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River of Dreams
17.1h 2000 TB
Rio came to us from Texas as an off the track TB. He was very nervous and extremely up
tight about being groomed and ridden. We had our doubts about his career in eventing, but
we decided to take a slow route with him and see what would happen. It has been a year and
this horse has decided that he loves the sport of eventing, especially the cross country. He is
getting along with his dressage and with the help of our new dressage coach we hope to
improve upon what he has already learned. His extreme desire to please is what we love
about him, he always carries you to the jump with his ears pricked looking for the next one.
May and June 2008 he made his eventing debut with runs at IEA HT and MSPC HT. He
ran in the BNH division and placed 2nd and 4th respectively. He qualified for the Area 8
Championships and for the American Eventing Championships that year. He successfully
made the move up to Novice at Midsouth Team Challenge, and started out 2009 Novice at
Greater Dayton. With no faults on either cross country and dressage scores in the 30s we
decided he could easily move up. Spring Run HT in June was his first Training Level
competition. He was in a huge division. He again achieved a dressage score in the 30s and
was one of only a few to have no jump penalties cross country.
We are expecting great things from this wonderful horse.
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