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The arduous task of picking oneself up off the floor...

July 2008

    So... having been named as team alternate for the Olympics, 'Timmy' and I headed south to participate in team training camp.  There was one spot open on the team so we knew it would all come down to our performance at the mandatory outing at the horse park.  Tim and I were so ready to get down there and give it our all.  His dressage has been so very good and he's a very good jumper so I went down there very determined to give it our best.

  After three days of lessons with David the mandatory outing began and boy did Timmy perform!  He put in a tremendous dressage test and a very fast and 'easy' looking cross on the Saturday.  The next day he jogged up perfectly for the vets and then proceeded to show jump double clear!!!  He then had to pass ultra sounding which he did perfectly!  That night it became clear that we would be on the team as he had exceeded the performances of the other contenders and passed the vetting. 

  I cannot begin to explain what that felt like.  Like many, I have spent my entire teen/adult life dreaming, waiting, preparing, sweating and crying for that moment.  Never has it come easy for me in any way.  It was the dream come true and I was ever so proud of my horse, myself and Leslie ~ so proud of all three of us for getting us there. 

  The next day Timmy came up lame.  Poof.  Dream gone.  A tiny amount of swelling in his pastern revealed that he had strained a ligament in it.  I couldn't believe it.  Everyone was so very nice to me.. David O'Conner (our team coach) and Christiana Ober (our wondrous vet) both told me that they were so sorry and that the vote to put me on the team had been unanimous.  Let me tell you.. I had to count very fast and furiously under my breath back from 100 to stop myself from having a complete breakdown right in front of the entire Canadian team and support staff.  I couldn't wait to get away and into my car and off to a parking lot so I could have a proper breakdown!    

  So that was the end of that.  The good news is that my Tim is wondrously happy and in no pain whatsoever.  He is fairly oblivious to the injury and is to be sure, much happier eating his grass than sitting in Hong Kong!  He will spend a month in his stall and hand grazing and then start hacking again.  He'll be back in time for the Florida season and we'll have to have our eye on the Worlds... perhaps he is just afraid of flying and would rather just take a trailer to Kentucky.  For me it has been a rough blow to be honnest.  I've naturally had many disappointments before but this has been a very big one.  I have no idea why the world hasn't stopped to feel sorry for me.. HA!  but I'm starting to get back to normal and appreciating the lovely young horses that I have to bring up to fill into Timmy's shoes for the next Olympics.  It is certainly not an easy game/life this horse business!

  On a happier note, Leslie has had much success recently with our other horses.  He won the CIC ** at Maui Jim with Mystere du Val, was 4th with Evening Shade in his first advanced, completed well with the sales horse 'Rockstar' in the CIC *, and should have won the CIC* with All the Buzz had he not jumped the last ADVANCED fence!!  Leslie also rode three of my young horses for me at Maryland when I was supposed to be away and won the prelim with Java, won the training with Mad Skillz and placed 2nd with Amarna.  I must have had them very well trained up for him! HA!  Take care, and best of luck.... Lesley & Lesliexo 

'Timmy' and Lesley named as alternate to Olympics! 

We are so excited to announce that 'Timber Spirit' and Lesley have been named as alternate for the Canadian Olympic Team.  Having conquered Rolex **** twice Timmy was injured last year and missed out on being able to try for the Pan Am's.  Having not evented for almost a year he came back this winter to be a total star and 100% sound after doing so well at both a CIC and CCI *** and a few advanced horse trials as well.

I cannot say how proud I am of my Tim.  I just wish there was a way to let him know how much I appreciate him.  Everyday I walk into the barn in the morning I say to him, "Do you know how important you are?"!  He is totally my hero and aside from Leslie, always my best friend.

(thanks to Shannon Brinkman for the ever amazing photos..)

June 2008

  We've been so busy we are way behind in our news!  Where to start... the horses have been nothing short of fantastic and we are so proud of all of them! 

  'Private Heart' not only had a top placing at Red Hills CIC *** but also did it again with a great finish at the Fork CIC ***!  He is an above average jumper all the time and Leslie is excited to continue his relationship with him.  We are so appreciative of Troy and Ann Glaus for their continued partnership with us on this horse.

  'Mystere du Val' who is only eight, won the CIC *** at The Fork and completed his first CCI *** at Jersey Fresh.  'Bean' (as he's known to his friends..) won the dressage by a considerable amount but unfortunately had a spooky green moment at the first water at Jersey.. otherwise he would have won it as he show jumped clear!  Not bad for a young guy!  He will be started up again soon and aimed at Fair Hill *** in the fall.

