This practiced pair led from start to finish in the advanced division.
As thunder boomed and lightning lit up the horizon, Mother Nature, not Chris Barnard’s imposing course, worried the 17 advanced division riders waiting to contest their show jumping round at the Millbrook Horse Trials, Aug. 7-10 in Millbrook, N.Y.
The organizers, crew and judges hurried competitors through in reverse order of placing, hoping to beat the impending storm.