Mary Bess Davis and Imperio Magic completed their first 5*L. McColl was awesome all week. He had one of only seven double clear show jumping rounds. During xc, he felt full of running from start to finish. He is such an incredible horse, and we can't wait to see what his future holds!
To say I'm beyond proud of all my clients and horses is an understatement. This weekend was one of stellar riding and stellar sportsmanship.
Brie Murray and Fernhill Ranga Tanga finished 2nd in Senior Training Rider. Connor, owned by Mary Carol Harsh, won the Open Novice and HSH Diamond King, owned by Barbara Benson, finished 5th. Erica Webb and Mr. Panda won the Senior Beginner Novice Rider and FE Tarou, owned by Anna Burgess, won the Open Beginner Novice. Crockett Miller and Swell Continental finished 7th in Modified Rider.
Imperio Magic and I had the honor of being named to Team USA to compete at the Military Boekelo 4*L in the Netherlands. He really felt like he grew up while we were there and had his game face on the entire time. He finished in 19th place individually and helped Team USA to a silver medal!
TCE had a big, busy, and blissful week at Tryon. Anna Rose Hutchenson won her first 1*S with 3 great phases. I could not be more proud of her - what an accomplishment! Imperio Magic finished 5th in the 4*S having a great final run before Military Boekelo. Tiffany Stewart and Excel Star Briarhill Native finished 6th in their novice division. Mary Carol Harsh's Connor finished 3rd in his novice division.
TCE had a great time in Kentucky for the AEC's with exellent rides and fantastic company. Imperio Magic placed 16th in the Adequan Advanced Final. Brie Murray and Fernhill Ranga Tanga finished 13th in the Training Amateur Championship. Tiffany Stewart and Excel Star Briarhill Native finished 20th in the Novice Amateur Championship. Anna Rose Hutchenson and F for Fortune finished 32nd in the Training Rider Championship. Kay Green and Fine Way to Fly finished 16th in the Master Beginner Novice Amateur Championship. Alex Lefholz and Chili Pepper finished 31st in the Beginner Novice Amateur Championship.
This week was one like no other. Imperio Magic finished 7th in his second 4*L. He was my rock all weekend while my emotions were a bit all over the place with my dads health rapidly declining. He really stepped up to the plate and showed us all how amazing he is. Many people helped make this crazy week run as smoothly as it could and I can't thank everyone of them enough.
Imperio Magic completed his first 4*L and finished an incredible 4th! With this being my first 4*L in many years, I'm so happy he was the horse I got to do it with. He was amazing all week, doing everything that was asked of him. I'm so proud of the class horse he is becoming. Brie Murray and Fernhill Ranga Tanga won the Training Rider Division. Tiffany Stewart and Excel Star Briarhill Native finished 3rd in the Open Beginner Novice.
Imperio Magic was a rock star around his first 4*S - and it was my first time back at the level in quite some time. He finished 4th against some good competition and made the move-up feel easy. Monius won the Open Training and Lights On was 4th. Brie Murray and Fernhill Ranga Tanga won the Open Novice-A. Tiffany Stewart and Crimson Clover finished 2nd in the Beginner Novice Rider division and she also finished 4th in the same division with Mendelsson. Courtney Lucas and Titan finished 15th in the 2*S.
I could not be more proud of Imperio Magic and his performance at the Maryland 5-Star, CCI3-L. We had really worked on his fitness, and it really paid off. This is a phenomenal 7 yr old for the future. He won the National Young Horse Championship and Finished 6th. Now onto 2022!!