Fair Hill International

I had all these plans to cover Hanover Grand Prix and the Pennsylvania FEI World Cup Grand Prix, but I ran out of time! I only got to Fair Hill, so I am just going to have to post it now...

Fair Hill International.

This year marked the 25th anniversary of Fair Hill International CCI**/*** event in Elkton, Maryland which took place Oct 16th-20th, this past weekend.

I've always wanted to visit this event, the cross country looks stunning with the fall colors. The festival seems like a local hit with other events like car shows, dog shows, local food, and live music. Big names show up for the event, this year Phillip Dutton, Kim Seversen, and Buck Davidson made an appearance.

Looking over the results I was rather shocked at the amount of eliminations and withdraws from both the CCI Two and Three Star. It could have been the rain that caused many to withdraw or become eliminated. Cross country jump 13A, a double brush, did cause most of the eliminations. For the Three Star, out of 25 riders, only 15 went clear on cross country. There was a total of three falls.

First place for the Two Star was Sparrow Nio, a grey 15.3H Connemara cross who recently started doing Advance competitions back in September.

Inmidair (I love that name!) took first in the three star with rider Jan Byyny. Her first place win includes a free round trip to any international competition of her choice, valued at over $20,000.

@Jenni Autry

CCI Two Star
XC Optimum Time: 8:20
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	Final Score	Final Place
Allie Blyskal-Sacksen	Sparrow's Nio	47.80	8	0.00	8:00	0.00	47.80	2	0.00	0.00	47.80	1
Ryan Wood	Fernhill Classic	49.70	12-T	0.00	8:09	0.00	49.70	3-T	0.00	0.00	49.70	2
Colleen Loach	Freespirit-	49.70	12-T	0.00	8:07	0.00	49.70	3-T	0.00	0.00	49.70	3
Sharon White	Under Suspection	43.90	2	0.00	8:15	0.00	43.90	1	4.00	2.00	49.90	4
Danielle Dichting	The Graduate	47.20	7	0.00	8:27	2.80	50.00	5	0.00	0.00	50.00	5
Kurt A Martin	Anna Bella	49.40	10-T	0.00	8:22	0.80	50.20	6	0.00	0.00	50.20	6

CCI Three Star
XC Optimum Time: 10:03
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	Final Score	Final Place
Jan Byyny	Inmidair	45.60	5	0.00	10:08	2.00	47.60	1	4.00	0.00	51.60	1
Buck Davidson	Park Trader	45.80	6	0.00	10:20	6.80	52.60	5	0.00	0.00	52.60	2
William Coleman III	Conair	50.20	12	0.00	9:53	0.00	50.20	2	4.00	0.00	54.20	3
Doug Payne	Crown Talisman	43.60	2	0.00	10:20	6.80	50.40	3	4.00	0.00	54.40	4
Kim Severson	Fernhill Fearless	52.20	17	0.00	9:47	0.00	52.20	4	4.00	0.00	56.20	5
Ellen Doughty	Sir Oberon	53.60	21	0.00	9:58	0.00	53.60	6	4.00	0.00	57.60	6