  'All the Buzz', Leslie's larger than life character of a 6 year old, won his first CCI * at the Florida Horse Park.  'Buzz' is so talented and doesn't he just know it!

  'Timber Spirit' made Lesley proud over and over again by doing a fantastic job at the CCI *** at Jersey.  Due to injury they hadn't done a three day in over a year but 'Timmy' came back swinging!  A super dressage, just time xc, and one rail stadium.  And the best news?.. he is 100% sound and very happy with himself!

  'Java', Lesley's gorgeous 6 year old, did two prelims at the end of the Florida season and ended up 1st and 7th!  Fairly impressive for a young guy!  Lesley has handed the reins over to the other Leslie until she finds out about Timmy's summer plans (Lesley is very superstitious..) so hopefully Leslie will enjoy Java .. but not too much!  She wants him back after!

 Our newest and youngest child - 'Mad Skillz' - went off to his first real event since being imported!  He did a good dressage and jumped double clean show jumping and xc and has turned out to be a real head-turner; very handsome!  He placed 2nd in his second outing and then won the 5 year old division of the Young Event Horse at Talbot Run.  Look for him to move up to training at the Maryland Event!

  Lesley is very excited to have the ride on Newspring Farm's (Tim and Cheryl Holekamp) young Trakehner mare 'Amarna' who is by the impressive stallion 'Amethyst' out of 'Actress'.  They won their first two young event horse competitions and did super at the training at Seneca which was unfortunately not finished due to weather conditions.  This mare is absolutely sassy and talented and just an example of what every chestnut mare should be!  Lesley is very grateful for the ride and looks forward to a wonderful relationship with 'Amy'. 

March 2008

  We are ecstatic to report that so far our winter has been a fabulous one and with any luck.. Our Luck.. will continue!  Our 6 year olds - Java and Buzz - have gone on to win another few events each and truly seem to have a golden future.  Leslie's intermediate horses - Private heart and Mystere du Val - have stepped up and become advanced horses which is very exciting for Leslie.  Yet perhaps our most exciting news to date is that Lesley's advanced horse 'Timber' has come back from his injury of last year in full force!  He placed at the Pine Top advanced in February and then went on to the the very demanding three star at Red Hills and finished in fine form with a very good dressage and perfect cross country and most importantly, very strong and happy.  It's great to have him back as I very much missed my old friend.  As well we are excited to welcome a new young horse from England who we have called 'Bones' (show name Mad Skillz) as he arrived rather skinny from his travels!  He is by Master Imp out of a tb mare and you'll have to watch for him in the young event horse series this summer!  We took him to his first event ever just three weeks after arriving as we thought that if nothing else, the experience would be good for him and he surprised us with his terrific behaviour!  Sure he had a few bobbles xc and he sure thought the stadium was baffling, but he did it all with such an amazing head ... he is a real sweet heart and very naturally talented.. now he just needs to be polished! 

 timmy!

 Bones 1st event.

Java looking like a champ! 

 Can U Believe it? First Show of the Year ~ Done&Dusted.... (Jan 14th, 2008)

  Hard to believe but Ocala I has already gone by!  We had a great start to the year with Leslie's two horses ~ 'Jock' and 'Bean' placing 3rd and 2nd in the OI, and our young horses 'All the Buzz' and 'Java' placing 2nd and 1st in the training!  Leslie also rode a friend of ours, Robbi Moon's, horse 'Kismit' to a third place in the training.  Our worst dressage score of the weekend was a 27.. our best a shocking 16!!!  Hopefully this is a good omen for a great year to come!  Leslie's off now to England to search for new horses and we are working towards continued success in the shows that will be coming fast and furious now!  Good luck to all!  

Java winning the training division.       

WEDDING & NEW YEAR'S EVE!!!!

  On December 17th we got married at sunset on the beach in Aruba!  It was the most perfect moment either of us could have imagined!  We returned back to Florida just before Christmas and had a fab party at our farm on New Year's Eve for all our family and friends... a good time was had by all and it will certainly be a night we won't soon forget!

(Rodney Powell, 'ey', William F-P, Alice F-P, 'ie')

(Will Delbrook, Paul Delbrook, Christiana Ober, Sara Dierks / Sandy & Peter Green)

Congratulations & Welcomes...

