WEF Week 10 Newsletter
- Tuesday, March 21, 2023 -
We started week 10 off with flat lessons with Anne Kursinski to prepare for the final week of equitation before the WEF Equitation Championship! Anne worked with riders on connection and feeling with their horses through exercises such as a knot in the reins and lateral work without stirrups. In the second half of the lesson, riders were tasked with doing a short cavaletti course while riding with their reins on one side of the neck to work on a light, centered, invisible, and trusting feeling throughout the exercise. It was no easy task, but horses and riders took the challenge with grace and tenacity as they worked through some of the confusion they both felt when first doing such a unique exercise.
Thank you so much Anne for coming out to the farm. We are feeling prepared to tackle the penultimate equitation class of WEF 2022!
Emma Bluemnkrantz and Chris W kicked off the show week on Thursday afternoon with a double clear effort in the $1,500 High Junior Jumper to take home 4th place and the first ribbon of Week 10.
Sterling Malnik and Castlefield Spartacus had a great day in the equitation taking 4th in the Platinum Performance/ USEF Show Jumping Talent Search 2*, 3rd in the Washinton International Horse Show (WIHS) Jumper Phase with a score of 90, and 3rd place overall in the WIHS. Also in the WIHS, Caroline Mirts piloted Independence M to a score of 88 and 4th place. Rylynn Conway and Escada closed out the day with a win in the $1,500 Medium Junior Jumper. Carson Phipps closed out the day with a 5th place in the Marshall & Sterling/USEF Pony Medal.
Saturday was for the Phipps sisters! Harper started off the day taking 5th place in the $1,500 Modified Children’s Jumper aboard Irish Coffee. Her younger sister Carson piloted her medium pony, NR Golden Graham to 6th in the second over fences class of the $500 Medium Pony Hunters.
Carson continued her streak Sunday with a 3rd place in the $500 Medium Pony Hunter over fences and first place in the $500 Medium Pony Hunter Classic and Sophia Delellis took 8th place in the THIS National Medal 14 & Under.
Equitation closed out the week with Dylan Bazaar and Cento Chico taking 6th place in the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Section A and 5th place in Section A of the ASPCA Maclay. Emma Blumenkrantz and Indiana Jones earned 8th place in Section A of the medal, Reese Merna and Trouvaille took 3rd in section B of the medal while Sterling Malnik and Castlefield Spartacus rounded out the top 5.
