COMPETITION HORSES | Pippa Moon - Training & Sales

"RIBBO" - 1996-2013 17hh Liver Chestnut ISH Gelding

Quite simply, my horse of a lifetime. The reason I became a professional, he gave me all my exposure to the top of the sport and an absolute freak of a jumper. Ribbo was a template for a horse best suited to the old days of long-format Eventing. Neither his conformation, nor his temperament, aided him in the pursuit of dressage excellence, and that's putting it mildly! He was a running and jumping “freak of nature“, and it took many years to figure out how to maximize those qualities which can be at odds with today's sport. He was, however, "a Magician with his knees" and despite his size and propensity for speed, so careful and catlike that today's technical jumping efforts were not an issue. (8 Photos)

RIBBO'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2013: Leased to Sarah Murphy of Athens, GA. Multiple top placings at the Op and OI levels.

2011: 32nd at 2011 Fair Hill CCI*** (one of only 7 horses to not have any jump faults)

2010: 5th at Plantation Field HT in Open Intermediate

1st at 5 Points HT in Open Intermediate

2009: 23rd out of 66 at Fair Hill CCI***

9th Highest Placed Owner/Rider at Fair Hill CCI***

8th at Bromont CCI**

2008: 8th at the Plantation Field CIC***

7th in the Adequan Gold Cup at Intermediate level

3rd out of 28 at the Fair Hill Spring HT at Advanced level

1st at the Fork HT/ CIC*** in Intermediate and the Gold Cup Reserve Champion in the Intermediate division.

Numerous placings at preliminary and above, as well as multiple wins at rated H/J shows in the Level 3, 4, 5 Jumpers