Fair Hill International, continued...
Horse East Coast Championships in 2009. Many of the CCI competitors often have young horses competing in these classes
throughout the year so it was a natural fi t to combine the championships with the CCI competition. As in previous years, the dressage and conformation phase will be held in the main arena on T ursday while the jumping phase will be held on Friday up at the Saw Mill course, where the regular horse trials take place throughout the year. Many of the portable jumps used for the YEH course were made by Eric and used at Pimlico Racecourse during the T oroughbred Makeover and National Symposium earlier this month. New this year is the addition of the Future
Event Horse East Coast Championships. T e in-hand competition is open to yearlings through three-year-olds and will be held on Wednesday before the fi rst CCI horse inspection. T e exact location is yet to be determined but Charlie Colgan, FHI co- president, hopes to have the competition held in the main arena. In these competitions, horses are judged on conformation and movement with the highest score being the winner. Shows are held throughout the country and only horses with a score of 68% or higher are invited to compete at the championships.
Free Stuff! Although the competition schedule for
the CCIs remains the same with dressage on T ursday and Friday, cross-country on Saturday and show jumping on Sunday, some minor changes have been made to help spectators enjoy the week. Spectators can now attend on T ursday free of charge. T e dressage competition will be in full swing but many of the vendors will still be setting up. Also free this year is the program, which used to cost $5 in addition to your ticket fee. Colgan said, “T ere is so much information in the program that is important for spectators that we decided to make it complimentary this year in order to enhance the FHI experience.” In addition, FHI will be providing owners
of CCI horses a special tent by the cross- country start box on Saturday so they can be close to the action.
Exhibitions, Music and More
T e ever popular Art and Sport of Falconry will be back in the vendor village again this year, as is the hay maze and other fun activities for kids. HorsePlay will not be returning this year and instead, the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team will be performing on Saturday. T e drill team, coached by Kendy Allen and made up of Chincoteague ponies, has performed at such places as the Kentucky
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Horse Park, Equitana USA, the Virginia State Fair and Delaware Horse Expo. Also returning to FHI is Silly Goose and Val, a puppet song and dance show that will be held in the Food Course tent on Saturday. New this year is the addition of the Riverside Carnival Band. T is New Orleans jazz style band will be performing at a variety of diff erent locations on Sunday. T e PRO bareback challenge is back on
Sunday. Top event riders come into the main arena to compete bareback over a challenging show jump course. Also returning on Sunday is the Academy of Dog Training that will show spectators how to train their dogs for agility competitions. T e classic car show will be on display on the driveway near the main arena on Sunday, weather permitting.
The Thoroughbred Event Horse, continued...
the Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm and then did her fi rst CCI** at FHI last year. “She handled it like any other event but afterwards, she was very cocky. After Fair Hill she started looking for the fl ags when we are on course,” Macklin said. T at is one of the other things she likes about T oroughbreds, “they are smart, and when you put your leg on, they go.” T is year, Macklin and Beast started out the season competing in the Aiken area but an anaplasma fl areup caused her to sit out most of the spring. “It was actually a good thing to have happened because we were able to take a step back and treat her overall body and she is much stronger now,” Macklin said. T ey kicked things back into gear this summer at Loch Moy and then headed up to New York to compete at Millbrook. T e Plantation Field CIC** is Beast’s fi nal prep before FHI. “T is year I know I’ll ride much more calmly, especially since she has proved that she can jump around that course,” Macklin added. Chadderton will be making her fi rst appearance at the FHI CCIs, although she is no stranger to the upper levels, having already campaigned three horses to the three-star level in her native Australia. She is entered in the CCI*** with Collection Pass and the CCI** with VS McCuan Civil Liberty, both off -the-track T oroughbreds. Collection Pass, aka Cole, is by Collection Agent and out of Winged Passage. Chadderton has
Mary Macklin of Red Hawke Eventing at the 2012 FHI CCI** aboard her own OTTB Majogany Beauteo
been riding the gelding, who is owned by T e Cole Club, for two and a half years. “He is very quiet for a T oroughbred. And he is very athletic,” she said, adding that he mentally fi nds dressage tough. “Like most T oroughbreds, he takes much longer to develop than a Warmblood,” she explained. Chadderton feels that Warmbloods will get you to the upper levels a lot quicker than a T oroughbred, but it is the T oroughbred that will stay there longer. Her second mount, Liberty, is by Civilisation and out of Graceful Balance. He is owned by Civil Liberty Syndicate and Adrienne Wisenberg. He has Native Dancer lines on his sire’s side. Chadderton explained that she got a late start with him as he got injured early in their career together. “He is the best horse I’ve ever had. He can move better than a Warmblood and is very clever,” Chadderton stated. His cleverness is what Chadderton likes best about him. “He is a problem solver,” she said when describing the way he fi gures out various questions on cross-country and in show jumping. T is year both horses also started their seasons down in Aiken but their paths to FHI are very diff erent. “Cole needs to do something easy before he does something
Kate Chadderton and the OTTB Collection Pass competing in Southern Pines this spring
hard. Liberty is the opposite, he loves a challenge,” explained Chadderton. Cole started out the season with a Preliminary at Full Gallop Farm, two Intermediate horse trials and then moved up to Advanced at Southern Pines II. He fi nished seventh the CIC*** at FHI this spring. Chadderton will run him at Plantation Fields CIC as well but then do a Preliminary or Intermediate horse trials at Morven Park right before FHI. Liberty also started out the year with a Preliminary run at Full Gallop and then moved up to Intermediate right after that. He did the CIC** at Fair Hill this spring and then fi nished fi fth in the CCI** at Bromont in Canada this summer. Chadderton wants him to do an Advanced horse trials right before competing in the CCI** at FHI.
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