Gladstone
Well, Pip and I made it to Gladstone to compete in the USEF Festival of Champions! I remember when I first started to ride Pip in 2003, when he was a naughty 9 year old Training Level horse, that I thought he was nice enough to compete someday at Gladstone. Thinking back on it, I may have had too high expectations for that rank 9 year old, but no one stopped me from trying. Thanks to the support from my family, friends and especially Pip’s owner, Barrie Anderson, we actually made it to Gladstone, and were quite competitive! We took an overall 4th place in the Brentina Cup Championships, and placed 2nd in the first round of competition! It was a wonderful experience and we made some new friends there. I think Debbie McDonald might just be one of the nicest people around for helping me out at Gladstone, thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m pretty sure I still have that red Gladstone mud on my shoes!