Keep the Ribbons Coming!

Driving Success
Congratulations to Wendy Kilgore and her partner Will who won at Louisville’s Hermitage Classic Combined Driving event last weekend! Champion Training Dressage and Second in Combined Test. Her first CDE!

Can’t believe what a great weekend all the riders from Stone Place Stables had September 15-16. We took eight horses to Flying Cross Horse Trials and two more horses went to other shows. Denise Hellmann went to Indiana and got her final score to get her bronze medal. LeAnn Ross went to Horse Aid at Masterson Station and brought home two second place ribbons.
And the results from Flying Cross…

• Sarah Busche 3rd BN
• Emily Smith 3rd BN
• Lauren Carlisle 5th BN
• Emily Hagan 1st N
• Whitney Drury 5th N
• Amy Seiler 6th N
• Rene Robertson 6th T
• Maxfli 3rd P

It doesn’t get much better than that. Way to go girls!

Summer Show Recap

The summer show season is coming to a close. I know it’s been busy but want to step back and give a show recap to highlight all the hard work everyone has put in. We’ll kick things off with Penny Oaks. We had a lovely showing from the barn, Lauren Carlisle finished on her dressage score of a 45.5 to earn the 7^th spot in the BNR division. Also in the BNR division was Emily Smith on Higgins making her USEA Sanctioned horse trial debut. She conquered the water on cross country, had a lovely dressage test earning a 38 and ended up finishing 11^th out of 16 riders.

Next up was Richland Park H.T. a must attend event! I competed at the Preliminary level on Maxfli and Rene Robertson competed at Training on Top Secret. This venue is perfect for getting your horse acclimated to a higher energy surrounding and to prep them for a move up to a higher division. The courses are tough and the competition is fierce. We both completed and gained valuable experience. Can’t wait until next year!

Kentucky Classique was next on the calendar and fortunately they added a Starter division to broaden the competition a little. Amy Seiler rode Manchester going Novice and a few rails held them to 10^th place but a double clear cross country round and a great dressage test definitely demonstrated their progress. A few more shows and they should have all their ducks in a row. Sarah Busche tested out her new horse Angle of Attack at the Starter level and ended up in 2^nd place.  They will be moving up to Beginner Novice at Flying Cross.

The fall show season is already here, and I look forward to seeing everyone wrap up this competition year with great success. Just remember to kick on!