Congratulations to Megan & Kathy Rochford on their purchase of the young french horse 'Nathan'... we hope they enjoy many many wonderful years together!

Law Eventing is pleased to announce their newest arrival 'Eddy' (no show name yet!) Eddy is a beautiful, young Irish thoroughbred recently imported from England.  We look forward to eventing him in Florida this winter!  (which by the way... the weather in Florida is FAB! 80 degrees everyday!!!) ~ update!  Congrats to Nadeen Noon on his purchase of this lovely horse! Best of Luck!!!

WHAT A SPLENDID WAY TO END THE SEASON...

   Leslie & Private Heart (Jock) end off their year with a 3rd place finish in the Ocala **!!!  This was their first three day together.. we are so proud of Jock and very very appreciative of his owners-Ann & Troy Glaus.  Our working student, Keri Short, also ended the season in style having had success at the **. 

BITTER SWEET NEWS...

     Law Eventing is proud to announce the sale of beautiful, 5 year old 'Fab' to Nicole Shinton of Greenbrier farm of Ocala Florida, and Ontario Canada.  We know Nicole will take good care of him but we will miss the little guy horribly.. Lesley had so much fun brining him along, and they placed in the top 4 of just about every event they entered together.  He is a total sweetheart and we wish Nicole and Fab all the very very best in their new partnership together...

THE BALD BRIT ROCKS THE AEC'S...

     Leslie certainly had a fun time at the American Championships!  Our horses, All the Buzz and Java performed wonderfully in the 5 year old Championships and placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.  It was wonderful to watch them go; looked like real champs! 

'Buzz'

'Java'

     On top of the success with the young horse event, Leslie and 'Buzz' won the training horse championships by a landslide.. and.. he also placed 4th in the OI championships with Ann and Troy Glaus' horses 'Private Heart'!

Private Heart

Seneca Horse Trial ~ Happy Days for All....

Five year old 'Java' did his first training and placed 2nd with a dressage score of 27!!  Not too shabby for his first go!  Our other five year old, 'Buzz' won his training division with a dressage score of 26!

Back to Back Maryland Horse Trials Brings Huge Success...

MARYLAND HORSE TRIALS II RESULTS: JULY 21-22ND...

  Unfortunately... Leslie had a spill at the second last fence in the OI which was too bad as he was in 3rd place with that horse and was leading the dressage with Goo Goo Doll by 5 points in the OT but was unable to finish his rides... but he is doing well.. just a bit stiff! 

So it was left up to the women!  Lesley was 2nd in the ON with the young horse Java and finished 3rd with All the Buzz and 4th with Fab in the OT ... all three horses finished on their dressage scores that were between 29 and 31!  Java will now upgrade to OT in September and Fab will be doing his first prelim in the fall! 

  Fab

  Fab

Buzz

Our student Ashley finished 3rd with both her horses in two divisions of prelim!  So despite Leslie's nasty fall... a good weekend was had over all and he got to run around on his bike and play director instead! 

MARYLAND HORSE TRIALS I RESULTS: JULY 14TH - 15TH...  

Lesley ~ 3rd in the ON with the young horse 'Java' who will do one more novice next weekend and then move up to training.  4th in the OT with the 5 year old  'Fab' who finished on his dressage mark of 33!!

Leslie ~ 1st in the OT with 'Goo Goo Doll' (one of our sales horses ~ the perfect amateur horse!), 2nd in the OT with 'All the Buzz'.  5th in the OT with 'Vogue' (another of our sales horses ~ please check sales page and see photos below of this fine mare..)

So Law Eventing had a great weekend!  Adding to our enjoyment was that our student Ashley Dalton placed 4th in the OP with her brand new horse 'Call on Me' which we found for her in England just a few months ago...  (Olli and Ashley below..)

SUMMER SEASON 2007 STARTS WITH A BANG!

RUBICON & SENCA (June) ~                                                

'Fab' ~ as per usual.. is perfect... placed 4th in the open training at Rubicon, should have placed 4th in the open training at Seneca but we had a wee discrepancy between my watch and the Timer's!  Mine said 30 sec. under, theirs said 30 sec. over.. alas.. it happens...        

'Vogue' ~ did a wonderful job in the open training at Seneca and placed 4th (Vogue is for sale, see her on our sales page...)

'Java' ~ our most handsome boy, young Java placed 5th in the open novice...

