Eventing
At the Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials in Fairburn, GA clear jumping rounds were at a premium in the CIC one and two star divisions.
In the CIC2*, Young Rider Lizzie Snow rode the veteran Coal Creek to victory over Jonathon Holling and Downtown Harrison. Snow began the weekend in third place but was the only person in the division to jump double clear on the third day to finish on her dressage score of 48.6. Beth Perkins and Fernhill Cove were third.
Alabama's Hannah Begue and Asterix won the CIC1* by more than five points finishing on a score of 41.3. Begue was the only rider in the division to finish on her dressage score. Sarah Dunkerton and Matapeake were second and Australia's Dominic Schramm rode Arnold van de Warande to third place.
For more information visit http://www.evententries.com/chatthills/may_results.htm
The Virginia Horse Trials held two divisions of CCI1* competition over the weekend at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington.
In the CCI1*JY, Kate Aldrich and Woodrow III led from start to finish, besting the field by more than twelve points. Jenna Begbie and Ice Nine climbed from eighth place after the dressage to finish second and Clare Green and Sensotronic were third.
Canada's Selena O'Hanlon won the CCI1* division with Foxwood High on a score of 52.5. Holly Payne and Santino were a close second finishing just .3 points behind O'Hanlon. Laura Vello and Fanciful Miss finished in third place.
For full results see http://www.vahorsetrials.com/images/stories/forms/cci11results.htm
Jumping
The U.S. Young Rider Show Jumping Team was second Saturday in the Nations Cup at CSIOJY Bonheiden - the first Young Rider Nations Cup of the USEF European Young Rider Tour.
In the first round, Catherine Pasmore was clear on My Boy, Richard Neal on Transmission had 14 faults, Jessica Springsteen had a clear round on Vornado Van Den Hoendrik and Reed Kessler on Onisha ended the round with 13 faults. The foursome was tied for third after the first round.
In the second round, the U.S. riders fought back to second place with an improved overall effort. Pasmore, Neal, and Kessler each had 4 faults, while Springsteen had a clear round. The U.S. Young Riders finished on a total of 21 faults behind Great Britain, who ended on 13.
The success continued on Sunday in the Young Rider Grand Prix. Forty-six riders took to the 1.40m track and all five of the U.S. riders finished in the top 10. The demanding course took some jumping and Pasmore led the way on Van David for the U.S. finishing second behind Sjaak Sleiderink from Holland on BMC Laksha de Breve. Sleiderink had the only clear jump-off round. Pasmore was the fastest of the four-faulters. Springsteen was sixth on Cincinnati La Silla, Neal finished eighth on Transmission, Kessler and Ligist were ninth and Karen Polle rounded out the top 10 on What Ever.
The Juniors went really well to complete the U.S. effort on Sunday, Victoria Birdsall cruised to second place on Little Lady d'Elle in the Junior Grand Prix (1.35m) behind Beau Vandousselaere on Cacharel vd Slaring from Belgium. There were five clears out of the 25 starters and Birdsall's jump-off effort was one of just two clears over the short course. Meg O'Mara finished eighth on Sinatra IV with the fastest four-fault round.
Earlier in the week: There were 75 starters in the Young Rider feature class on Thursday and Kessler stormed to victory on Onisha, just ahead of Pasmore who was second on Van David. Springsteen rounded out the top five on Vornado Van Den Hoendrik.
Junior rider Meg O'Mara won a class on Sinatra IV and Victoria Birdsall was seventh in the CSIJ 1.35m Speed Class.
Friday began with more success, Karen Polle won on With Wings in the Young Rider Table C Class and O'Mara was second in the Junior Speed Class, in the afternoon Polle won again, this time with What Ever and Springsteen was second with Cincinnati La Silla in the Young Rider 1.40m Two-Phase (Power and Speed).
They were winning at an incredibly consistent rate all week, more information is available here: http://www.jumping-bonheiden.be/p1_46-6-csi-2stars.aspx
Read Catherine Pasmore's blog here: http://www.catherineusa2011.blogspot.com/
Andrew Ramsay continued to pick up top placings in Austria at CSI3* Magna Racino. He was fourth in the 1.45m Diamond Tour class with Chocola Z on Thursday and second by three-tenths of a second in the Gold Tour (1.40m) class on Friday with Virginia. He was then fourth again in the Risohorse Younghorse Challenge for 5-year-olds Saturday with Beau. He was then seventh in the Best of Magna Racino Spring Tour with Chocola Z (1.45m) and finished off his Tour de Force at the Magna Racino with a seventh place finish on Julia des Brumes in the Magna Racino Grand Prix.
Results from nearly a month of showing are available here: http://www.horseshows-magnaracino.at/horse-shows-details/events/csi3-csi2-csi1-csiyh1-csich-17.html
Reining
The U.S. reigned supreme at the FEI World Reining Final in Malmo, Sweden - the two American riders could not be beat. Reigning Individual World Champion, Tom McCutcheon scored 229.5 for the win at the CRI5* with Darlins Not Painted, just ahead of his Gold Medal teammate (and Individual Silver medalist) from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Craig Schmersal, who finished second on Miss Lil Addy Tude with a score of 227.5. The Malmo venue was standing room only for the Saturday night Final and the U.S. reiners did not disappoint. Schmersal also won the CRI4* class earlier in the week on this same mare.
Complete information is available here: http://worldreiningfinal.com/
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