2011
It seems as though there is never enough time to keep things updated! Blogs, websites, facebook, the list is endless. 2011 is more than halfway through. It's been a relatively quiet year with just a handful of events for the THF team. In June, we made the trek to Corvallis, Oregon to attend the Inavale Horse Trials. With just 2 horses in tow, this was the first event of the season for Izzy ("Cimply Spot On") and the second event of the season for Oliver ("Rendition"), with his owner in the irons. His owner Cynthia purchased Oliver last fall as a late 4yr old. He's a handsome grey Hungarian warmblood gelding that was unbroke to ride when he came to us. It has been a delight to watch his grow through the past year.

Both horses put in solid performances at Inavale with no jump faults to finish on their dressage scores! Izzy and I were 3rd in the Open Novice on a 28.3, while Cynthia and Oliver brought home the blue! A wonderful weekend.

Most recently, we attended the Woodside Summer HT (August 12-14th) with 4 horses. I rode Oliver in his first Novice where a solid dressage, a clean x-c, and just 2 rails in sj, put us 8th in a very competitive division. Fellow THF rider Catie, and her lovely mare, Mamma Mia (previously owned and trained by me) had a phenomenal dressage. A 26.5, a clean x-c, and just a handful of time penalties in stadium to finish 2nd in the Jr. Novice. A new eventer, Anne, competed in her first event with 3 solid phases in the Beg. Novice and finished 8th as well. Lastly, Jordan and her horse Everett were sadly forced to withdraw after the dressage due to a hot nail. Jordan and Everett have worked very hard this summer and I'm looking forward to their next event.

The next event on the schedule is Woodside in Oct, where I hope to finally get Izzy back out on the competition scene. Until then....
-Meg