We had a wonderful start to the Spring shows in the northeast with two additional weeks of back to back showing at Princeton Show Jumping and HITS on the Hudson. Although both weeks proved not to be sunny & warm like Ocala, we beat the rain and the chill with some fabulous rounds and ribbons.
Princeton Show Jumping May II
In the hunters, Grier Van Rooyen & Biarritz got stellar ribbons in the Children’s Hunter Division including a pair of seconds, a third and a class win for Champion of the division as well as second in the M&S Classic. Congrats Grier!
Laura Van Rooyen continued with her daughter’s stellar hunter rounds in the 3’3″ Amateur Owner Division on Serendipity earning top ribbons including a second as well as fifth in the classic.
In the jumper ring, Colette Arslanian & Diamond B Casanova were super fast and clear in the 1.0m Amateur Jumpers earning top ribbons. This team also were fantastic in the 1.05m Amateur Jumper Classic for a third to finish out their weekend. Great job Colette!
Grier & her jumper, Cheiser B, also were super fast in the .90m Junior Jumpers as they continue to get to know each other and earned sixth & seventh in their division as well as seventh in the M&S Classic.
Over in the equitation ring, Laura rode Evito Sun Z to a win in the Ariat Medal & third in the THIS Medal. They also stepped up to the 3’3″ equitation classes this week winning the USEF Adult Eq Medal and earned second on the M&S Jumping Seat Medal. Congrats Laura!
Grier continued her mom’s winning equitation rounds with a win in the Mini Medal and second in the THIS Children’s Medal with Utrillo de Soleil. She also stepped up to the 3’3″ equitation classes this week earning third in the NHS Medal.
HITS Hudson Valley I
The chilly weather continued in the mountains but we didn’t let the weather keep up down. Jenn showed baby James aka 007 Golden Eye in the USHJA 2’9″ Hunters with some fantastic rounds and extra effort in the mountain air.
Our jumpers were blazing fast with Colette & Diamond B Casanova earned top ribbons in the 1.0m Amateur Jumpers and were sixth in the 1.05m Classic. Congrats Colette!
Grier & Cheiser B also earned top ribbons in the .90m Junior/Amateur Jumpers including fifth in the classic.
Grier didn’t let the rain stop her from winning every mini medal class of the week with Utrillo de Soleil – the Mini Maclay, Mini Medal, THIS Medal and Mini Hits. In the hunter ring, Grier & Biarritz also dominated in the Children’s Hunters with first, second and third in the division and a win in the Classic. Congrats Grier!
Laura Van Rooyen also rocked the equitation this week with Vito with a win in the Ariat Adult Medal and also were fourth in the NHS Adult Medal. Over in the hunter ring, Laura and Serendipity were class winners in the 3’3″ Amateur Owners.
A great few weeks of spring shows brings us back to our NJ home base for some R&R for a few weeks before headed back to Princeton at the end of the month. Thank you as always to our clients and staff for such a tremendous effort.
