Summer Wrap Up with Katie Wherley, Rock Solid Training

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August 2012

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Summer Wrap Up

My Students, A Job Well Done

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Gus has settled in and is really coming along nicely on his flatwork as well as over fences. He is really learning to work into the contact and is gaining a lot of confidence. Stay tuned for results as he is scheduled to compete at his first event at Waredaca Horse Trials August 18-19th.

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As summer is coming to an end, I wanted to give everyone a synopsis of my competition results. I also want to shine some light on two of my students, Michael Hillman and Demery Schriver as they also did very well in their competitions this summer.

Keep reading for a more detailed report!

Talk soon!

Katie

www.rocksolid-training.com

Summer Wrap Up

Summer 2012 has been very constructive with some respectable finishes as well as learning experiences for the horses. Earlier in June I competed Back in Black at the Waredaca Horse Trials.

Back in Black was supposed to do the Training/Novice division but accidentally made it into the Training Horse division instead. He was very good at this event considering and was going strong up until the water complex. It was a very hard question for a first training level so I am proud of him. It was a great experience to move forward with. Later at the Maryland Horse Trials I saw a huge improvement with Back in Black. He was going very strongly until the second water where he had one stop, but went on to complete the course feeling like a real Training horse. So we'll school a few water complexes before competing again.

Photo Credit: Burnt Forest Productions 2012

At the Seneca Valley Horse Trials I competed Ensign Crusher in the Open Training and Jet in the Training Horse. Both horses were a little green but gained a lot of mileage that outing. In July at the Maryland Horse Trials I, BFF Finale competed in Open Novice and did very well finishing 6th out of 11 starters. Mr. Indiscretion also competed in Open Preliminary and finished 6th out of 12 horses. I was very proud of both horses that event.

Overall it has been a very productive and beneficial summer season. I am looking forward to Fair Hill International CCI** in October.

My Students, A Job Well Done

My students have been working very hard to get out and compete this summer in their respective divisions. One of my students, Michael Hillman competed Ensign Crusher in Novice at the Waredaca and Maryland Horse Trials. Gaining a lot of experience he even finished with a 6th out of 19 starters.

Another one of my students, Demery Schriver, also was able to get out and compete this summer. She competed her horse Athena at Waredaca, Maryland Horse Trials I and II as well as Seneca Valley Horse Trials. The team had great rounds as she finished with a 3rd and an 8th place out of over 15 starters each time.

I am very proud of both of my students and can't wait to see their progress as they gain more experience and knowledge.

Rock Solid Training

Katie Wherley

6950 Burkittsville Road

Middletown, MD 21769

Barn: (301) 371-9036

Cell (301) 606-5436

wherleyk@gmail.com