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| Kristin and Rox at Fair Hill CIC3*. Kate Samuels Photo |
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Rox was really good at
Fair Hill in the CIC3* in April, in all three
phases. Linda Zang helped me a ton on the flat the week before and Rox redeemed
himself after his little dressage meltdown at the Fork! Fair Hill was a tough
cross-country course and he jumped around perfectly; the ground was absolutely rock-hard,
so I took it slow, and he was still feeling it Saturday night and Sunday
morning. I thought he might be too foot-sore to jump clean but he still jumped great on Sunday and left all the rails up – he’s becoming such an all-around
competitor, he really knows his job! He finished
fourth overall.
I find that he’s better when he has some time between
events; I had to run Fair Hill to get him qualified after The Fork, but now
that they’ve made Bromont a selection trials I’m going to take him there
instead of Jersey Fresh. We’ll continue working on his flat work, maybe with another lesson with
Linda Zang, and doing some
hills to work on his fitness, in the meantime.
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| Kristin and Rox at The Fork |
We’re still working on a
"Plan B" for Joey, but he gets
checked out by the vet tomorrow so hopefully that will give me a better idea of
where I’m going with him. It’s still a huge disappointment not go to Badminton,
but everything happens for a reason. Obviously
this wasn’t the year, no matter
what!
All of the young horses had a little break after Aiken so I’m
getting them going again and will take them to Bucks County next Sunday,
including a couple of horses that were in training in Aiken but haven’t
competed yet – it should be a fun day out! I also have quite a few students doing
their first event of the year.
-Kristin
