2004 black gelding, Sommer's Knight out of Sommer Schwalbe (Schwalbenzug - Luneur) served as a 'catch ride' last weekend for Emily Sixby, who trains with Troy Wing (Knight's regular trainer) and served her well.
Troy said the minute he gave Emily the leg up, Knight knew it was "showtime" and he was ON. He certainly dazzled the judge in dressage, posting a 26.70 score - which turned out to be low score of the show. In stadium, he was his usual brilliant self, and had one of those "ah-HAH!" moments xc, focusing on the task @ hand and jumped around brilliantly.
Emily and Knight finished on their dressage score to win the BN-A division Championship. A feat made more impressive by the 2nd place horse's score (also finishing on the dressage score) of 41.20. The game plan is to move Knight up to Novice next weekend, but since he qualified for the Area I Championships and also posted 1 of 2 qualifying scores for the AEC's, we'll see if they hold Knight @ BN for one more outing (giving him a total of 3 @ the level!) to try and capture his 2nd qualifying score for the AEC's. Stay tuned!
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