Kassidy Keith (CAN) and Havana. Photo©tbird/Kim Gaudry
Langley, BC – International competition at Thunderbird Show Park is a special occasion, and Kassidy Keith (CAN) dressed for it.
Keith and her CSI3* entry Havana received the Equi-Products Best Dressed Award, receiving a $100 gift card at Tuesday's FEI jog for the CSI3* Summer Fort Classic.
Forty athletes presented 56 horses Tuesday afternoon. With seven nations represented, the group includes Tiffany Foster (CAN), who captured three of the six international classes on offer at last week's CSI3* Summer Fort Welcome, including the CSI3* The Keg Grand Prix.
Foster, however will bring forward two new horses this week, while winning mounts Brighton and Electrique get some well-deserved rest. All three of her mounts are under the age of 10.
"I've got five [horses] that are nine and under, so it made really good sense, I thought, to do these two weeks here at Thunderbird," Foster said. "This is an incredible place to develop a horse, and this is a really good level of jumping."
After winning the MarBill Hill U25 1.40m last week, Brooke Morin (USA) will step up to the three-star division with NKH Carrido this week. She'll be joined by her coach Kyle King (USA), who will bring forward the 12-year-old American Holsteiner, Odysseus.
Matthew Sampson (GBR) returns to tbird for the Summer Fort Classic after winning three FEI events in Langley last August. This year, he will bring forward a new mount in Equine America Ivanhoe GPH. The 10-year-old KWPN gelding joined Sampson's string this summer.