For Keri Potter, keeping Quitana 11 fit for the mare’s owner and her longtime student, Hannah Loly, is her primary objective this winter—but picking up a few international wins along the way certainly doesn’t hurt.
In an exciting culmination to the first FEI week of the 2022 Desert Circuit at the Desert International Horse Park, Potter and Quitana 11 topped Sunday’s $138,600 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix CSI3, after already winning the $5,000 Vita Flex 1.40m Two-Phase CSI3 earlier in the week.
“I don’t think I’ve ever ridden the horse as fast as this one,” said Potter of the 16-year-old Holsteiner mare. “She won the first day here, and today I changed the bridle because I was actually getting run away with the first day. She’s so fast that I really don’t even have to think about going fast. You kind of just soften the reins and let it happen.”
