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TTC Horse Trials and Combined Test, September 29, 2007
Baltic Sunfire competed in his first Novice Combined Test. He finished 2nd. 
Grete Majerle
and Wonderfuel was first after dressage with a score in the 20s! They put in a clear jumping rounds,
but unfortunately got a little lost xc adding some time penalties to finish 5th overall in JBN.
Tracey Ruff and
Jerica Ballas competed in their first horse trials. They both received a 37 in dressage. Their horses wanted to
take an extra look at some of the xc fences, but they finished up with great stadium rounds. Jerica took home a 7th
place ribbon.
MacNair's Country
Acres D and CT, October 14, 2007
Tracey Ruff and Doc entered the
Maiden CT finishing 6th. Clementine Backsteen also entered her first combined test finishing with a smile!
Grete Majerle had a great dressage and clear jumping round to finish on her score of a 35.5. She placed second
in the Novice division.
Brittney Scricco and Mokuba entered
their first beginner novice combined test together. They finished third on their dressage score of a 32.6.
Hillcrest Horse Trials, October 20, 2007
Cherry Bomb finished 6th in the Open Training division. Lindsey Admire and Metaman
competed in their first horse trial together in the Maiden division and finished 4th. Grete Majerle and Wonderfuel finished
3rd in Novice. Makalya House and Jerica Ballas competed in the Maiden division finishing just out of the ribbons.
Fenridge Farm Horse Trials, November 4, 2007
Wine and Diamonds entered his first combined test. He scored an incredible
23 in his dressage. He ended up winning his division. Copy of his test below.
Lindsey Admire completed her first Beg Novice with clear jumping rounds placing them 4th. Grete Majerle finished
5th in the open novice division. Jerica Ballas had a wonderful xc round placing them 4th in the Maiden division.
Makalya House also entered the Madien division completing all phases.
MacNair's Dressage and CT, November 18, 2007
Maiden CT
Amy Bissinger and Raleigh 40.5 2nd (FODS)
Tracey Ruff and Doc 47.0 6th (FODS)
Jerica Ballas and Bert 42.0 2nd (FODS)
Novice CT
Grete Majerle and Cleo 36.5 2nd (FODS)
Training CT
Kelly Daniels and Gentle Quest 32.5 1st (FODS)
Training Level Test 3
Ann Cooper and
Mac 56.0 2nd
First Level
Test 1
Kelly Daniels and Gentle Quest 64.34 1st
Ann Cooper and Mac 61.34
3rd
FODS= Finished on Dressage Score
Tracey Ruff and Doc
Jumping Branch Farm Horse Trials, December
1, 2007
Cherry Bomb finished 6th in the Open Preliminary division. She had a
fabulous clear cross-country round. Con Fuego also competed in the Open Preliminary division and placed well after dressage
and stadium, but decided to save cross-country for another day.
Sport Horse Stallion Expo, January 5, 2008
Atlantis attended the first annual Stallion Show in Raleigh, NC. Atlantis is a 6 year
old Knabstrupper Stallion imported from Germany. He showed his jumping talents in the free jumping chute in the
morning and did a dressage demo to music in the afternoon. He showed his wonderful talents and disposition.
 
Cross-Country School at Tamarack Hill Farm,
February 3, 2008
We all had a great day. Students that attended
were Tracey Ruff, Amy McCray, Katrina Grant, Amy Bissinger, Lindsey Cobb, Trish Murphey, Grete Majerle, and
Rachel Lilly. It was a little warm for the fuzzy horses, but we all appreciated a nice day!
  
Photos by Jason Young
Congratulations
to Amy Bissinger!
On February 23, Amy became the proud new owner of Willow. She is
a TB/QH cross, 15.1 hand, 4yr old Bay Mare. She hopes to event her in the future. Congrats and welcome to
the team!
 
