Hello All,

We had a big week/weekend at the horse park.  I took 4 horses to the park on wednesday for pony club rally.  Ali, Wilbur, Jade and Gem all travelled up and got settled into their stalls nicely.  While Eli, Vasi, Libby, Sam and Morgan started their rallys at noon, Hope  was riding in her dressage rally.  Hope did a very nice Into test B but Lira accidentally left the ring during her training level test 1.  The D2's did their jogs that day and they even had to do them through the pouring down rain. 

Thursday the D1s and D2s did both dressage and stadium.  Libby was our first ride of the day and the first ride of the event.  She and Oliver did very well going first!  Next Sam and Eli went at the same time.  Both on horses they are not experienced with showing or eventing. They both had lovely tests.   Vasi and Jade came next, Vasi did  a wonderful job calming Jade down and went it to have a wonderful first dressage test ever on Jade.  Morgan and Wilbur were our last dressage ride of the day and Morgan really rode well.  Wilbur got a little spunky and she really rode well to keep him on track!   As for Stadium, Libby again kicked off the rides with a bang! She had a beautiful clear round. Sam went next on Lexus, whose jumping experience is minimal.  Sam rode her hard but just wasn't able to convince Lexus that the oxer wasn't as scary as it looked. Eli took Ali in and boy did they have a blast, a wonderful clear round with a huge smile from Eli the whole time.  Vasi rode hard with her signature saying "Agh, Agh, Agh" at each jump she though Jade minght not jump, they whole crowd got into it with her.  She then got to what she thought would be two easy jumps and forgot to use her saying, she had two stops, but she finished!  How very exciting for her first stadium round on Jade.  Morgan and Wilbur went next for their stadium round.  They were a perfect pair and made it look super easy! 

That finished up the D1 rally and Morgan finished in 6th place!!!! So great for her first show!  At this point the Cs set up for their rally and we had yet another thunderstorm.

Friday brough XC for the D2s and Dressage for the Cs. Unfortunately they were at the same time.  So I was up with the D2s while Megan and Emily handled themselves at dressage.    Up at XC, Libby showed everyone how to ride the XC course making it around the course with only two stops where she just forgot to ride all the way to the fence.  Sam had a wonderful warmup on Lexus who jumped the oxer with easy on the first try. (Guess he learned something in stadium).  Sam was unable to convince him that the log on the course was jumpable.  Eli and his big smile did convince Ali that she could get over the jumps even if she was a bit squirmy. They really got into a nice pace after jump number 4 and cantered the rest of the course, even through the water which was an option!  Eli had a clear round!!! It was his and Ali's first XC course.  GREAT JOB!  Vasi and Jade finished off the group. Vasi was prepared with her signature saying. She was also incredibly nervous for their first XC course ever.  Right out of the box Jade decide to make sure Vasi wanted to do this but on their second try they got over jump number one and continued on their way. They had a stop at jump 4 because Jade was looking at the people instead of the jump but they canter through the rest of the course with easy and they finished!  I am so proud of all the D riders they really did a great job!

Eli ended up in 7th and Libby in 9th!

Megan and Emily had ok dressage rides. I don't know exactly what I missed but their scores were not as high as their last show and neither were super happy with their tests.  Megan scored a 41 and Emily a 47. 

Saturday Megan and Emily did Stadium and Rio and I did both dressage and Stadium.  I didn't feel that Rio was 100% on in his test, he really had some TB ADD, but the judge still gave him some great numbers givbing us a 36.5 and starting us out in 5th place. Megan and Emily's scores put them at 9th and 14th respectively.

Emily went first for the stadium and had a PERFECT round. They went double clear and you could really see how happy Emily was.  I couldn't have asked for more.  Megan went next and just looked at easy. The first part of the course was flawless. Gem then decided that the outside of the ring was scary and that he should look at that instead of jump number 8. He lost the great canter they hand and just barely grabbed the rail on jump 8.  1 rail and 4 points still a great round!   Rio and I went for our round and I really just wanted him to improve from IEA. Boy did he ever!  He listened to every thing I had to say and put in a stunning double clear round!  He new he was hot stuff and when he got back to the stall he made sure everyone new he was by picking up chairs and garment bags, tossing them at people...really making a funny scene.    Saturday was just a great day for everyone.

Sunday was XC day!  Everyone loves XC. Emily lead off and she didn't make the same mistake from IEA! After sailing over the first fences they ran a wonderful double clear round! Megan came next and almost went off course after jump number two but she remembered the course and they too had a double clear round!  Rio finished up our group.  He just didn't warm up great, feeling a little weak and distracted, but I figured we would just take it slow and see how things went. If I needed to pull him up I would.  The first two jumps just weren't his normal joyful XC jumps, but after the third fence something in his head clicked and he switched gears. It was like a whole new horse, his ears perked up and he started politely pulling me to each fence.  He ran the course great with a double clear round!  I was thrilled! He really is a XC machine and proving to be a great eventer!

The scoring finished up with Emily and Katie moving up to 12th, Megan and Gem taking 7th and Rio and I in 4th.

Even better news is Megan Qualified for Pony Club Championships and Rio for the American Eventing Championships!  What a great weekend for everyone!Our 4-Her Meredith  called me with an update last night. Meredith and Dixie did their dressage and Horsemanship yesterday, she said they went well but they had to wait a horribly long time.  She will be doing her jumper class and their equitation today. We wish her the best! I will post her results when I get the details. Check the website for more updates and hopefully pictures.  If you have pictures from the shows please send them to me.

