Aiken at Burgundy Hollow Farm Horse Trial

Aiken had a great Sunday (9/28/2014) at the Burgundy Hollow Farm Horse Trial.  He won not only his Starter 1 class but the won the entire Starter division.  We're very pleased with him on this second outing.

His dressage test went well and the judge had good things to say.  Unfortunately the one corner was damp and he slid a bit, resulting in a break in gait.  The judge addressed it in her comments - saying that Stephanie rode it very well, it was a tough choice to make, two strides before a transition and that Stephanie did the best she could, unfortunately it still dropped his score on that element.  The highlight was the halt - a 9! Woohoo.  Overall Aiken scored 8 points better than anyone else in his class in dressage.  Did I mention we were proud?

The halt

Aiken's First Horse Trial

With about 45 days of training Aiken took on his first horse trial at the Bucks County Horse Park.  He was in Elementary Division I. Aiken was second and finished up 5th overall out of 11 competitors.  A great start to his new career.


Stadium Jumping

Aiken did well in the stadium jumping.  He did have a two faults but that had more to do with inexperience then anything else. It was his first time hitting a rail.

Cross Country

The boy had fun on the cross country course and promptly soared over all of his jumps. 

Dressage

Second place in dressage with great comments and marks from the judge!

Post by Amy Parrish.