{"id":3021,"date":"2019-03-12T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesterweber.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2019-03-16T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T16:15:10","slug":"chester-weber-did-what-chester-weber-does-best-at-live-oak-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/chester-weber-did-what-chester-weber-does-best-at-live-oak-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Chester Weber Did What Chester Weber Does Best at Live Oak International"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>American driving phenom and celebrated party planner, Chester\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Weber captured the<\/span>\u00a0national four-in-hand driving championship at Live Oak International in Ocala, FL last week. <em>For a record 16th time<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p>The 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG) individual silver and team gold medalist led the championship from start to finish with a revolving roster of bays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pleased to start the weekend with a dressage score in the 30s. In the dressage I used two horses that were different from my WEG team, so I was pleased with that depth,\u201d\u00a0said the current world #3 ranked driver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"http:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-6-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-6-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-6-640x453.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>In the Marathon, he continued to experiment with horse order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI drove a new combination in the lead, [10-year-old KWPN] First Edition, whom I had all last season, together with a [KWPN] horse named Gouveneur (8).\u00a0Gouveneur was a little shocked by the crowd, but he grew as the course went and got better and better, so that was really nice,\u201d continued Weber.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tlod\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe team of horses did a fantastic job and really tried their hearts out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUSEFNetwork%2Fvideos%2F2386674404732778%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Weber and his team brought it home with a clean performance in the cones. And yet another change in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the cones I put the two leaders that I drove last season together because they\u2019re my strongest combination. I drove my seven-year-old [Dutch warmblood], Henrik, again as well. He\u2019s gotten better and better. He\u2019s telling me that he\u2019s ready for the big stuff in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3023\" src=\"http:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-4-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-4-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/unnamed-4-640x438.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Following immediately behind Weber to take the four-in-hand reserve championship was WEG teammate, Misdee Wrigley-Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Piloting KWPN\u2019s Bolino D (13) and Saco (20), Dutch Warmblood Calipso 86 (14) and KNHS Daan 8 (14),Wrigley-Miller held down the runner-up position over all three rounds\u2014despite a last minute change in her team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not have my same marathon team that I had at WEG. Part of it was by design and part of it definitely was not,\u201d she explained. \u201cMy normal right-wheeler is no longer with me, so I had to turn to my old man, who is 20-years-old. I said, \u2018Saco, Sorry old man. You\u2019re up again.\u2019 And he just absolutely delivered for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Self described \u201crookie\u201d Paul Maye, who has been driving four-in-hand for three years, took third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American driving phenom and celebrated party planner, Chester\u00a0Weber captured the\u00a0national four-in-hand driving championship at Live Oak International in Ocala, FL last week. 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