can Eventing Championships at the Training level because my horse “Stanley” had gotten fi rst place ribbons at some horse shows. I am always amazed to get ribbons, because I am the quintessential amateur rider, and it is diffi cult to be good in all three regimens—dressage, sta- dium jumping, and cross-country jumping—at a single event. Dressage day dawned misty and hot. One
of Packy’s other students loaned me an electric blanket for Stanley that was sup- posedly good for his muscles. I was hope- ful it would work, if not on his muscles, at least on his brain, as I had ridden him twice the day before and, after a 14-hour trailer ride, I wasn’t sure that Stanley was actually my horse. First of all, he was completely insane, trying to rear and buck, which he never does. Second, he refused to walk on the grounds, and jigged, fi nally trotting up a hill in medium trot—it was that or have him kill me. T ird, in addition to being in- attentive, he felt horrible. Lucky for me (and Stanley), the blanket
worked, or Stanley had just settled in by day two. He put down a fabulous dressage test, and after 51 rides, we were in a four-way tie for sixth place, less than four points out of fi rst. So, now it was my job to ride the cross-country course with no penalties and no time faults, and then to jump clear in stadium. It was a million degrees on cross-country day,
the end of the cross-country phase, Stanley and I were standing in fi fth place, and there were no tie-breakers needed. T e weather Saturday morning was no better; I was on the sidelines by 8:30 but wouldn’t ride for another 45 minutes because horses were competing in reverse order of standing. We had a clear round and under time to pre-
so all times were pushed back, putting us in the start box more than half an hour late. I hit the start button on my watch, and we were off . Af- ter fence 15, we were on our way to the last fence, which we jumped well, and galloped on to the fi nish. Just as I crossed the fi nish fl ags my watched beeped at minute 5, six seconds under, about as close to optimum as one could get. By
serve our fi fth place ribbon. Yay! Even the an- nouncer said, “Barbara Werther and Staff ord Place have now jumped clear. So, those of you yet to jump need to jump clear or you will move down.” I don’t wish ill on anyone, but those were auspicious words. In what can only be described as improbable turns of events, the rider in fourth place had a rail. T e third place rider then went into the ring, and also had a rail. Each horse ahead of me had a rail or two. Within sec- onds Packy had jumped out of the golf cart and was hugging me, I was hugging him and Stanley at the same time, and people standing around me were saying things like, “Cha-ching,” because there’s money in the top spot. Truly, while luck was on my side at this
event, it was anyone’s to win. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you are just lucky. What is most interesting to me is that as a construction litigator for 34 years, I may be in Chambers (an interna- tional ranking of lawyers), I may be listed by
Superlawyers and Best Lawyers, but the award that means the most to me is this one. To read a play-by-play account of Barbara and
Stanley’s rides around cross-country and show jumping, go to T e Equiery’s Eventing Blog on
equiery.com.
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