Author: andy

Congratulations to all 2022-2023 End of Year Award Winners, especially…
Junior Sportsmanship Winner – Ella Saidi
Lady Marie Dupuch Perpetual Trophy Winner – Hannah D’Aguilar
High Point Rider – Anouk Formige
Adderley High Point Jumper Trophy – Lucky Star owned by Erika Adderley

Thanks to all for a great year!

Congratulations to all riders who participated in the Bahamas Interscholastic Equestrian League Spring Term Show, especially Trainer Kim Johnson and the members of the winning CEC Blue Marlins Team! The horse show year is over! It’s time to:

-THANK your parents
-THANK your trainer
-CLEAN your tack
-HUG your horse!!!!

See you all at the End of Year Awards at Balmoral House on May 27th!!!

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Bahamian rider Kacy Lyn Smith had a stellar showing at the Lexington Spring Premiere last weekend, riding her two horses Chicago M. and Costbar 2 to multiple high placings and being named as the Overall Leading Junior Jumper of the competition.

The Lexington Spring Premiere heralds the opening of the Virginia Horse Center’s annual Festival of Champions in Lexington, VA, and the beginning of the equestrian show season in the mid-Atlantic area.

Riding Chicago M., Kacy Lyn won the Medium/High Junior Amateur Jumper class on the first day of competition, and after multiple high placings over the remainder of the weekend the pair finished as Reserve Champions in the 1.30m Medium/High Junior Jumper Division. Kacy Lyn also had successful rounds with her young horse Costbar 2 in the 1.20m Low Juniors Division, including riding a double clear round for 4th place one class and placing 6th in the Speed Class. Overall, her performances with both horses earned her the title of Leading Junior Jumper at the competition.

Last year Kacy Lyn and Chicago M. made history as the first duo to represent The Bahamas at the FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships in Traverse City, Michigan. This year the pair have qualified to represent The Bahamas in Individual Jumping once again, this time at a higher level, moving up from the Pre-Juniors to the Junior Division.

A trio of Bahamian equestrians showed off their showjumping skills at the Ocala Spring Classic 3
competition, held at the Florida Horse Park. Ella Saidi, Katerina Coello and Amber Lleida made their
presence felt from the first day of the competition, jumping clear rounds in fast times to win blue
ribbons in their respective divisions.

Success continued over the course of the weekend, with multiple placings. Highlights included Saidi’s
4 th place finish in the 0.85m Jumper Classic (aboard Mister Right C, owned by JF Gagne) and
Coello’s sweep of the 0.95m division and her subsequent move up to the 1.0m Child/Adult Jumpers,
where she and Manhattan (owned by Hazelbrook Farm) placed 5 th and 7 th . Meanwhile, Lleida and DSP
Collind (owned by Peacock Ridge LLC) won multiple placings

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