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Jessica Phoenix & Pavarotti 10th Place at Blenheim International Horse Trials *Video

Jessica Phoenix and her 2011 Gold Pan Am Partner Pavarotti (owned by Don Good) rode their way to a terrific 10th place finish at Blenheim International Horse Trials CCI3*.

The pair earned 48.1 during dressage to put them 20th on the leaderboard. They then proceeded to be one of the very few to jump clean cross-country, incurring only 17.6 time penalties. And then finished the competition with only 1 rail in a showjumping phase that saw very few clean round.

“This was only his first CCI*** and he’s only done three Advanceds leading up to this and I could not have been happier with the maturity he showed out on that course," said Jessica on her Facebook page.

"He was super-rideable, he jumped everything so well, he was amazing. This track is riding hard.... there’s been a ton of cross-country faults and Clayton told us just before we left the box to get a clear round over time; it’s the most rideable he’s ever felt cross country, he felt amazing. Always when you cross the finish line you’re thinking of places you should have gone faster but it’s his first 3* and there’s a lot of terrain here and I’m really happy with how he finished, he looks great. He’s an incredible show-jumper, and I can’t say enough good things about this horse – he’s so careful and he truly is a competitor, he knows the difference between all three days and I definitely have a lot of confidence sitting on Pavarotti going into the show-jumping. Leading up the WEG next year I’m really happy with the maturity he’s shown today.”

Follow Jessica's adventures on her Facebook page where you can find these pictures and many more!