jumped to fourth place in the Adult Jumper class Saturday with Anna Brett Hyde and Glitter Glider coming in fifth place. Clayton Mullis and Tower Lux rode to a third place finish in the Children’s Jumpers Saturday.
After a much needed break on Monday, the sun came out and the humidity subsided for a beautiful second week of showing. Although our riders rode fantastic week one, they came out even better week two!
Jen Hauser rode Hannah Bank’s Corrado to a reserve champion finish in the Low/Open Hunters. Jen rode Anna Brett Hyde’s Glitter Glider and Clayton Mullis’s Tower Lux in the $5,000 Welcome Stake to a third and seventh place finish respectively.
Romney Velazquez came out on top again in the Adult Hunters, this time being champion on Caredan Z and reserve on A Timely Affair. And once again, Romney and Caredan Z were first in the Adult classic.
Julia McAdam and Cinsational had their best show to date, winning both their classes Sunday making them champion of the Older Children’s Hunters. She also rode to a first place finish in the combined Children’s classic.
The Younger Children’s Hunters also had a great weekend. Julia King and C Beyond, Hannah Banks and Corrado, and Lauren Velazquez and Balladeer all had great trips in a competitive group, getting better and better each time. Lauren and Balladeer received third in the combined Children’s classic, followed by Julia and C Beyond in the fifth place spot, and Hannah and Corrado coming in tenth.
On Saturday, Lauren Velazquez rode Caredan Z in the THIS for her birthday and finished third. What a great time back in the show ring for this old pair.
Hagen Blackwell rode phenomenal on Vegas De Gravelotte to have top place finishes in a combined 3’6” Junior Hunter/Amateur Owner division with some tough competition. Keri Rankin and Odessa and Campbell Swanner and Eclips V showed against each other in the combined 3’3” Junior Hunter/Amateur Owner division. On Sunday, Campbell and Eclips V won the first class and Keri and Odessa won the second one. In the combined classic, Keri and Odessa were fifth, Hagen and Vegas De Gravelotte were sixth, and Campbell and Eclips V were eighth.
Kate Knowles and WEC Quidam Quidam had their first show together being very successful. They were second and third in multiple classes throughout the week.
With the beautiful weather, the jumpers got to finish out the horse show for us with a bang! All jumped clear on Sunday in the $1,500 Children’s/Adult Jumper Classic with Clayton Mullis and Tower Lux coming in third, Anna Brett Hyde and Glitter Glider coming in fourth, and Abby Beaty and Prof De La Roque coming in sixth. On Friday, Anna Brett and Glitter Glider showed in the 1.10 M Jumpers to a third place finish. On Saturday, Clayton rode Tower Lux to a first place in the Child/Adult Jumpers and Abby Beaty and Prof De La Roque came in fifth.
We are excited to head off to Brownland next week to continue our success and great riding!
