Brooke Morin and Skylar Wireman Reach New Heights in $15,000 DIHP 6-Bar
The crowd watched excitedly to see if any pairs of the 15 starters could clear 1.82 meters in the final round of the $15,000 DIHP Hidden Creek Farms 6-Bar. With just five pairs making it to the final round, the task (and the final fence) seemed enormous. But two pairs didn’t let the pressure faze them. Defending champions Skylar Wireman and Karen as well as Brooke Rose Morin and NKH Carrido cleared the 1.82m fence at the end of the combination and became co-champions of the crowd favorite class during the National Sunshine Series.
Brooke Morin and NKH Carrido and Skylar Wireman and Karen in their winning presentation, pictured with Amanda Tallman-Schuler and Bree Davis of Hidden Creek Farms. . Photo by High Desert Sport Photo
“She has the biggest heart ever,” Wireman said of Karen, a mare owned by MKT Equine LLC. “She always tries. Honestly, the more you dare her the more she is ready to take on the challenge. Each time I went she jumped better and better. The bigger it got the more I felt like she was jumping higher over it. She always wants to please. Her name doesn’t always suit her.”
Many horses might shrink at the sight of a fence that large, but Karen and NKH Carrido each grew wings. Both riders are still only teenagers, accomplishing a feat that not many seasoned riders have. “I will say that earlier this year when I won the last one, I walked in the ring and got a little chicken, not going to lie,” Wireman said of the feeling she got when she prepared to jump 1.70m, the highest the previous 6-Bar was set. “It was kind of scary. Today I thought it was huge. It was up to my waist when I’m sitting on her and she’s not that big of a horse. It was definitely intimidating going down to that big of a fence. The biggest I’d ever jumped was the last 6-Bar.”
Wireman definitely plans to return in February for the next edition of the $15,000 DIHP 6-Bar during week 4 of Desert Circuit to defend the title yet again.
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