The Young Riders completed their FEI Team Tests on Friday afternoon as the first of their two tests. Miki Yang (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Grey C Carrus were the last on the order of go and took over the top spot on the leaderboard with a 71.029%.

Photo – Miki Yang and Grey C Carrus. (©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian)

Class Results

Final Results:

1. Miki Yang and Grey C Carrus
2. Kat Fuqua and Dreamgirl
3. Mary Claire Piller and Caterina

From the Mixed Zone:

What’s your partnership been like with this horse?

Miki Yang: I’ve been riding him for about a year. He started out as my mom’s horse, actually. And after around six months with us, he was turned over to me graciously by my mom. This is our first full competition season together. He’s only nine, so it’s been a huge learning curve with him, and I’m really grateful that I had my experience with my other young rider horse, Donovan, who was a total schoolmaster. So being able to transfer that knowledge onto “Grey C,” who is pretty comfortable with the equivalent to Prix St. Georges movements, but being able to guide him through that and building that really special partnership has been very rewarding.

How does he feel in the environment at FOC?

MY: He’s been good. He’s been really relaxed the whole time. We’ve been in that equilibrium of just enough energy, but he’s still really comfortable and relaxed, and there’s not any tension. So, I’ve been really happy with his attitude and his overall positivity.

What were some of the highlights of your test today?

MY: I would say the half-passes in the trot. All of the trot work felt really good, but especially the half-passes. We’ve been working a lot on the extensions at both the trot and canter, so I felt like today I was really able to show that off to our best ability today. The changes were pretty consistent, and the left pirouette was pretty good. Overall, I’m really happy.

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