For this first post, I'll give you all a little background on where I am now in my life full of horses. (You can also click on the 'About Kate' tab and the 'My Teachers' tab to learn more). I am finishing up my last semester at the University of Mary Washington, and trying to keep up with my eventing career. After spending many years working for and learning from prestigious event rider, Sharon White, and then spending some time with top rider Emily Beshear, I am now working for and riding under the O'Connor Event Team (OCET). Karen and David O'Connor are very accomplished Olympians in the sport of eventing, and I am so honored to be working there! Their summer/fall home is in Middleburg, VA, which is where I had my horse, Phil last summer and this fall semester of school, but their winter home (or farm) is down in Ocala, Florida. I have been lucky enough to keep Phil in work with Karen O'Connor down in Florida during this spring semester, and I have been flying down just about every other weekend to work and ride (and get sunburned!).
Karen has been competing him and has been doing great with him, and right now I'm all smiles because I just competed him for the first time of the year this weekend...and we WON!!!! I'm down here in Ocala, FL for my spring break away from school right now, and a few of us from the farm went to a local event this weekend, and Phil was a superstar! We won the first phase (dressage), and jumped clear and under the optimum time in both the stadium and cross country jumping phases, and claimed our blue ribbon! yippeee!!
Karen, Hannah and Max are over in Wellington for the weekend because KOC and Hannah are on a team for the Derby Cross--which is going to be awesome! I was going to drive down and watch, but have instead decided to go grill out with everyone at the farm and watch the derby live online at 5pm tonight (http://www.iequine.com/events/pro-derbycross).
So that's all for now! :)
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| Phil (right) and his pasture mate, Danny - in Florida |
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