Kelly Pugh on Tito at Copper Meadows
We are home from Copper Meadows and settled back into the routine of things. Besides the heat reaching into the low 100s it was a very successful show for Flying Tail Farms. I had mixed results but that’s just how it goes sometimes.
Rockefeller made the move up to Intermediate this weekend. His dressage was good and he always puts in a really good workmanlike test but he is green to this level so I’m excited for the score to improve as we continue to work on our homework. Cross country was a bit unfortunate as we went early in the day and the track was slick and unfortunately he slipped and fell in a turn. He was going great until then and both of us walked away unharmed but it was a bummer to say the least.
We will try again at Twin in two weeks and perhaps he is a horse that needs to go in studs year round. I also took Tito this weekend and he was a super star. He put in a beautiful test of a 28 that was good enough for second place. He stormed around the cross country and proved that he is ready to possibly move up soon!
Rockafeller
Show jumping was difficult and he put in a beautiful round with one unlucky rail to drop him to third. I am so proud of how far he has come and it makes me sad to offer him for sale but such is the business. The rest of FTF had a great show!! All the details are in the news section!
Thank you to all the parents who braved the heat with us and made sure we were hydrated and as cool as possible. And thank you to Copper Meadows for putting on such a great show!! A special shout out to Kaitlin Veltkamp for keeping an eye on my ponies that had to stay home. It is always comforting knowing that the ones at home are getting the right care and attention! Last but not least thank you to all my sponsors! With all the traveling and competing that my horses do it is important to me that they have access to all the best products! I am fortunate enough to have you all on my team and my horse’s thank you as much as I do!
I could not do it without you all!!
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