(photos courtesy of our most favorite photographer - Mike McNally)

'All the Buzz' ~ placed 3rd at Rubicon and 8th at Seneca in the open novices.  Not too shabby for just his first few events! (photos below beautifully captured by Mike McNally)

Our students ~ Ashley Dalton placed 8th in the prelim with her new horse, 'Call on Me'.  This was their first show together!  Clee Toledano placed 7th in the open training!

VIRGINIA HORSE TRIALS (May) ~                                                                         'All the Buzz' and 'Java', our two new 5 year olds, attended their first event ever!  Both horses won the dressage easily even with an error against them!  (woops.. we were sure we were supposed to turn right off center line!!) Show jumping in the indoor coliseum was very scary but both kids put on a brave face just having one rail each in a moment of lost concentration!  'Buzz' made it through the xc and ended up 3rd!  'Java' took a moment too long getting into the water and the very 'unsporting' (HA!) jump judge eliminated us for too many 'two steps' as he tested the temperature with his toes before jumping in.  However, the water was the third last fence and he jumped the previous ones very well.  We are excited about these boys' future!  'Fab' as well attended the event, and in his usual fashion... ended up with a 2nd place ribbon!  I wish I had photos to post but sadly, the photography was a bit lacking at this venue... great venue.. not so great opportunities to buy photos!

Our student Ashley Dalton and 'Rock Star' ended up 5th in the one star ... YEA!  Leslie rode Anne Glause's athletic 'Private Heart' in the OI.  Leslie went slow due to very hard ground yet even with 22 time faults was able to place 4th due to a good dressage and beautiful clear show jumping.

WAREDACA YOUNG EVENT HORSE (June)~                     Lesley braved 90 degree temperatures and took all three of our 5 year olds to the young event horse test.  All three boys were up to the challenge!  In the largest field of 5 year olds to date, the 'Law' boys ended up 2nd (Java), 3rd (Buzz), and 5th(Fab). All three earned very high dressage and show jumping marks.  Fab was marked down one point below his brothers in the area of confirmation as the judge noted that perhaps 15.3 was not tall enough to make an upper level horse.  Fab wanted to know if she had ever heard of Theodore O'C... or even Charisma for that matter!  All three received qualifying results and look forward to the championship!

GOODBYES & HELLOS...

  Congratulates to Mogi Bearden-Muller of California on her purchase of 'Rion'!  We are all very sad to see him go but are sure that he will do us proud out on the west coast! UPDATE: MOGI & RION PLACED 5TH AT THEIR FIRST EVENT TOGETHER!!

As most have been wondering.. we are very sad to report that our big black boy 'Thunder' (a.k.a 'RainMan') has been sold to Italy.  His owners the Tackett's and Leslie will miss him very much and we wish him all the best...

  We are very excited to welcome Leslie's newest horse 'All the Buzz' to our stables.  Recently imported from England, Buzz is a five year old dutch/tb cross who is an unbelievable jumper!  We anxiously await his first event!  Photos to come soon! 

  We are crazy busy right now preparing to move up to Virginia on April 28th.  It is always sad to leave Florida but it is starting to get very hot and we look forward to the cooler weather. 

MORE EXCITEMENT FOR LAW EVENTING!! (March 26th)

We've been a bit bad about updating our news so there's LOTS to post!

'Fab' was 2nd at the first Young Event Horse show of the year.  As well, he is now a Training level horse!  At his first training he was 5th after dressage and clear cross country.  Unfortunately he jumped a bit TOO big in the showjumping so we missed a 'b' element of a combo and had to circle but in true Fab form, he never did touch a rail!!  We are excited that he's taken to the next level so easily!  He did one other training and again jumped brilliant.. however, Lesley had a 'blonde' moment and forgot a fence!!!  Having done so well this winter at 6 events, we are giving him a month off now as he's still only just five years old.  He'll start up again this summer up north!

'Master Peace' won again at the spring Rocking Horse and placed 2nd at Poplar Place this past weekend.  He is entered to do his first prelim at The Fork in a few weeks!

'Timber Spirit' placed 3rd in the advanced at Poplar Place and 8th in the advanced at Pine Top... at Pine Top he stood in 3rd place after dressage and showjumping but Lesley opted to go slow with him cross country as it was just his 3rd event back.  We are sooo excited for him and look forward to doing the *** at The Fork in a few weeks!

Leslie won the CIC ** at Poplar Place aboard 'Ray' a beautiful grey gelding owned by one of our students Ann Glause.

