We love you Truman!

An article in the Chronicle of The Horse about my friend and her gorgeous horse, Truman. Can you believe this horse is OTTB? He looks like a warmblood! Truman has enriched so many people's lives bringing people together in friendship, I have an urge to snuggle him! :)

This must read story is located here

Keiri Kaneps (left) and Elizabeth Hund with Truman in 2012 at Estes Park. Photo by Flying Horse Photography/Todd Sutherland, taken from Chronicle of The Horse article.

Photos From Colorado Horse Park Horse Trials

It sure was exciting watching the cross country at Colorado Horse Park the other weekend which included Region 9 USEA Championships. It is just as fun re-living the excitement with Christy Cumberworth's photos! Her photos really are excellent, she captures the ideal jump for each rider...we all know that takes talent. I don't know how many times I have taken a photo of the horse on stride out from the jump when I want a picture of the horse going over the jump.

View the photos here.

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Christy's website is easy to navigate and loads the photos fast. Search by horse's name or rider's number. Amanda Hund on Pilot feature below!

A Successful Weekend At The Colorado Horse Park

Early Sunday morning a friend and I heading down to the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, CO to watch our friends ride cross country in the Colorado Horse Park Fall Horse Trials which also include Region 9 USEA Championships!

A friend on her beautiful horse went Intermediate, her horse's first time. The horse had two refusals caused by a confusing flag incident in a combination, but finished strong in the cross country. Personally, I thought it was a perfect and successful ride for the horse's first Intermediate! My vet took second in Open Training with a clean and flawless cross country. The most exciting ride for me to watch was my friend, Angelika ride a clean cross country on her new horse! Her horse is the cutest (want to steal it) little 15.3H Swedish warmblood who was all knees jumping. She took first place in the Region 9 Training Championships! The second best thing to horse showing yourself is watching friends successfully horse show instead. I am really happy for all of them.

Angelika Beutel taking first in Region 9 Training Championships

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I would not consider myself really into eventing compared to other things like show jumping, but it is so easy to be involved in eventing compared to other equestrian disciplines. The scoring system is easy to follow, it's kind of like a football game...you know who is in the lead but there is still that unpredictability of the last quarter or in eventing the last discipline as to who is going to win. The online, live scoring is so fun to keep track of on Event Entries.



CHP Event Results Posted on Evententries.com on Oct 13, 2013

Intermediate Championships
XC Optimum Time: 6:21
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	Final Score	Final Place
Kathy Cain	Legal Limit	29.60	1	4.00	0.00	33.60	1	0.00	6:18	0.00	33.60	1
Hailey Rich	Kingfisher II	38.40	3	12.00	5.00	55.40	3	20.00	6:36	6.00	81.40	2
Martha McDowell	Nabouco de Lessay	30.00	2	4.00	0.00	34.00	2	80.00	0:00	R	R	R

Open Intermediate
XC Optimum Time: 6:21
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	Final Score	Final Place
Amanda Hund	Pik Pilot	34.80	1	4.00	3.00	41.80	1	40.00	10:27	98.40	180.20	1

Open Preliminary
XC Optimum Time: 5:32
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	Final Score	Final Place
Madeline Backus	P.S. Arianna	34.40	2	8.00	6.00	48.40	2	0.00	5:30	0.00	48.40	1
Hailey Patno	Syncotina	46.10	3	8.00	10.00	64.10	3	20.00	6:10	15.20	99.30	2
Christina Henriksen	Jos Calfun	30.90	1	8.00	1.00	39.90	1	60.00	0:00	E	E	E

Preliminary Championships
XC Optimum Time: 5:32
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	Final Score	Final Place
Rochelle Costanza	Lionhart	31.70	1	4.00	2.00	37.70	1	0.00	5:20	0.00	37.70	1
Summer Peterson	Tim	35.20	2-T	4.00	3.00	42.20	3	0.00	5:29	0.00	42.20	2
Wendy Webb	T.H. Royal Flush	35.20	2-T	4.00	0.00	39.20	2	0.00	5:47	6.00	45.20	3
Amy Gilbertson	One Honest Man	43.90	5	4.00	11.00	58.90	5	40.00	6:18	18.40	117.30	4
Darlene McInnes	Warlord	40.00	4	8.00	3.00	51.00	4	0.00	0:00	W	W	W

