Advanced
Becky
Holder travelled all the way from Minnesota to compete in the Advanced 
section
at Poplar Place. The long trip was made worthwhile as she finished first with
the good moving grey gelding Courageous Comet. This pair won the Dressage (24.35),
added 7 faults in the Show Jumping, and ran a double clear Cross Country for a
final score of 31.35. (Becky and Courageous Comet are pictured at the right
in the Dressage Phase at the Maui Jim Horse Trials, last July.
Johannah
Dufort and Northlight placed second in the Advanced. Their eleventh place Dressage
score of 38.26 was not outstanding; however, they had double clears in both the
Show Jumping and Cross Country phases to finish on that Dressage score, 6.7 faults
adrift of 
the
winners. (Johanna and Northlight are pictured at the left jumping into the
water in the Intermediate Division at the American Eventing Championships.)
Robin
Bass riding Eliot III added only 2 time faults in Show Jumping to their ninth
place Dressage score of 36.96 for a final score of 38.96 and third place.
Intermediate
Ashley
Bailey-Classen and Ballyno won the Dressage and led all the way to win the Intermediate
from Jonathan Holling and Direct Merger (43.17) and Jennifer Carter with Just
Kidding (44.4).
Preliminary
Canada's
Mike Winter, who placed first and second in the Preliminary Horse Section at the
American Eventing Championships last weekend, won the Preliminary Section again
this weekend, this time riding Holla Vetter to a score of 35.5.