Our students are kicking *** as well!!!  Ashley Dalton and Jamie Cain ended up in the top 7 at Red Hills in the Prelim division.  Denise Rath was 7th in the CIC ** at Poplar Place.  Keri Short placed 4th in the intermediate at Poplar Place.  Kathy Savory won the ON at the spring Rocking Horse and Tracy Corey was 6th there as well!  These are just a few of their results that I can name off the top of my head... many more than I can remember!  WAY TO GO ladies!!!!

New Additions... we recently bought a 5 year old named 'Java' who we get to pick up in a few days.  He is a Hannovarian who was imported from Germany as a two year old and was just broke a year ago.  He is a super mover and brave jumper and very very handsome!  Leslie went to France and found a lovely 5 year old selle francais who we are having vetted and who will hopefully join us when we return to Virginia at the end of April.  We are very excited about both of these horses and think they make very promising upper level prospects.

LAW EVENTING ADDS MORE RIBBONS TO THE WALL!   (Feb 23rd)

We are starting to get nervous that our good luck surely cannot continue!  At Ocala II Lesley won again with her young horse 'Fab' and Leslie was second and third with his stallion 'Master Peace' and our young irish horse 'XXX Star'.  Our students Anne Glause and Madi Blackman also secured two wins and other top 7 placings on all of their horses in the preliminary and training divisions!

We also had two 5 year olds at the first young event horse competition of the year and they placed second and fourth.

At Rocking Horse III, 'Master Peace' added yet another blue ribbon to his collection and 'Fab' did his first training event to finish fifth after the dressage, jump clear cross the country, but unfortunately he jumped FAR to big in the show jumping and Lesley missed the 'b' element of a combination and had to circle adding many time faults!  A wee green horse mistake but we certainly won't be upset with him for that! 

(Fab and Lesley)

Life is very busy right now with lots of horses in for training and many great students to teach.  Leslie is off to France at present to horse shop and Lesley is busy with Canadian Team training camp and then she is heading off to Pine Top in Georgia with her advanced horse 'Timmy'.  On March 3rd Leslie will be riding in the Derby Cross in Ocala so watch for him there and go cheer him on!

MORE BLUE RIBBONS AT ROCKING HORSE I!! (Feb 2-5)

Despite tornados and thunderstorms, Rocking Horse proved to be a great time for all of us!  'Fab' won the ON, 'Master Peace' won the OT, 'XXX Star' did his first training and was 7th after dressage and had a clear show jumping however a few time faults kept him out of the ribbons, Tracy Corey's horse 'Super Nova' did his first ON with Leslie aboard and placed 2nd, and 'Timber' made his comeback after a minor injury at Rolex 2006 and did a nice slow cross country in the OI to place 8th! 

AND.. our students were amazing as well!!!  Keri Short placed 1st in the IR division, Jamie Cain was 8th in the PYR, Ashley Dalton did a great job with her three ponies, and Madie Blackman placed 2nd and 4th with her boys in the PYR. 

So, lucky us.. the barn aisle is looking very nice with all the pretty ribbons!  Fingers crossed it will continue!!

Leslie leaves this weekend for a clinic in Seattle... brrrrrrrr. We look forward to the following weekend at the Ocala Horse Park!! 

FIRST SHOW OF 2007 - SUCCESS FOR LAW EVENTING!

Well we certainly got off to a great start for the new year!  January 12-14th brought the first event of the year at the Florida Horse Park. 

Sue Ockenden's stallion Simon (aka 'Master Peace') did his first training level event and WON it!  He lead straight from the dressage!  We are very proud of him and are excited for his season to come.

(Master Peace)

'Fab' proved once again to be probably the MOST adorable four year old as he placed 2nd in the novice...we are very grateful that we found this guy at Millcreek Stables when we did!

(Fab)

And.. the most exciting news of all is that Rion did his very first event ever and did a fantastic job!  He was 7th after dressage, very brave cross country and only lost concentration for a second in the show jumping to have one rail.  We are very excited about him!  (he was absolutely one of the most handsome guys there!!)  We cannot thank Emily and Micheal Friedman enough for partnering us up with this boy!

THE Best Body Protectors...

We were lucky enough to have been given some Racesafe Body Protectors from the company Treehouse Sporting Colours when we last visited England.  We rode in them at the last event (see photos above) and we can both honestly say, they are hands down the most comfortable protectors to wear!  You will LOVE them.  They are available via ordering from www.treehouseonline.co.uk .  Check them out!

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR'S IN FLORIDA!

