The
Laurels at Landhope CDE 2006 • CAI-B • West Grove, PA
September
8-10, 2006
Rating: ADS, FEI (CAI-B) USEF (Advanced) Sunday,
September 10, Cones As
Cones is
the final phase, the winners are decided on each entrant's cumulative scores over
the three phases, Dressage, The Marathon and Cones.
(Tracey
Morgan, pictured at the right, won the Advanced Pair Pony Section.)
(Boots
Wright races for the Finish Line to win the Advanced Pony Four-in-Hand Section.)
(Lisa
Singer drives her pair of morgens over the bridge between the two areas of Cones
to win the Advanced Pair Horse Section.)
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Saturday,
September 9, The Marathon The
Marathon Phase provides plenty of excitement! Four-in-Hands, Pairs and Singles
are timed through the various obstacles. Some
of the below pictures will illustrate the thrills of the Marathon.
(Keady
Cadwell drives her Advanced Pair of Horses through the water at the left. Notice
the automatic timer running at the top center.)
(Larry
Poulin drives his Advanced Pair of Horses over the Bridge. Notice the ponies competing
in a separate obstacle underneath him.)
(Monro
Russell drives his Advanced Pony Four-in-Hand through the water at the left.) 
(Boots
Wright drives her Advanced Pony Four-in-Hand through the water at the right.) 
(Allison
Stroud drives her Advanced Four-in-Hand of Ponies through the water at the left.)
On
Sunday, the Cones Phase will begin at approximately 8:00 AM and continue on until
the middle of the afternoon.
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The
Laurels at Landhope is a Combined Driving Event, which is, in fact, a Three Day
Event for driven horses - singles, pairs and four-in-hands. Friday
was the equivalent of Dressage. Saturday will be the Marathon, which is the equivalent
of Three Day Cross Country, in which driven horses compete through a series of
complicated "Hazzards" in which they are timed. Sunday will be Cones,
the equivalent of Eventing Show Jumping - horses are driven through pairs of (traffic)
cones with balls placed on top. The object is to make the fastest time without
knocking any balls off of the traffic cones. The
Laurels can be accessed off Route # 1, via Newark Road North, to Spenser Road
West; to McCue Road south to Woodview Road West; or from Route # 1 , via Route
# 41 North to the Woodview Road East. The
Marathon begins on Saturday with Preliminary Single Pony "A" at 8:00
AM, followed by: Preliminary
Single Horse "A" at 8:46 AM
Preliminary Single Horse "B"
at 9:30 AM Preliminary
Pair Pony at 10:10 AM
Preliminary Pair Horse at 10:44 AM
Preliminary
Pony Four at 11:04 AM
(Claire Reid is pictured above driving her Preliminary
Pony Four in the Dressage Phase.) Intermediate
Pair Pony at 11:12 AM Advanced
Pair Pony at 11:24 AM Advanced
Pair Horse at 11:38 AM Advanced
Pony Four at 11:54 AM
 Advanced
Single Horse at 12:12 PM
(Eleanor Gallagher is pictured at the left
driving her Advanced Single Horse in the Dressage Phase. Note that she
is driving with one hand - a required portion
of the Dressage Test.)
Advanced
Single Pony 12:56 PM
Intermediate
Single Pony at 1:32 PM Intermediate
Single Horse at 2:10 PM Preliminary
Single Pony "B"at 2:46
PM (
The last Preliminary Single Pony "B" starts at 3:26 PM.)
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