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Well Marnix and I are back from Myopia with some great news and some sorta
newsHere goes. Dressage we scored a 32.7. This was the lowest dressage
score for all divisions and classes. This included Larry Poulin, Lisa Singer
and many other notables from all the classes, Advanced, Intermediate and
Prelim The judges were from England, California and Canada. The buzz was
that Marnix outclassed them all. Three trots and loads of Upper level stuff
that no one had ever seen in a Fjord on three continents.
One night of being on top was very sweet. However, Marnix has been having
some issues with sec. E and after 5 hazards he quit on me going up a hill out
of Hazard 6. I put Wes, my daughter down and the minute she got to his head
he trotted up the hill and finished hazard 7 also very up and down with no
issues. He made his times in all 5 sections even with his naughtiness in #6.
Unfortunately he dropped to 7th. He was in excellent shape after both vet
checks in fact his temp. pulse and respiration were better than most of the
comp. in his class. so fitness is not the issue. Damn, smart ponies..
Today in cones standing 7th I had nothing to lose so Marnix and I drove a
wonderfully forward go. We dropped 3 balls but had no time penalties and won
cones Everyone else had balls and time moving us up to 4th.
So Marnix won two phases of the ASHA Pony Championships, and I couldn't be
more thrilled. I will take him to Fair Hill at the end of October, which is
only a three sec. and we will try and sort his issues out, but winning
dressage and cones is more than enough for me. There were 9 ponies
competing. I go to win but 4th was a sweet victory for me
I met a wonderful man at Myopia Klaus Biesenthal, driving a fab German Riding
Pony stallion, who had farmed witrh Fjord's in Germany and he was totally
entranced with Marnix. He gave me some sound advice on getting through our
sec. E problemsand I look forward to visiting him in Illinois. We spoke at
length about breeding and keurings and he was a man of such knowledge as he
farms with his ponies as well as breeding Holsteiners for dressage that I
really look forward to picking his brain.
All in all I am pleased with the weekend, how can you be not with a 32.7 in
dressage under an International panel of judges?
Enoungh for now my husband needs a hug for taking care of the farm and I need
to get some sleep
Vivian Creigh