January 2nd, 2007 ~ We are back in beautiful Ocala and loving every second of it!!  We had a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year.  The horses are all going famously and we are looking very forward to the upcoming events! 

Some of our winter clients have arrived and we look forward to receiving our other friends within the next week.  In total there will be about 20 horses with Riders from Kentucky, Texas, Ontario, Ohio, Virginia and Maryland. 

We went cross country schooling for the first time the other day and everyone had a blast. 

(Simon & Leslie ....  Clover & J)

NOVEMBER 2006 ~ RUBICON SUCCESS

The two children - 'Master Peace' (Leslie's six year old stallion) and 'Fab' (Lesley's four year old) finished off our 2006 season at Rubicon.  Both placed well with Simon (Master Peace) finishing second at his very first event and Fab finishing 6th due to some time faults because of slippery ground and no shoes (without the time he would have been 3rd)!!  We are thrilled with both of the boys performance and look forward to their spring season in Florida!!

'Master Peace'

'Fab'

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FRIENDS!!

Many congratulations are in order!  First off to our students for having such success at the shows including:  Clee (placed 4th at her second prelim!!), Marissa, Mary (numerous placings at prelim), Kathy, and Kate (huge success at the Morven one star!).

Congratulations to Lucy and the Lippon family on their purchase of 'Another Garrison'!  'George' will be greatly missed but we look forward to following your successes together!

ANOTHER NEW ADDITION!

November 2006 ~ 'Rion' (showname - 'XXX Star')is a beautiful young irish thoroughbred that we were very lucky to find from Micheal and Emily Friedman in Maryland.  He has been started off very well in 'hunterland' and now looks forward to a future of eventing!  He is an A+ mover and very keen jumper... not to mention QUITE a handsome guy!  Watch for him over the next year...

THUNDER IS CHAMPION!!

Fall 2006 ~ 'Thunder' (Rain Man) won the 5 Year Old Young Event Horse Championships at Morvan Park.  Not only did he win but he did so by roughly an 8 point lead.  He was awarded the highest marks given for confirmation, for jump, and for over all suitability and potential.  We are all very proud of the black boy and congratulate his owners the Tacketts on owning such a fine horse with such an incredible future!

Thunder is now enjoying a well earned holiday and will come back out this spring in Florida as a prelim horse! 

Video of Thunder's performance will be played in the video section of the USEA's website.

A New Edition to the Team:

July 2006 ~ Law Eventing is pleased to announce their newest member!  'Simon' (Master Peace) is a six year old English Tb owned by Sue Ockenden of Bromont, Canada.  Simon's father is Espiritu who Leslie actually rode many moons ago in England! Espiritu is by Master Spiritus and thus is actually related to Lesley's four star horse Timber Spirit!  Simon has only just been started but displays a huge jump and quite a keen attitude towards the cross country.  His biggest problem at present is being a young stallion and keeping his mind on the job!  He will be making his debut at Waredaca in the novice section and then on to Rubicon.

Waredaca Results

 'George' (Another Garrison) wins yet another OI!!!!  With a third placed dressage test and a clear showjumping round Leslie decided to go slow on the cross due to nasty hard ground.  Even with a handful of time faults George still ruled the OI!

'Thunder' (Rain Man) secured another win in the five year old development series!  It is almost getting embarrassing... With a score in the high 80's, Thunder easily won the class.  We didn't even think he had jumped his best but the judges seemed to like him!  Can't wait for the championships now!

'Fab' had his first ever public debut entered in the four year old development class.  Considering we have only had him for a month he did a very good job!  (just a little whinny here and there in the dressage!)  He ended up third over all.. not too shabby for a first outing!

Seneca Results:

'Thunder' (Rain Man) wins again!  Entered in what will be one of his last trainings, Thunder had a wee mistake in the dressage which made him 3rd after his test.  Yet with a beautiful show jumping round and a quick cross country he still managed to secure yet another blue ribbon making it his 7th one to date!

'George' (Another Garrison) easily won the OI this weekend.  With a beautiful dressage, a clear show jumping and only 7 seconds over the very tight time of the cross country, he came out ahead in what was a very competitive field of horses.  We all love the George!

Baby 'Fab' had his debut event!  A complete saint he received a score of 33 in the dressage ring, just 2 points behind the leader.  He put in a lovely hunter type show jumping round and was a real trooper over his first cross country course.. He was exhausted!!  He ended up 3rd and we are all very excited about his future.