Carol Lavell and Much Ado won third level test two and were second in third level test one but had to scratch from their last ride, third level test three, when the horse developed and abscess in his hoof. "We were all braided and ready to go," said Lavell, "and we were warming up. Suddenly he was off to the left." She said that he got better and better in his work as the show went on; if his scored keep improving, that exponentially, the competition better look out!

Text by Amber Heintzberger for Dressagedaily.com