Amrita Ibold competed on Shazada in her first 3-day event in beginner Novice at Donida Farm at the Young Riders Benefit in Auburn, Washington in August 2003. This was a USEA Area VII recognized event. Despite a disappointing dressage test, the rest of the event went very well, as she describes: "As we were walking towards the start box I could see the competitors before me go, they had a refusal at every jump…I started to worry this might not be so easy after all. Our turn came, and off we went to the first jump, she jumped it nicely with plenty room to spare, and on we went. She did great, I felt her hesitate for the log so I tapped her shoulder and on he went, she went through the water no problem, up the bank into the woods, the bank down she took, the little ditch, and the 'stairs' decorated with all the lovely flowers, she didn’t mind a bit! I looked at my watch and we're actually a little fast! We had finished our first course and she did great. And that’s what I love about 3-day, your not done yet! The next day we had to wait for stadium as the last score stars first. We were in 6th place. We jumped our round and went clean again, so 6th we kept." Congratulations to Amrita for a splendid start!

"Tickles" (Baryshnikov, Akhal-Teke/TB sport horse) schools over cross-country fences at Poway Valley Riders Association in Poway, CA. Tickles has previously successfully competed in dressage/cross-country Combined Tests at PVRA (in pre-novice and novice), twice winning the best score of the day.