March 20-22, 2009

Southern Pines Horse II - Pharview's very own 'Kobalicious' was a superstar again finishing with a score of 29. Go Kobe! Looks like he may be ready for a bigger challenge. It appeared from the www.carolinahorsepark.com results site, that many of our OCET friends had many top finishes again. Way to go Pharview and O'Connor Equestrian!

March 13-15, 2009

Meadow Creek Horse Trials - Talk about survival of the fittest at this event. The show grounds got over 5 inches of rain on Friday. We, amongst many others, got our rig stuck in the mud right off the bat. The day became such a challenge that by the time we all sat down for dinner after all horses were put to bed warm, dry and comfortable, we felt strong and invincible. The dressage was a struggle to get through and so was the showjumping. Thank goodness by Sunday the going was good for Cross Country. We found out which of our horses and riders could deal with mud. Reagan and Tawney had no fear of bad weather, she put in a super nice dressage to finish the event first place on her dressage score. Luke and Time and Again finished second right behind her and Calvin and Razzle Dazzle finished his first Beginner Novice in 5th place. Talk about riding tough! Nicole looked so good out there on Prairie Boss and she was having so much fun galloping that she went too fast on Cross Country and dropped from 3rd to 8th in her division. Lacey and Rated G were superstar's in dressage and on Cross Country. I think we would all agree that just finishing this event with a score, was a huge accomplishment.

A big THANK YOU to the organizers for doing their best to keep the event rolling.

March 6-8, 2009

'Kobalicious' is what OCET has named Bally Whatnot aka Kobe. He has made himself quite at home down in Florida and they appreciate his wonderful attitude. He is a lush! Kobalicious dominated the field at the Rocking Horse Spring Horse Trials finishing with a score of 28.8 in the Open Preliminary against many of this countries top Preliminary horses. Congratulations to OCET and Kobalicious.