The Ark Horse Trials, March 1-2, 2008 Con Fuego entered into the Training Division to start the season off, but unfortunately had to withdraw
because she didn't feel quite right. Better to sit one out, there is always next time. Paloma Blanca entered her first recognized event at the Maiden Level. She placed 4th after dressage with a
36.3 in the BN A test, which was quite good considering she had to compete in the ring next to the cows, her least favorite
animal! She was clear in her first cross-country over the difficult Maiden course. She also jumped clean stadium
to finish 3rd overall.  
Jumping Branch Farm HT, Aiken, SC, March
7-9, 2008 Cherry Bomb and I braved the up and down weather
for her first recognized Preliminary. Dressage day on Friday was a soaking cold rain. She put in a decent test
despite the weather and put her mid pack with about 20 starters. Cross-country was a cold blistery wind in excess of
40mph. The warm-up jumps were blowing over! She went out and was amazing. She was clear and only had a few
time penalties, moving her up the leader-board. Stadium was tough for the last day, so we pulled three rails, but were
still happy with our outing despite the weather. 
MacNair's D & CT, March 16, 2008 We had a full load for this event! It rained heavy the night before, so the footing was a little
sloppy, but the horses did well. Beginner Novice CT 6th Lindsey Admire and Metaman 41.60 (FODS) Section B 3rd Amanda Miller and Romantic
Star 36.8 (FODS) Section A 3rd Amanda Miller and Paloma Blanca
33.70 (FODS) Section B Maiden CT 3rd Tracey Ruff and Last Laugh 40.0 (FODS) Training Level Test 1 4th Tracey Ruff and Last Laugh 63.05 First Level Test 2 3rd Ann Cooper and Mack 57.23 First Level Test 3 3rd Karina Miller and Mack 61.15 Additional Photos Can Be Viewed Here FODS= Finished on Dressage Score
Morven Park HT, Leesburg, VA, March
29-30, 2008 Cherry Bomb received a 44.80 in dressage with 15 starters.
She then show jumped dropping just a rail. Sunday was cross-country which the temps didn't get out of the 30s!
She started off well, but we decided to retire after she had a very uncharacteristic stop and decided to tackle it another
day.  
The Fork HT, Norwood, NC, April 11-13, 2008 Paloma Blanca and Romantic Endeavor competed in the Beginner Novice Horse Division. We had many
thunderstorms roll through on Dressage and Stadium day. These horses handled the weather. Paloma Blanca scored
a 24.1 in Dressage, dropped a few rails in stadium, but stayed in 1st. Romantic Endeavor scored a 33.2 , went
clear stadium, one of only 7 out of 24, moving up to 4th. Cross-country was a beautiful course. The footing
was slick from the rain, so you had to be careful. Paloma Blanca jumped everything great, but had some problems getting
into the bright blue water. Romantic Endeavor was jumping around great, but didn't want to get into the blue
water! I was happy with them anyway!   
  
Fenridge Farm HT, June 1, 2008 June started out hot! Cherry went for a schooling event and did well. We
were able to accomplish some things we are working on. Results below. Kelly
Daniels (Training/Nov HT) 3rd Tracey Ruff (Maiden Div B) 4th Jennifer Lewis (Maiden Div A) 3rd   
Lumber River HT, June 7-8, 2008 This event was hot, with temps right around 100 degrees. Two Students braved the weather. They did great
finishing on their dressage scores. Junior Novice Rider | Kelly Daniels | Gentle Quest | 5 | 37.00 |
Novice Rider | Patricia Murphey | Belleek
II | 4 | 36.50 |
MacNair's Country Acres D & CT, June 15, 2008 Beginner Novice Test A Katrina Grant 33.2
1st Makalya House 45.0 Beginner
Novice CT Tracey Ruff 35.8 3rd (FODS) Intro Test A Laura Whalen 61.0
3rd  
PVDA Ride for Life, June 28-29, 2008 Please read about this event HERE.
Fenridge Farm Dressage Show, July 19, 2008 Laura and Angel competed in Intro Test A and B, blowing out the competition with scores
of 67.5 and 68.5. Congratulations to Laura on her first blue ribbons! 
Alfrie Wimberly rode the Beginner Novice Test A on Raleigh. They rode to
a 5th place in their first dressage test together. Clover competed in Novice Test A and put
in a good test for a 4th place ribbon.
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