Tina C. West and Dressed to Thrill (PSG) and Karen Raber and Silvester (I 1) qualified for and showed in the Region I Championships at Lexington, VA, October 20-23.
Karen Raber rode in the Prix St. Georges championship as well as the Intermediate I championship, and placed sixth in both. “In Intermediate I, one of the three judges had me in second place with over 67%,” Karen said. “Riding in Region 1 is always a challenge because there are SO many horses competing, and because they are incredibly well-schooled and experienced, so I’m very happy with those placings. I was especially pleased that Silvester was so calm and obedient—he was once a very spooky, nervous horse, but he behaved like an old campaigner in all his classes. We have also been working hard on the changes, both because he has had a tendency to throw in some one-tempis here and there when his shoulder drops, and because I have had terrible trouble counting! (I’ve often thrown in several extra changes just because I didn’t know how many I’d done!) We got all his tempi changes in the tests exactly right.”
Tina Cimino West & Dressed To Thrill showed in Prix St. George’s Open. With 62.1%, they placed 6th. Tina was the only Adult Amateur in the ribbons; in 4-3 Adult Amateur Championship, she placed fourth with 63%.
Karen Raber
Professor, Department of English
Bondurant W209B
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
kraber@olemiss.edu
Karen Raber rode in the Prix St. Georges championship as well as the Intermediate I championship, and placed sixth in both. “In Intermediate I, one of the three judges had me in second place with over 67%,” Karen said. “Riding in Region 1 is always a challenge because there are SO many horses competing, and because they are incredibly well-schooled and experienced, so I’m very happy with those placings. I was especially pleased that Silvester was so calm and obedient—he was once a very spooky, nervous horse, but he behaved like an old campaigner in all his classes. We have also been working hard on the changes, both because he has had a tendency to throw in some one-tempis here and there when his shoulder drops, and because I have had terrible trouble counting! (I’ve often thrown in several extra changes just because I didn’t know how many I’d done!) We got all his tempi changes in the tests exactly right.”
Tina Cimino West & Dressed To Thrill showed in Prix St. George’s Open. With 62.1%, they placed 6th. Tina was the only Adult Amateur in the ribbons; in 4-3 Adult Amateur Championship, she placed fourth with 63%.
Karen Raber
Professor, Department of English
Bondurant W209B
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
kraber@olemiss.edu