Hello All,

Next week I will be gone from Wednesday until Sunday next week at the KY Horse Park for the Pony Club Mega Rally. If you need me please call my cellphone.  I will return to the farm on Friday for a brief period of time only. 

We have many BVEC riders  and horse going to rally.... Morgan T is taking Wilbur to D1 rally, Eli E is taking Alibi to D2 rally, Vasi W is taking Jade to D2 rally, Libby M is taking Oliver to D2 rally, Sam D is taking Lexi to D2 rally, Hope F is taking Lira to Dressage rally, Emily F is taking Katie to C rally and Megan S is taking Gem to C rally.   Best of Luck to everyone I know you will do great.  Everyone has had exceptional lessons lately  so I am sure that will carry over to the show.

I will be taking Rio to MidSouth PC Horse Trials Fri through Sunday as well.  It will be a very busy time.  I love the chaos!   Carolyn and Brian will be holding down the fort at BVEC. 

One of our other riders will be attending 4-H State competition next weekend.  Meredith O. and Dixie will be showing Sunday and Monday at the State show in Louisville.  We wish her the best as well know she will do great and have fun as well!

As far as future shows I think our next show after this will be the first weekend in August at Masterson Station. Summer School is a mini trial, combined test and dressage show for any of you that are interested.  I already have Stephanie and Megan going.  Please let me know if you are interested.  The entry can be found at Champagne Run  Farm's website.

Lori

Hello All,

Don't know why the message board has been down but it was.  Hopefully this will post. 

We cancelled XC schooling last weekend because we need to pick up hay all day on Sunday and it was 1000 degrees.  We will be schooling up at Masterson Station this Sunday.  We will meet at Masterson at 10am eastern near the outdoor stadium arena.

Thanks

Lori

Hello All!!!!

What a fabulous weekend BVEC event team had.  We got up to Hoosier horse park on Friday afternoon to find out that there were 75 more people allowed to enter the show this year and thus there would be no tack stall.  So sad. But we got a great park place for the trailer right next to our stalls. How lucky was that. 

We had great ride times on Saturday for dressage and stadium.  Emily and Katie started out or day with their first USEA ride.  What a great test, very relaxed and accurate!  She scored a 38. Her best dressage score ever.  This put her in 9th out of 18.  I went next with Rio.  He was being such a good boy warming up but he really hated his braids...poor guy.  First time for braids..I think he thought he was being punished for something. He worked through it and he also had a great test, with a mule and dog distraction he was able to put in a wonderful 36.5, making him 6th.  Megan then rode Gem and boy did they show me that they could do it. It was a wonderful test! Best dressage I have ever seen Megan ride.  She scored a 36 to put her in 9th.

Stadium came next, I led off the rides in the afternoon.  Rio decided he did not want to touch anything, which I was happy about but he also thought he knew better than I did.  So we went double clean but I wasn't horribly please with his round.  We were 3rd after stadium.  Emily went next, having a wake up call in warm up with an unchararteristic stop out of Katie at the cross rail.  Emily stepped it up in the ring and had a great double clear round moving her to 6th.  Megan and brought up the rear.  Having to wait around about an hour, she went in and put in a double clear round too.. Woohoo.... she too end in 6th.  What a GREAT saturday. 

Sunday brough cross country.  The course seemed very inviting with some scary parts....the ditch and water.  Since this was everyones first USEA competition with their horse or in general it was a little nerve racking.  I went first with Rio and boy....he is just a cross country machine!!!!!! He cruised around that course like it was nothing, he didn't take a wrong step.  He did take apparently fast steps because what I thought was a nice gallop had us very close to speed faults so we had to trot at the end of the course.  We finished on our dressage score in 2nd place!!!!!

Emily went next, and you could tell she was excited but nervous.  Katie didn't give her a warning wake up call in warm up but she sure did at the first fence on course.  So with a stop at jump one, Emily put it into high gear and made it around the rest of the course with ease.  The water which is what made her really nervous was not problem.  With a great first competition under her belt she is looking forward to the next one!!!

Megan and Gem went last.  Gem started calling for Rio and Rio was not helping the situation as Gem made his way to the start box, but Megan just went with the flow and made him pay attention to his job.  The had a wonderful round that was double clear...not even a hint of an issue at the water!!!! Yippy!  Megan finished out the day in 5th place!

WHAT A GREAT SHOW. I am so proud of our horses and our riders. We also had some great help this weekend from Carolyn and Diane.  With the three horses and our times all pretty close, they had to do a lot of back and forth and goffering....  We really appreciate their help and their cheers.  This show was tons of fun and we will be back again next year.

Lori

Hello All,

BVEC will be heading up to Hoosier Horse Park this weekend for the Indiana Eventing Association Horse Trials.  It will be an event full of firsts.  We have Emily Farrar and her horse Katie in their first USEA recognized event, Megan Scott is taking Gem of a Guy to their first USEA recognized event together and I am taking Rio to his first USEA recognized event.    I am sure we will all handle the step up very well. 

We do dressage and stadium on Saturday and XC on Sunday.  If I get the time I will post them on the website tonight or early tomorrow. 

Lori