Well the first young horse qualifier of the season has been run at the super grounds at ACTDA (which held up superbly after 50mm of rain the day before and a hugely soggy week - well done ACTDA) with super results for our young horses. Our favourite first born foal Callum Park Don Rubin (by Don Frederik, pic below) kicked off the day with a win in the elementary (his second elementary, he won his first start at this level too - good lad!), and then produced a beautiful, soft and expressive 6 year old test with a 3rd place and a good score of 7.1, room to improve but he's really showing form with beautiful changes and extensions, and becoming a very rideable little competition horse. We love our Toby :) After such a promising start to the day the real baby of the team, 4 year old Callum Park Leodacaprio (by Dacaprio) really blew us away with his super attitude at only his second outing (he came 2nd at his first competition two weeks before) and produced a beautiful flowing test winning his 4 year old class! So proud of him, and his uncle Grand Prix horse Versailles would have been too.  In the 5 year old test Callum Park Klaus, now proudly owned by Rachel Regan, did a fine job, showing some lovely forward and elastic work. A few communication glitches from the new partnership at only their 2nd outing brought their marks down a little, but it was super to see this horse go on from a solid 4 year old to showing consolidated work at the much harder 5 year old level, especially for such a big boy. Onward and upward Sammie and Rach!What a great day at the beautiful ACTDA grounds, and Russ and I were really proud to have a young horse successfully representing Callum Park at each of the young horse levels. Next Saturday Sydney, let's hope it doesn't pour all week... |
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