BEventing Contingent at Paradise Farm H.T.

       For the first time in the past several years coming to the Paradise Farm Horse Trials the weather was superb. The mornings were a tad frosty (literally) but once the sun went to work, we were peeling off our down vests and exposing snow bird white arms to the warmth. Lellie Ward and her phenomenal group of volunteers crammed just over 300 competitors into one full day of dressage and two more of XC and show jumping. I hope everyone competing or spectating appreciates the incredible amount of work and TIME this takes, and I hope many took a moment to thank all involved.
       As for results, visit the Paradise Farm website. My intentions in this post are to entertain with pics of our BEventing squad comprised of:   Babette Lenna riding Lucy Cheney's Bouncer in his first Prelim; Ashley Ireland riding Babette's former upper level amazing chestnut TB Tom Cat (Joey) at Training level. This was Ashley's maiden voyage on Joey... and what a trip they had!  Emily Merrill with Diggin' on Doug (Dougles) competed with her Mum Polly riding Matinicus (Matty) in the same novice division.

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