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More rain and lots of it….After the show everyone left for Mystic except Morocco and Roderrick who go back on Monday. For the all the results of this week at HITS - Click here.

Exhilaration ridden by Colleen Sullivan was the Champion in the Adult Hunter 46 & Over Division!

Roderrick ridden by Harpur took 2nd place in the Marshall & Sterling $500 Bit of Straw Classic.

Courtney and Harpur playing tic-tak-toe in the mud

The ribbons were coming fast and furious today and then it rained again….

Sun! No Rain! Everyone showed today except for Shea and Hannah.  We compressed Thursday and Friday’s show schedule into one day.

Kudos to Robin who started training at 7am and finished with the last rider at 7pm!

Special thanks to Christen who stayed up late and got up early to braid our horses.

We scored some ribbons today a follows:

Harpur riding Roderrick in Modified Children’s Hunter was 2nd, 1st, 2nd over fences and she did not do the flat, but was Reserve Champion, missing Champion by 1 point.

Colleen in Adult Maiden Eq was 1st and 2nd!

Christen rode in the Adult Equitation 18-35 and placed 5th and 7th over fences.

In Hunter Ring 3 - Paige did the Maiden Eq, Harpur rode in the Novice Eq and Megan rode in the Intermediate Eq and the all received the same ribbon - 5th place.

Paige did Pre-Children’s Hunter and took a 6th and 2nd over fences and an 8th place in the flat.

Emma rode in Equitation 14 and Under Division and she pinned a 4th and 8th over fences.

Megan rode in the the Open Equitation 15-17 and was 6th and 8th over fences and 6th on the flat.

Tomorrow Shea, Hannah make their debut and everyone else shows in various divisions.  Pictures and Video to come.

We all awoke to the sound of rain, lots and lots of rain.  HITS was a mud bath. Then the news - there was so much water HITS Canceled all of the classes for today.  Canceled!!  A horse show canceling a day of classes - most of us had never experienced that.

Mother Nature teased us all morning…it would rain, then clear and some of us would head out to school and then it would pour all over again.

Finally around 2pm, the sun came out and we were able to actually do a ticketed warm-up.

Shea/Schnip walking Harpur/Huey to the warm-up ring.

Monster puddles were in all the rings - But Huey is a mudder!

Cody arrived with his dirt bike….

Tomorrow, Friday, we all have a busy day - Classes from Thursday and Friday are being run together, but the weather is suppose to be perfect!
How did we end the day that started awful - by riding a cow of course!

Emma was the first to show today in the jumper ring as a warm up.

Did I mention the rain?

We ended the day at the El Rancho Mexican Restaurant for a team Dinner - all 19 of us! I forgot my camera, but I’m sure there are plenty of photos on facebook.

We arrived at HITS in Saugerties on Tuesday and quickly found our stalls at Tent #4.  Surprise! HITS has built new wood stalls - brand new and also added new tents.  The stalls are big and there is a lot more air movement.

You’ll never see it this clean again!  This is going to be a small show as Tents 1,2, and 3 are empty.  We’ve never seen those tents empty before.

The horses were unloaded, fed and bedded and we went riding!

We came back to the barn and it began to rain….at first we thought how nice some rain and then the puddles started to grow..

We all scrambled to find our rain gear - below is Paige with her rain gear on and

and Emma drying off with Connor looking on.

and then it started to really rain and the wind started to blow the tent and for a moment we thought the whole tent might blow over…

We are camped out at the Westbrook Hunt Club this week in Westbrook, CT for the Summer Shoreline Series I and II.

Harpur started slow but picked up consistency as the week progressed.

For Show I she placed as follows:

• Children’s Equitation Over Fences - 8th
• Children’s Equitation Over Fences - 8th
• Suitable Hunter 2′9″ - 3′ Under/Saddle - 2nd
• Suitable Hunter 2′9″- 3′ Over Fences - 2nd
• Suitable Hunter 2′9″ - 3′ Over Fences - 1st
• Suitable Hunter Reserve Champion.
• M&S Bit Of Straw - 2nd

For Show 2 she placed as follows:

• Suitable Hunter 2′9″ - 3′ Under/Saddle - 4th
• Suitable Hunter 2′9″ - 3′ Over Fences - 2nd
• Suitable Hunter 2′9″ - 3′ Over Fences - 4th
• Children’s Equitation Over Fences - 1st
• Children’s Equitation over Fences - 7th
• Reserve Champion- Children’s Equitation
• M&S Bit of Straw - 1st

Video from Show 2 - Children’s Equitation Over Fences - 1st Place

The Mystic crew headed out to Folly Farm in Simsbury, CT (about 1.5 hours from Mystic) and immediately setup camp in the shade as this was going to be a long day.

Video of Paige in Pre-Children’s Equitation.  Paige was Reserve-Champion

Video of Emma in Junior Equitation. Emma was Reserve-Champion.

Amanda, Briana and Harpur waiting to start Children’s Equitation at 5:00 pm!

Amanda riding Concerto in the M&S Bit of Straw Round One score of 79.  Amanda place 3rd in the M&S Bit of Straw.

Harpur riding Roderrick in the M&S Bit of Straw Round one score of 83.  Harpur’s second round score was 81 and she took first place.

Briana in the Children’s Equitation - she placed 6th in this class.

Harpur in the Children’s Equitation - Harpur placed 1st in this class and was Reserve Champion.

Congratulations Averi for winning the 2008 Hamden Hall Tennis Coaches Award.