Claire de Lune SE and Robyn Fisher have another major 5 year old YEH win in Kalispel, Montana on 25 July 2009.

From EventingUSA blog:

With Robyn Fisher in the tack, Claire de Lune SE easily won the five-year-old section of the YEH classes at Rebecca Farm, scoring a notable 81.3% to lead the field of 17 horses. The 16.2-hand Holsteiner stallion (Contendor—L’Vienna Z), owned by Rose Sullivan, earned a 43.75% in the jumping section, which was the top score of the day. Emily Daily photo.

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Claire de Lune SE Wins Third YEH Competition This Year

Robyn Fisher had a fantastic day at the Spalding Labs/USEA Young Event Horse competition at The Event at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, taking home the top honors in both the four- and five-year-old classes aboard two equally talented young horses.

(Left: Claire de Lune SE added another feather to his already well-decorated cap, clinching his third YEH victory this year.)

Fisher, 29, who trains near Los Angeles, California, earned the highest score of the day aboard Rose Sullivan's Claire de Lune SE (Contendor--L'Vienna Z). An 81.3% left them well ahead of second place finishers Sandra Donnelly of Canada, aboard her Canadian Warmblood who scored a 75.9%. Erin Spohr and Jens Richter's Lady Laptop rounded out the top three with a 74.8%.

The young stallion has had a phenomenal career in his short amount of time with Fisher, winning both his YEH classes this spring.  "Claire de Lune actually came to me in August of 2008 and he was originally supposed to be doing the four- and five-year-olds for show jumping, but Rose and I both decided it would be good to get him out and get a good start with all three disciplines," said Fisher. "He's just been phenomenal. Every show out he just gets better and better."

Claire de Lune SE has earned the highest score in the U.S. so far this year, posting a remarkable 87.8% at the YEH at Twin Rivers back in April.

(Right: The young stallion soars over a wide ditch on the jumping course.)

'Weebee,' as he's affectionately known, has proven himself to be an all-around prospect in just about any discipline. "He's very steady on the flat, so he always puts in the consistent five-year-old test," added Fisher.  "Then he has such good technique and form over the fences and such a nice open, balanced stride so he always scores well on the jumping."

Fisher was thrilled with her double-win, and is excited to have such talented young prospects coming along  "I had so much fun today! That's a horse I could jump all day long, every day. I just love riding him, he gives you such a good feel over everything. It doesn't matter what the jump is, it's always the same feel."

The young warmblood will compete in his third career Training event this weekend as well. "We've been doing a lot of schooling during the events. He has a first and second in the horse trials, and then we have a few where we've been schooling for time. He's been fairly consistent overall."

(Left: 'Weebee' shows off his cuddly side during the awards ceremony.)

The striking grey stallion seemed nonplussed during the awards ceremony, calmly ignoring the flapping flags and electric atmosphere. "He came from Sullivan Farms, and Rose does such a good job of with starting the young horses. All of them come from her unflappable. He's just a very kind, sweet horse. He can be lying down and you can go sit with him and he goes on hacks with the mares. He definitely knows when it's work time, when it's relax time, and when it's breeding time."

The well-bred youngster already has one foal on the ground this year, and is expecting eight more offspring in 2010.