Kim Buzby and Last Dance. PC: Sportfot
On Thursday the Bainbridge Green Hunter 3′ division concluded with Kim Buzby of Chester Springs, PA, and Last Dance besting a field 34 for champion honors. Buzby and Last Dance were also champions of the division at WEF during week two and reserve champions during week one. This week, the pair won two over fences classes and earned a fourth-place ribbon in another.
Last Dance, owned by Elizabeth Frankel, is a coming six-year-old Westphalian gelding by Last Man Standing. Frankel purchased the gelding in July of 2015 and soon encountered some bad luck.
“He got hurt a week after we bought him,” Frankel detailed. “He just pulled a shoe and injured himself, so we gave him time off. Then, when he came down to Florida last year a freak accident happened to his rider and it scared him.
“He came back in the spring of last year, and we started to get him going,” Buzby added. “I showed him in the Baby Greens a little bit. This year, we brought him out in the 3′ Green Hunters, and he’s been amazing. We call him the freak because he jumps like one.”
Kim Buzby in her championship presentation with Last Chance, daughter Paige, and owner Elizabeth Frankel. PC: Sportfot
Elizabeth Boyd of Camden, SC, and Freedom, owned Katie Barnette, captured the reserve title in the Green Hunter 3′ division. The pair also won two over fences classes and earned eighth place under saddle. Freedom is a 2010 Dutch Warmblood gelding by Wizzard WV that also shows in the Children’s Hunter division.
The fourth week of WEF continues on Friday featuring the FEI $35,000 Illustrated Properties 1.45m in the International Arena. Also on Friday, the Platinum Performance USEF Show Jumping Talent Search will decide a winner. For full results, please visit www.PBIEC.com.