Building the Bench

Well, I know that I am way behind in regaling you with the events in Aiken, and I have decided to impart the activities of the month in something less than chronological order. (Sorry)! 
As some of you may already know, I have quietly been on the hunt for a "special" eventing partner that is a serious upper level prospect for the future.  Who isn't, right?  I have had the amazing opportunity to ride several wonderful horses, some for extended periods of time, but never felt the proverbial "click". 

I like to think of Eventing like a professional sports team...think baseball, hockey... part of creating a team is to have some superstars on the first string, as well as DEPTH on the bench.  A good team has to have up and coming players learning the ropes from the big guys for the team to be consistently successful.  The Detroit Red Wings are amazing at this.  I would never purport to REally know anything about hockey, but thanks to my husband I have a distinct appreciation of the hard work, knowledge and attention to detail that they employ in their team building to have a group of athletes that dominate at the top level of their sport year after year. 

During my time in Aiken, I continued this search and low and behold, found an outstanding prospect that I believe to be the future at Evans Eventing.   Blockbuster is a gorgeous, U.S. bred, 6 year old Dutch gelding by Sir Sinclair.  He is an outstanding mover, with a fantastic personality, and a great jump.  This young horse never looks at a fence~let's remember when I tried him he had only jumped a handful of times, and went straight through a bounce, one stride, and variable lines, not to mention spooky panels, liver pools and planks.  He never looked at a thing!  I even hacked him out, and he would rather trot or canter than walk.  He is curious about investigating his world, and shows the real quality and "thinking" properties possessed by top eventers.  After sitting on him the first time, (at the risk of sounding cliche) I knew this was the horse I had been trying to find.  The best part is that because he is by Sir Sinclair, he has about 25% or more Thoroughbred coursing through his veins!

I had the opportunity to ride him several times, (including with Boyd~thank you!) and really got to know his character and capabilities.  After some thought and some chance meetings of his breeder, I began trying to put a plan together to purchase this amazing horse.  I have secured one part owner, and one sponsor, not including myself to bring Blockbuster to Evans Eventing, but we need a few more people who want to be part of our exciting future to bring it to reality.  The sky is the limit with this horse, and he presents a fabulous way for someone to get involved in the sport of Eventing at the ground floor of an international prospect as we make our way up the levels.  Please contact me at evans.eventing@gmail.com or 440-622-4976 if you have any interest big or small in becoming part of the group to bring this developing horse to our  team.  In the meantime, enjoy the video!