Friday,
March 18, 2005, Dressage Day
Advanced
More
than 55 Advanced horses competed in three Divisions at the Southern Pines Horse
Trials, on Friday. Though people who travelled from the north ran int
o
snow storms on both I-95 and I-77, the weather gods smiled on Southern Pines Friday.
The Dressage tests took place under bright sunny skies with temperatures in the
50's.
The
competition was fierce in Advanced Division "A", Dressage Test "D",
with a mere 2.9 faults separating the top five finishers.
Michael
Pollard, of Chatsworth, GA, leads the Division with SS Jett on a score of 29.6,
.4 of a fault ahead of second place Corinne Ashton and Dobbin, who finished on
30.0. (Michael and SS Jett are pictured at the right above.)
Michael's
wife Nathalie Bouckaert Pollard is in third place with West Farthing, just .8
of a fault adrift of her husband, on a score of 30.4.
Kim
Severson and her Olympic Individual Silver Medal ride Winsome Adante are tied
for 4th with Becky Holder and Courageous Comet. Both have scores of 32.5. Winsome
Adante was uncharacteristically on the muscle. He broke twice during the
trot extensions, though his canter work was excellent with particularly good flying
changes of lead.
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Amy
Tryon is first and second in Advanced Test "C", Division "A".
Amy leads with My Beau on a score of 28.6 and stands second with her Athens Olympic
Games Bronze Team Medal ride, Poggio II. Poggio's score is 31.7. (Amy and My
Beau are pictured at the left.)
Leslie Chelstrom is in third position
riding Brio, whose score is 35.7.
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Mara
Dean had a picture perfect ride with Good Stuff in Advanced Test "C",
Division "B", to lead on a score of 27.0. 
(Mara
and Good Stuff are pictured at the right below.)
Amy
Tryon is also second in this Division, this time with Woodstock, whose score is
27.8, just .8 of a fault off the lead.
Stuart
Black stands third, on 29.1, with his 2004 Radnor CCI** winner Fleeceworks Starlight.
The
Advanced Cross Country for all three Divisions begins on Saturday at 12:33 PM.
For
complete results please click on Event Results at the left above.
