Sinead Halpin and Tate’s big comeback!
Wednesday September 1, 2010
The last time we saw US Event Rider Sinead Halpin's top horse Manior De Carneville, aka Tate, he was doing rehabilitation in the pool to regain his muscle strength and fitness after an unfortunate injury this winter.
How is he doing now?
At his first competition, the Richland Park Horse Trials CIC Two Star, he came back with a vengeance, winning all three phases and going home with the blue.
On Sunday morning, Sinead had these comments “Tate felt fantastic yesterday. I was a little nervous because he has had only one cross country school since march and I also was a bit worried about his fitness. As soon as he left the start box, I felt all those worries start to go away. Tate jumped like a million bucks and even at the last minute he felt like he still had plenty of running left.
The course was very inviting and was designed by Ian Stark. The first water caught some by surprise being fence five and off a turn but other than that most of the horses understood and jumped the questions well. The ground was a bit hard but after an afternoon of icing tate looked great in the evening and looks even better this morning. Trot up is in about 20 minutes and then we wait till probably 2:30 to jump. I think I have a rail in hand but hopefully we have a solid performance to set us up well for the American EventingChampionships in 2 weeks where will go advanced.”
He went on to jump a clear round and finish on his dressage score of 49, Phillip Dutton was 2nd . The pair will now head to the American Eventing Championships in Georgia and hope to compete in Boekelo later in the fall.