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| di Solitaire |
We went to the
Wellington Classic this weekend and I had di
Solitaire, owned by Ann and Mike Laver, in first level and the
Markel Young Horse Qualifier for 5-year-olds. I was really hoping to better his score from
last time because he was a little green and finished 7
th or so. On
Saturday he won first level with 74% and on Sunday he did the qualifier; the
judges loved him and he scored a 83 which is the highest score any 5-year-old
has gotten so far this year.
Benefactor is still in the lead, and this puts Sully
about 4th when you average their scores with the last show. I’m
hoping to get another high score at Virginia
in a few weeks so the 77 from White Fences will be a drop score, and we can get
his average up.
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| Benefactor |
Benny, owned by Melinda Walton and Larry Smith, won on
Saturday with 73% at First Level and won another first level with 76% on
Sunday. Since he’s in the lead in the Young Horses I didn’t show him in that
class; we will do the selection trial in June, for the
World Breeders Young Horse Championships in Verden, Germany.
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| Likely Story |
I also had Likely Story, owned by Laurie Cameron, in Second
level; she was a little nervous and green, but she’s a good little mare and I’m
happy with her progress.
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| Monte Carlo - FOR SALE |
I also rode Monte
Carlo, a ten-year-old sale horse owned by Ellie Ball,
in 3rd level test Three. It’s kind of a hard test with the flying changes and
he’s great. He’s such a great amateur horse; you could ride him in the circus
and he’d be fine! He was 2nd at Third level on Saturday and won on
Sunday.
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| Gracia |
Gracia rode Colin for the first time, owned by Ann Laver;
Ann and Mike are so nice to let Gracia, who’s a Young Rider, have the
opportunity to ride him. I’m really excited because it’s a good match and I
think that can do great things together. She won on Friday and was second on
Saturday in her first time at 3rd level. That’s huge because there
was a lot of atmosphere and it’s a tough test.
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| Kymmy |
Kymmy rode Hot Date, her young horse, and was second to
Sully on Saturday in First Level with 69% and second to Benny on Sunday with a
66%.
This week is
my biggest week in Florida because we have the
Global Dressage Festival CDI with Rosa; I’m really excited because a few of her owners and
fans are going to be there. I’ll also
be riding Fortissimo in the first level and Kymmy’s riding Wiedermark in the
National PSG.
I’m also looking forward to it because Rosa has been going so
well. It’s going to be a huge atmosphere, which I hope will work well for Rosa - hopefully I'm not jinxing myself by saying that! It’s a little like it would be in Europe,
with a lot of people and a lot of competition. We’ve improved even more since
the last CDI; I work with Michael Barisone every day and she’s getting better
and better.
The jog is on Thursday - hopefully this will be a little quieter than
our last jog - and she’s doing the PSG on Friday and the
I-1 on Saturday. Then we’ll load up and head home on Sunday. I’m also looking
forward to getting back home!
-Silva
