Maryland’s World Travelers, continued... After the horses returned from
Geesteren the next week they went east to Spangenberg (Germany). T e weather was a disaster . . . the
horses were up to their knees in mud just walking from the stable area to the ring. T ere was nothing the organizers could do other than keep dumping shav- ings on every surface on the grounds, to no avail. My horses jumped beau-
tifully. Waldman had two brilliant rounds in the Big Tour, which qualifi ed him for the third day’s Grand Prix. However, he was tried that morning and was pur- chased by an American, so I didn’t compete him that afternoon in the Final. In the Middle Tour, I showed Weezer for Stephex Stables (Belgium) and jumped with a clear round and a four-fault round, which also qualifi ed me in the top 40 of the initial 100 for the Final, on a horse of my choosing. I chose to ride Cita Z in that Fi- nal. Cita jumped one of only seven double clear rounds to fi nish third in the class. She was the youngest horse in the class as well! After Spangenberg, I went to the CIC** Holze-
down. She was shocked and totally distraught. As I was the last to go, they wouldn’t allow me any time to collect her and made me go right into the ring! We had a disaster of a test. With the show jumping phase only an hour away, I was forced to withdraw her so a vet could check her. Freak accident, yes, but Udonna feels sabotaged! In ac- tuality, we are very lucky that she wasn’t seriously hurt and that I didn’t break her fall and act as a human cushion for that 1500-lb. redhead. CSI Zuidwolde was
Marilyn Little-Meredith and Easy Going 14 placed fourth in the CCI** at the Blair Castle International Horse Trials in Scotland.
fantastic. Cita jumped three clear rounds in the big Tour–not a rail down
all weekend! T e weather was re- ally rough and I’m pretty sure that now the skies just open as soon as we arrive at the show grounds. For eventing, the week before
rode (Germany) to ride Udonna in the event. Oh Lordie...we had a problem at Holzerode. Udonna was the last to go into the dressage ring at 7 p.m. and had just warmed up beautifully. Unfortunate- ly, the horse before me was having a meltdown in the ring–rearing, running all over the place. He was excused and literally bolted from the ring to- wards Udonna. I couldn’t get her out of the way in time and he broadsided her and knocked her
Zuidwolde, I went to the CIC Salgen (aka “T e Alpine Cup”) just outside of Munich, Germany. Bavaria is an experience but Ba- varian eventing takes things to a whole new level. Let’s just say that these horses will think they died and went to heaven when they see a mowed gallop lane back in the U.S! Both Udonna and Rovano Rex (the new horse) placed in the two-star. Rovona Rex was second. Considering I had only ridden him
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for two days prior to heading to the event, I couldn’t have been more thrilled with his per- formance. T e eventers will head to the CCI at Blair Castle in Scotland next. T e CSI Bonheiden in Belgium was next for the jumpers. It is actually not so far away from where we are based, so the eventers are able to stay home and still school, gallop, and turn out. It looks like Five Points Horse Trials in North Carolina will be the fi rst event back in the U.S. if everything goes according to plan.
The World Champs–What a Journey! Marne Martin-Tucker (Woodbine) spends her
time traveling between her home in Woodbine and her job in England. T is summer, she and her mare Royal Coeur represented the U.S. at the 2011 World Championships for Young Dressage Horses.
Every person
dreams of fairy tales with one’s horse and for me, such a fairy tale is riding my “show green”
six-year-
Marne Martin-Tucker represented the U.S. at the World Dressage Cham- pionships for Young Dressage Horses in Germany riding Royal Coeur.
old at the World Championships for Young Dres- sage Horses in Verden, Germany (August 3-7). My mare, Royal Coeur, is a very brave and courageous horse, but she is still at this stage: a bit diff erent each day and at each show. If I had been able continued...
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