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| Crackerjack |
It was a fantastic afternoon for eventing at the
Horse Park of New Jersey
today for the Jersey Fresh three-day event. After a rocky beginning to
their first season at intermediate, both Crackerjack and Merging have
matured into genuine two-star horses.
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| Merging |
With double clear rounds on both
horses today, Crackerjack maintained the lead in the CCI2* and Merging
moved up from 6th to 4th place. Boyd said both horses felt like seasoned
campaigners over their toughest test to date.
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| Trading Aces |
It was Trading Aces' first advanced with Boyd - he had competed at this level once with another rider - and he said that they are still getting to know each other. "I think that he's a very exciting horse and once we're really on the same page, he will be one of the best in the country," said Boyd.
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| Caitlin and Hoku |
Caitlin and Hoku breezed around their first CIC three-star course
to stand in tenth place. This was a big step for both of them and now
they are qualified to run around the CCI*** at
Bromont next month. It was a very exciting day for this pair that also has had a dramatic and successful comeback after the fire at True Prospect Farm nearly one year ago.
Because the Olympic selectors felt that Neville didn't have anything to prove by running cross-country today, he will just do the show jumping tomorrow. His next run will also be at Bromont. "We're trying some different things right now in his dressage warm up; obviously yesterday's plan didn't work, but this morning we changed things around and went through the four-star test again and it felt good."
-AMH
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