We made it...

Late Monday night we arrived in Aiken at the beautiful Hilltop Polo. We are so lucky to have found this beautiful place, especially after our original stabling fell through last minute. It's literally located about 10 minutes away from the biggest events in Aiken. So convenient. And did I mention it's beautiful??


Wednesday marked the start of the competition season for the RB Riding gang. The horses received a well-deserved light day on Tuesday to keep them fresh for Wednesday. At Full Gallop HT, we had Susannah doing her first Training level, Beth doing Novice on Strider, Luna doing her first show at Novice, and Vivian moving up to Prelim. We didn't bring home any ribbons but, in the grand scheme of things, it was a good show and we knocked some rust off. After a good dressage test, Susannah had one rail and would have been double clean on XC until she took a wrong turn; she finished 8th. Beth won the warm-up in dressage on Strider but went double clean in all of her jumping phases. Being a little preoccupied from the previous day's tragic events, Viv did most of the show with a space case on her back. She was feeling very excited about being back in competition in the dressage. It's too bad you don't get extra points for your horse's love of life...I had too much bit for SJ and had a few rails and then she rocketed around a substantial Prelim course with one of the fastest times of the day. Luna had a very steady dressage test, a double clean SJ round, and then decided that the Trakehner was too scary- frog leaped it and proceeded to call it a day. Oh well, there are always bumps along the way and she will XC school and head to Sporting Days on Saturday. That's why we are here after all- to practice, practice, practice.

Harry is also here in Aiken with us. He's enjoying life and seeing the world. Today he showed what hot stuff he is to some potential breeders..hopefully he can help pay for his trip by selling a breeding. He also XC schooled. He will show in a CT this weekend and XC school some more next week to have a jump start on the show season in TX. 

Check out the video and pictures from our trip so far. Sporting Days in Saturday so check back....