What an exciting week at Dressage at Devon, catching up with friends, beautiful weather and watching the upcoming horses in the all the arenas! We had a great experience, Soraya and I, at our first CDI Grand Prix together.
Our competitive partnership began the end of the last Florida season with a few shows in the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special. In our first class at DAD, we rode a conservative test in the GP for a 64.96% and wound up 6th in the class. Soraya handled the atmosphere very well and we had fun dancing together.
The second day in was our Grand Prix Special, and we had more energy so I decided to take more risk for expression but it cost us some mistakes. I was still very happy with her to finish 5th place on a 62.35% and overall, it was a great show. My heartfelt gratitude to Marilyn Sherwin for the ride on this lovely mare!
I am thrilled to have such fun horses to ride, and wonderful owners, sponsors and supporters who will join me going into the upcoming season in Wellington. Before you know it, we will be packing up our team and heading south for the season, so stay tuned for updates!