America´s potential world champion – photos

The couple, Ásta and Will Covert have, for the past eleven years lived in their ranch called Flying C which is located in central California…..

USA where there they have built up great facilities for horse training and shows and they host tournaments three times each year.
Last weekend they hosted an open CIA tournament. A total of 30 horses were registered for participation and spectators arrived from different parts of California. The FEIF judge, Florian Schneider arrived from Germany in order to work as a judge at the tournament.
It did not come as a surprise to anyone that the silver medal winners of the last WC, Ásta og Dynjandi frá Dalvík were the winners both in the tölt competition as well as the four gaits competition, and they are busy preparing for the reentrance to the WC in Austria this summer.
Following are the results in the tournament and a few photos which the couple sent to us from the beautiful weather in California last weekend.

An interview with the couple Ásta and Will is in the next Eiðfaxi edition.
 
Finals
T1 – Tölt – A-Final
01 001 Ásta Covert / Dynjandi frá Dalvík 8.83
02 004 Rachel Ng / Kaliber frá Lækjarbotnum 7.00
03 017 Christina Granados / Hroftur from Hobby Horse 6.83
04 023 Heidi Benson / Birta from Icelandic Horse Farm 5.50
 
T2 – Tölt – A-Final
01 002 Anne-Marie Martin / Húni frá Torfunesi 7.50
 
T3 – Tölt – A-Final
01 019 Lucy Nold / Andri frá Sólbrekku 6.50
02 025 Alexandra Venable / Ægir frá Byrgisskarði 6.00
02 020 Cait Nold / Kani frá Feti 6.00
04 013 Madison Prestine / Gjálp frá Hólmahjáleigu 4.00
 
T4 – Loose Rein Tölt – A-Final
01 032 Morgan Venable / Fjalar frá Skarði 5.88
 
T5 – Tölt – A-Final
01 008 Dominic Ng / Byr frá Enni 6.25
02 009 Willy Ma / Þór frá Prestsbakka 6.00
03 026 Myra-Dawn Ellis / Þengill frá Austvaðsholti 5.50
 
T7 – Tölt – A-Final
01 011 Laurie Prestine / Rán frá Hofi 5.25
02 018 Sara Sessa / Melrós from Álfasaga 4.50
02 022 Barbara Chilton / Harpa from Rock Ranch 4.50
 
T8 – Tölt – A-Final
01 027 Allison Moerer / Punktur frá Stekkjarholti 5.75
02 024 Elizabeth Robertson / Tjara from Iliff's Icelandics 5.50
 
T8F – Pleasure Tölt – A-Final
01 021 Eileen Ma / Perla frá Akureyri 5.50
02 031 Lee Ann Ott / Gróði frá Vatnsleysu 4.25
 
TGH – Green Horse Tölt – A-Final
01 010 Will Covert / Háfeti from Flying  C Ranch 6.50
02 007 Marina Nyberg / Svarta-Nótt from Dalalif 6.00
 
V1 – Four Gait – A-Final
01 001 Ásta Covert / Dynjandi frá Dalvík 8.20
02 015 Laura Benson / Stjarni frá Blönduósi 6.50
02 017 Christina Granados / Hroftur from Hobby Horse 6.50
04 004 Rachel Ng / Kaliber frá Lækjarbotnum 6.00
05 012 Madison Prestine / Sleipnir frá Ey 5.40
06 014 Ayla Green / Gandálfur from Wellington 5.10
 
V2 – Four Gait – A-Final
01 019 Lucy Nold / Andri frá Sólbrekku 6.60
02 025 Alexandra Venable / Ægir frá Byrgisskarði 6.00
02 006 Marina Nyberg / Þór frá Litlu-Sandvík 6.00
04 020 Cait Nold / Kani frá Feti 5.70
 
V3 – Four Gait – A-Final
01 008 Dominic Ng / Byr frá Enni 6.00
02 009 Willy Ma / Þór frá Prestsbakka 5.90
03 026 Myra-Dawn Ellis / Þengill frá Austvaðsholti 5.30
04 011 Laurie Prestine / Rán frá Hofi 5.20
 
V5 – Four Gait – A-Final
01 022 Barbara Chilton / Harpa from Rock Ranch 3.63
 
V6 – Four Gait – A-Final
01 013 Madison Prestine / Gjálp frá Hólmahjáleigu 5.38
02 024 Elizabeth Robertson / Tjara from Iliff's Icelandics 5.38
03 027 Allison Moerer / Punktur frá Stekkjarholti 5.25
 
VGH – Green Horse Four Gait – A-Final
01 010 Will Covert / Háfeti from Flying  C Ranch 6.25
02 007 Marina Nyberg / Svarta-Nótt from Dalalif 6.00
 
F1 – Five Gait – A-Final
01 016 Laura Benson / Rimma frá Saurbæ 5.57
 
F2 – Five Gait – A-Final
01 005 Rachel Ng / Erró frá Sléttubóli 5.14
 
P2 – SpeedPass – Final Results
01 016 Laura Benson / Rimma frá Saurbæ 8.18 7.09″
1ST HEAT 7.28″
2ND HEAT 7.09″
02 030 Ásta Covert / Sörli frá Dalbæ II 7.28 7.63″
1ST HEAT 7.63″
2ND HEAT 7.81″
03 005 Rachel Ng / Erró frá Sléttubóli 3.17 10.10″
2ND HEAT 10.10″
 
 
Combination: Four Gait
01 001 Ásta Covert / Dynjandi frá Dalvík 8.25
02 017 Christina Granados / Hroftur from Hobby Horse 6.50
03 004 Rachel Ng / Kaliber frá Lækjarbotnum 6.40
04 014 Ayla Green / Gandálfur from Wellington 5.00