Aldergrove鈥檚 Kassidy Keith captured the $5,000 MarBill Hill U25 League 1.40m on Saturday (July 2) at tbird, riding her 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare Havana.

鈥淪he is naturally fast and I can leave a stride out when I need to,鈥� Keith said of Havana鈥檚 strengths.

鈥淪he鈥檚 always game to do whatever I ask. Today鈥檚 course fit her because it was flowing and it allowed me to do some inside turns and leave a couple strides out to help me win.鈥�

Keith has had Havana since the mare was only four years old.

鈥淲e have built a partnership,鈥� she commented.

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At 10, Havana isn鈥檛 slowing down.

鈥淪he鈥檚 got bigger things to come,鈥� predicted Keith, who hopes to 鈥渆ventually make Nations Cup teams on her.鈥�

Like most competing at the West Coast Classic, Keith considers tbird one of her favourite shows.

鈥淚鈥檝e been showing at tbird since I was really little,鈥� she reminisced. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great facility to have right in our backyard and it allows us to bring all the clients, plus my young horses all the way to grand prix horses. There鈥檚 something for everybody and they really put on a great show. They have great hospitality, great staff, and they鈥檙e always so friendly.鈥�

Keith works alongside her mother Cheryl at Keepsake Farms in Aldergrove, where Keith rides, trains and coaches.

Also on Saturday, ,juniors, amateurs and professionals alike took to the various sections of the $10,000 tbird Hunt & Handy in the Grand Hunter Arena.

Taking the wins in the 3鈥�6鈥� Open section and the 3鈥�-3鈥�3鈥� Junior/Amateur/Green section, respectively, were Rodney Tulloch and Dustin Goodwin.

Tulloch convincingly snagged the top spot in the $10,000 Open aboard Jembey Van鈥檛 Eigenlo.

Tulloch鈥檚 mount has not always excelled in the hunter rings, however.

鈥淗e used to do the grand prixs with Gary Brewster,鈥� Tulloch said of Jembey Van鈥檛 Eigenlo. 鈥淗e still, every once in a while, thinks he鈥檚 a big jumper so we have to be a little careful and manage him. But he just goes forward and always jumps the jump, and you know he鈥檚 got the scope. He鈥檚 not a classical hunter, but he鈥檚 a really fun derby horse.鈥�

As the 3鈥�/3鈥�3鈥� section got underway, Goodwin wowed the crowd early on. Just 11th in the order of 42 with the 6-year-old Dolce鈥� Dacapo (Westphalian by Diacontinus), he scored a perfect 100.

鈥淚 actually just met this horse this week,鈥� Goodwin commented about Dolce鈥� Dacapo.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a young sales horse that the owner offered me the ride on. I showed him in the Green 3鈥�3鈥� Hunters this week and he was champion, and today was his first derby. He鈥檚 young and he鈥檚 only been to a handful of horse shows, so he has a pretty special brain and seems really well suited for this. He was just a trooper out there.鈥�

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