After a great clinic with Gary Young and then a wonderful horse show at our barn, we rested up on Sunday to head to Brownland with the horses on Monday morning!
We started the week off with some great rides by Jen Hauser and Danielle Moraski. Jen rode Lauren Velazquez’s Balladeer to a 3rd place finish in the open schooling class and Romney Velazquez’s A Timely Affair to 6th. Danielle and Sydney Velazquez’s Caredan Z took home a 4th and a 6th in the open schooling classes as well. Jen also rode Hagen Blackwell’s Vegas De Gravelotte to 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the 3’6” Performance Hunters. Campbell Swanner’s Eclips V and Jen received a 4th place finish in the handy of the 3’3” Performance Hunters. In the jumper ring, Jen rode to 4th place on Abby Beaty’s Prof De La Roque in the 1.15 M.
The Junior Hunters jumped right into their division on Friday and Saturday. Campbell Swanner and Eclips V have been getting more consistent every horse show in the 3’3” Large Juniors. They had many great placings including a 6th in the combined 3’3” classic.
Hagen Blackwell and Vegas De Gravelotte were 2nd in the under saddle and 3rd in the classic of the 3’6” Juniors. Mimi Colette Frei and At Last rode to a 2nd place finish in the 3’6” Juniors and a 6th in the classic.
Our Children’s Hunters were able to have a warm up day on Friday with many successful blue/red classes. Hannah Banks rode Corrado to a blue ribbon finish. Both Lauren Velazquez and Balladeer and Julia McAdam and Cincational finished with red ribbons. Over the weekend, they continued their success. Julia and Cincational won a class sunday and came out reserve champion in the Older Childrens. Lauren and Balladeer rode to an 84 in the first round and took home 4th place in the Combined Childrens Classic. Hannah and Corrado rode to a 4th place finish in a competitive under saddle of the Younger Children’s.
Anna Brett Hyde and Glitter Glider moved up to the 1.15M on Friday to prep for the weekend, riding to 6th place and Abby Beaty and Prof De La Roque were 4th in the High Adults. Over the weekend, Anna Brett and Glitter Glider were 3rd in the High Adults and Abby and Prof De La Roque rode to a 6th place in the NAL/WIHS Adult Jumper Classic.
Sydney Velaquez joined us for her first show post quarantine and rode Caredan Z to the win in 3 of the 5 classes in the Limit Rider Hunter, proving that quarantine did not slow them down. Romney Velazquez rode A Timely Affair to an 80 in the first round classic and a 2nd place finish in the “Wine and Cheese” Middle Adult Hunters over fences.
Pictures provided by Hannah Banks and Lauren Velazquez.