Dressage went smoothly with a score of 39.5.
Stadium was double clear but perhaps a little too enthusiastic on the part of Retto. He seems to be looking for bigger fences.
It was during Ashley's stadium round that her much loved trainer was injured when his horse hit a jump on the advanced cross country course. He was airlifted to the Columbus trauma unit and placed in ICU. He suffered multiple fractures but no brain, spinal or internal injury. His horse was fine. The mother in me said "load the kid up and get out of Dodge" but the daughter convinced me that she needed to ride. Sunday she rode her cross country and had another double clear round.
Ralph is still in intensive care at this time and remains heavily sedated. His two surgeries have reportedly gone well. We check his progress daily along with his thousands of adoring fans on his care page. We hope to have him back in Florida soon.
5 comments:
wow - i'm sorry to hear about ralph's injuries, glad he will be ok. good job, ashley!
I'm proud of you, as always, Ashley.
I'm sorry to hear about Ralph's injuries. Please know he is in my thoughts and prayers. I wish him a quick recovery.
I'm so sorry to hear about Ralph. I can imagine how upsetting it all must have been for you guys. I will be thinking of you all.
Congratulations Ashley, on a job well done!
we love you ralph, your the best.
and good job ash, i'm still amazed at how well you did....considering...
ya that was the roughest weekend i have had in a while.. it feels like theres is a hole that needs to be filled, hes just such a big part of my life now.. he'll be back though =]
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