The eventing continues! Houston and I planned to visit the Fork the first weekend in June, but the event was cancelled due to low entries. After pouting, I decided we would go back to the Carolina Horse Park for the 2nd of the Cabin Branch Events, Lumber River.
This turned out to be a barn family travel event. Skate and Ellen attended along with Hillary and two of her babies.
While the weather was extremely warm, the day went well over all. The footing was questionable on cross-country thanks to the tropical storm induced rain we had the week prior.
Houston performed a very steady and beautiful dressage test placing us in 6th with a 33.5 out of 15 riders. Show-jumping was flawless minus the fact that we were a tad slower than we should've been, but overall very pleased with his efforts. Cross-country was tremendous. He floated around the course like the pro he truly is.
After a long day in the heat, Houston received a striking yellow ribbon (3rd place) to add to his growing collection. I couldn't be happier with the way he's performing, at 22 I think he's the best he's been. Let's hope 23 brings just as much excitement!
