Loudoun Horse Trials (April 25-26)
Congratulations to all, everyone rode like superstars. Paul was back in the tack on Travis after over a year off and they didn't miss a beat. With two double clear jumping rounds they finished in 7th in the Open Training. In the Young Rider Prelim division we almost had a 1, 2, 3 finish. Colleen and Connor brought home the blue ribbon and less than a point behind her was Molly and Savannah in 2nd place. Christie had been in the lead going into XC, but Teco had a stop at one of the last combinations on course, which moved her down to 9th place. Bummer, next time! Marco completed his first Preliminary event and finished 4th in the Open Preliminary B division and Ian with Pat aboard finished his first event ever finishing 11th in the Open Beginner Novice.

Southern Pines Horse Trials (March 14-15)
A very wet and cold weekend didn't dampen the spirits of the CWF farm team. Colleen and Connor had a wonderful events and jumped around beautifully in both XC and Show Jump. They finished in 3rd place in the Young Rider Preliminary A division. Christie also had a good weekend, but unfortunately had a run out at the last element of the water after Teco made a huge leap into the water and Christie had a tough time getting him gathered up again before the out. They are still a new pair and are working on getting to know each other, but they other than the one hishap they were in top form. Leslie took Celie out for her first show of the season and they didn't miss a beat as they skipped around the XC and had a very pleasant round in the show jump to finish in 9th in the Open Preliminary division. Marco and I had a bit rougher time at our first show out of the season and were having trouble getting in sync around the XC and had two silly stops. Marco was in much better form for Show Jumping and had a good double clear round to finish on a positive note.

We all had a good time and managed to stay as warm as we could during the day. On Saturday evening we all enjoyed each other's company while eating some pizza and watching a movie in the warm hotel room.

Pine Top Farm Horse Trials (Feb 14-15)
Both Colleen and Christie McKitrick kicked off the season at Pine Top Farm Horse Trails in fine form. Colleen and Conner added no penalties to their dressage score and finished in 3rd place in the Preliminary-Training division. This was Christie and her new horse Teco's first outing together. They had a beautiful show jump and a great cross country. A small bobble at the water cost them 20 penalties, but a good confidence ride on new horse. This season we should see both of these girls really shine. Congratulations! See Results

2009 SOSS Party
The Start of Show Season (SOSS) Party was a great success. Everyone gathered together on February 7th and shared good eats and fun videos. Paul even brought his video of him riding an Tennessee walker/Arab cross back in California! Thank you everyone for coming and sorry we missed those of you who were out of town or couldn't make it.

The show season starts off with both Christie and Colleen heading down to Pine Top this coming weekend, February 13-15. Good Luck to all in 2009, this is going to be fun year!