August 2, 2010
Ready for a few more old photos?
One of our members sent us this link, which will take you to a collection of old photos of fire horses. Click on each individual link for larger versions of the photos.
http://www.bostonfiremuseum.com/PhotoPages/Web_Fitzgerald/Horse%20Drawn/index.html
August 1, 2010
Iron Horse CDE (Illinois), report from Jill Ryder:
Today was hot in the sun, with very little breeze at the cones course at Iron Horse. The cones competition finished a little while ago. Chester Weber remained in first place and won the final four-in-hand selection trial.
August 1, 2010
World Singles Championship (Italy), report from Karen Garrett:
Kim Stover finished fourth in cones and nineteenth overall! Kim and Lucky had a great run with only one ball down and inside the time of 2 min., 30 sec. There was only one double clear round, by Polish driver Bartlomiej Kwiatek who finished with the silver medal. Thorsten Zarembowicz of Germany, who led after earning a 35.20 in dressage, held onto his lead to win on a total of 119.05. The cones course was very technical with three zig-zags, a diabolical turn from 14 to 15, and circles right and left that turned the horse to face the crowd. Quite a few horses went counterbent looking at the spectators, and cones came down as a result. The U.S. finished elelventh out of nineteen teams and moved up ahead of Great Britain. Two competitors took out cones (1 and 20) on their run from 13 to 14, which was nearly the length of the arena.
August 1, 2010
Results from Europe …
Earlier today in Riesenbeck, Jimmy had a double-clear round in the cones competition to finish that phase in fourth place, and Tucker finished the cones phase in eighth.
Overall, Tucker placed second in both the CAI and the German Driving Derby! Jimmy finished the CAI in ninth place overall and the Derby in tenth place.
At the World Singles Championship, Thorsten Zarembowicz (Germany) won the individual gold medal, and the Germans took home the team gold medal.
The top U.S. driver among the sinlges was Kim Stover, who finished in nineteenth place overall. Team USA finished in eleventh place out of nineteen teams.
August 1, 2010
For anyone (inlcuding me) who’s looking for the cones (and combined) scores from Riesenbeck … it’s now late afternoon in Europe, but the scores haven’t been posted on the Internet yet. I’ll keep checking!
The Slower Road 