VIRGINIA HAS BEEN
Olympic eventer Leslie Law of Bluemont, riding Fleeceworks Mystere Du Val, was champion or reserve at all eight events this season and finished on the top of the leader board. She and her horse won the trophy and $10,000 and were named the 2009 Adequan U.S. Equestrian Federation Gold Cup Series Champion.
Kelly Farmer of Keswick came in third at the recent Capital Challenge, in the 2009 American Hunter Jumper Foundation's Professional World Championship in Upper Marlboro, Md., behind winner Hunter Tosh of Cummings, Ga., and second-place finisher Scott Stewart of Flemington, N.J.
Tosh won after four rounds of competition riding four different horses. Riders must compete on borrowed horses for this championship and must ride different horses over each of the four courses. The first three courses were hunter courses with 3-foot, 6-inch fences.
After the first three courses, only three riders were asked to compete in the fourth course, a handy hunter course. Tosh won at his first try in this championship besting three-time winner Stewart.
Calendar
Dec. 12: Frying Pan park hunter show; Kelly's Ford Western show
Dec. 13: Hazelwild hunter show; Kelly's Ford Hunter show
Dec. 19: TWA jumper show, Hazelwild
Dec. 20: TWA hunter show, Hazelwild
Dec. 26: TWA jumper show, Hazelwild
Dec. 27: TWA hunter show, Hazelwild
Betsy Carter can be reached at The Free Lance-Star, 616 Amelia St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401; or by fax at 540/373-8455.