•    Canadian Karl Slezak rode Frankie Simpson’s mare, Watson’s Shelbreen, to win intermediate, division 2, with a score of 34.9. Slezak also won the dressage with a 26.9, despite limited warm-up time.
        “I called at 8 a.m. this morning and asked if there were any scratches and she said, ‘Yeah, can you be in the ring at 9:15?’ ” said Slezak, who was staying half an hour away in Middleburg, Va. “We still had to drive here, so Frankie was in the back braiding. We got here, I figured out which ring I was in, got a few minutes of warm-up and in we went. She was perfect!”
        Slezak will next ride the mare at the Fair Hill International CCI**. He also finished seventh in advanced, division 2, on Braveheart.

•    Phillip Dutton and advanced partner Kheops Du Quesnay swept intermediate, division 1, with a 37.6. Along with riding Mandiba to fifth place in advanced, Dutton finished fourth in open preliminary with Tickle Me and won the open training division on Ularinka with a 20.5, the lowest score in any division.

•    Skyeler Icke, one of Jan Byyny’s students, won intermediate, division 3, on Tika, her own Dutch Warmblood mare, with a 31.0.
        The weekend was a strong one for the Surefire team. In addition to Byyny’s win with Waterfront, Inmidair finished sixth in his advanced division, and student Niki Smith and Suzie Q finished second to Phillip Dutton in intermediate, division 1. Byyny’s young horses, Walstraed and Why Not, had good showings in their open training division with Scott Keach—a former Olympian for Australia who is currently based in Middleburg, Va.—aboard.