Kimberly Storm is like many amateurs in eventing, balancing her work life with raising her two sons and being able to financially support her horse habit.
But she also faces a unique challenge—she’s deaf.
Buck Davidson wouldn’t have made the long trip to Texas from his Pennsylvania base without wanting a shot at a big win, so as the intermediate title at the Nutrena/U.S Eventing Championships slipped through his grasp when Quasar dropped a rail in show jumping, he was ready to put the pressure on in the advanced division with Caroline Martin’s Petite Flower.
When Lainey Ashker woke up on Thursday morning, she wasn’t even sure she’d be riding Anthony Patch at the Nutrena/U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships. Find how what happened and check out more action from Friday.
In the beginner novice horse division, last year’s runners-up, Commit and Lauren Weil, got the win they’d been waiting for, but it will be Weil’s last ride on the off-the-track-Thoroughbred mare for a while since her owner, Jennifer Tucker, is taking over the ride.
Show jumping proved influential in several divisions, including the training amateur class, where Barbara Werther moved up from fifth place with a double-clear round aboard Stafford Place.
At the end of a long, hot day at Chattahoochee Hills, Becky Holder hung on to her dressage lead in the advanced division at the Nutrena/U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships with her veteran partner Courageous Comet.
