Everyone is tired. It is day 5 for us...not enough sleep, lots of emotion, some drama, riding, mucking, late nights and early mornings and right about now is when all that hard work starts to get to you.

The Juniors schooled at nine while the first Region 3 Young Rider was putting in her individual test at 9:15. Caroline Roffman received an impressive 65.421% and was followed by Amanda Stearns at noon, who scored a 63.053%. At exactly 12:08 p.m. Mary Cameron Rollins rode down the centerline and put in a gorgeous, elegant, impressive ride and was rewarded by the judges with a 70.263%!!! The stands erupted into applause and the huge smile and tears on MC's face showed she was thrilled with her performance! Mom, Jo Hyer, Trainer, Patrick Burssens and boyfriend, Werner couldn't have been more proud!

Both Mary Cameron and Caroline qualified to ride their Freestyles! Unfortunately, Amanda was 16th and the Top 15 riders advance to the Freestyle.

Tomorrow the Juniors ride their Individual tests and are going for the Individual Medals: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Although the girls are still a team, they are also now competitors...a very weird place to be. They will be supportive of each other, as they have been all week, but will hope their ride will be the winning ride.

My wish is that all of the Region 3 girls have their best rides of the week and come out of the ring knowing they did their best...regardless of how they place...

Junior Individual Ride Times:

7:54 Kati Dagge

11:29 Jessica Deimler

11:58 Lauren Knopp

12:22 Ellen Wall