Open Training
XC Optimum Time: 6:01
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	Final Score	Final Place
Reed Ayers	De Rien	32.70	5	0.00	0.00	32.70	2	0.00	5:44	0.00	32.70	1
Nancy Carr	Wedgewood	24.10	1	8.00	2.00	34.10	3	0.00	5:56	0.00	34.10	2
Dorothy Hamilton	Cabrio	36.40	6-T	0.00	1.00	37.40	4	0.00	5:38	0.00	37.40	3
Nicole S Ackerman	Scarlett	29.60	4	8.00	0.00	37.60	5	0.00	5:10	0.00	37.60	4
Ashley Demander	BeBe LaRue	28.60	3	12.00	3.00	43.60	8	0.00	5:03	0.00	43.60	5
Nicole S Ackerman	Ringfort Fighting Chance	26.80	2	0.00	0.00	26.80	1	20.00	6:00	0.00	46.80	6
Alessandra Allen-Shinn	Zip Wyatt	36.80	8	4.00	0.00	40.80	7	20.00	5:28	0.00	60.80	7
Melissa Thorson	Master Plan	36.40	6-T	0.00	3.00	39.40	6	20.00	6:24	9.20	68.60	8

Training Championships
XC Optimum Time: 6:01
Rider	Horse	Dress Score	Dress Place	Stad Jump	Stad Time	To Date Score	To Date Place	XC Jump	XC Elapsed	XC Time	Final Score	Final Place
Angelika Beutel	Varekai	23.20	1	4.00	0.00	27.20	1	0.00	5:40	0.00	27.20	1
Madeline Backus	P.S. King of Hearts	29.60	3	0.00	0.00	29.60	2	0.00	5:39	0.00	29.60	2
Todd Smyrl	Gemini Tiara	36.80	5-T	4.00	0.00	40.80	3	0.00	5:27	0.00	40.80	3
Christina Henriksen	Princess Pavan	37.70	7	4.00	0.00	41.70	4	0.00	5:50	0.00	41.70	4
Heather Haubrich	Jasmine	36.80	5-T	8.00	0.00	44.80	5	0.00	5:45	0.00	44.80	5
Cynthia Moore-West	Zalig	45.00	14	0.00	0.00	45.00	6	0.00	5:20	0.00	45.00	6
Grace Simpson	Rapport	29.10	2	16.00	1.00	46.10	7	0.00	5:37	0.00	46.10	7
Tracey Dalton	Burgundy	38.20	8	8.00	0.00	46.20	8	0.00	5:43	0.00	46.20	8
Kimberly Hamilton-Wendel	Cool Cutie	44.60	13	4.00	0.00	48.60	9	0.00	5:26	0.00	48.60	9
Lorraine Barrows	Space Cowboy	45.90	15	4.00	0.00	49.90	10	0.00	5:35	0.00	49.90	10
Noelani Bevill	Weekend Edition	42.70	10	8.00	0.00	50.70	11	0.00	5:54	0.00	50.70	11
Kari Hall	Rigel	43.20	11-T	8.00	0.00	51.20	12	0.00	6:06	2.00	53.20	12
Summer Peterson	Jake the Fish	43.20	11-T	12.00	0.00	55.20	13	0.00	5:08	0.00	55.20	13
Nicole Musmanno	JHN Imogen	35.50	4	20.00	0.00	55.50	14	0.00	5:39	0.00	55.50	14
Eileen Galoostian	Ratifier	46.40	16	20.00	0.00	66.40	15	0.00	5:19	0.00	66.40	15
Anne Ladd	Proper Gent	41.40	9	12.00	40.00	93.40	16	60.00	0:00	E	E	E
Tashi Brundige	Ringo Star	E	E	0.00	E	E	E	0.00	0:00	E	E	E