Lindsey braids so pretty!

Yay for Nemo...can't wait for tomorrow's update!! Have fun and good luck!
--Nancy

sweet!! keep up the great work!
~kat

you can always rely on Nemo to challenge you, huh?

excited to hear how it went!

-Cowen

Nemo was awesome and ribboned in his first intermedate!
--howard

Woohoo!!! Go Nemo and Megan!! Can't wait to hear the details and see pics!
--Nancy

YAY Nemo and Megan!!! How exciting! Great job:) Ziggy is not the only thing that can fly;)
--Kathleen

WOW, what a superstar! Though he's 6yo by the USEA standards, Nemo is only 5 1/2 by his birthday... And yet he ran around his first Intermediate with 0/0 in showjumping and 0/14.8 in Cross Country!!!!

There were lots of problems out there... Three waters, including a bounce into water. He was AMAZING! He completely blew the course away! (And yes, he opted to TROT a BIG intermediate table!!)

Nemo finished in the ribbons in 8th place at his first OI!! Amy Tryon finished 6th on Le Samurai (four star horse & rider), then Leigh Mesher & My Beau (four star horse), and then Nemo! He was only 0.2 behind My Beau and only 0.4 behind Le Samurai... And these two are two of the most experience advanced horses in the country, and twice his age. I'm SOOOOOOO proud of him! He hung with the best of the best, and I even had interest in selling him this weekend... But that won't be happening!!

Nemo was so brave... I'm so excited for his future!
--Megan

Congrats meeps!! :)
--Julie

i can remember the day that Howard wanted you to get ride of him as quickly as possible... ;-)
haha so glad that you had a great weekend, that just makes me sooo happy. Nemo gets hugs and treats tomorrow for sure.
~kat

Hey, Nemo's the ONLY horse (other than Mouse and Ryan) that Megan and I have ever agreed on!!

Pine Top pix are posted on teamceo snapfish.
--Howard

That's so fantastic! I'm so excited for the both of you and not surprised at all that Nemo blew away most the field. Congratulations, Megan! Safe trip home.
-Rene

Also, I'd like to compliment Megan on an outstanding ride this weekend. It's really tough stepping up the plate, on a green offtrack thoroughbred, in a class with Phillip Dutton, Amy Tryon, etc., and against big dollar, experienced 4 star horses like Le Samurai and My Beau with all of the big names from the USEA watching. I've been observing her rides for close to 20 years, and this weekend was right at or near the top performance of her career. When he was nervous and green in dressage, she adjusted to show him to his best (and was recognized for it by the judge's comments). When he was unsure in stadium, she let him look and take a trot step or two -- to an INTERMEDIATE jump -- and then sent him strongly forward to clear a triple that most people were pulling the final element on. She was the only rider in stadium to NOT CARRY A WHIP! And then to run clean on an XC course just INVITING runouts, with lots of corners, three water complexes, and a coffin with 4 elements (two of which were trakehners with water in the ditches) was awesome -- at a pace which was within a second (one faster, one slower) than the 4* horses! She set Nemo up to succeed, and then helped him perform at his best. When I commented to Dr. Mike during warmup about how happy Nemo was, how he loved his job, he commented "That's because omebody's doing a good job with his training!" I agree -- congratulations, an outstanding and very professional weekend.
--Howard

How do I find the pictures on Snapfish? I'm dying to see them!
-Rene

teamceoeventing.snapfish.com

I just noticed that Megan actually had TWO horses do well at Pine Top this weekend. Remember Mikey? He finished 4th with Mollie Zobel in Intermediate rider. Congratulations, Mikey!!!
--Howard

Alright Megan and Nemo!!! How awesome:) Congrats!!!
--Kathleen

in case anyone is interested, I just noticed that Nemos' pics from Sporting days in feb are up on hoofclix.smugmug.com

Pics from Pine Top are up at hoofclix.smugmug.com now too!!