It was an exciting day around the EN headquarters with the USEA one fall rule change, the US Pan Am Team, and the Boekelo grants all hitting the wires within a few hours of each other. As the dust settles a bit, one story that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention today is the upper-level retirement of Kelly’ Prather’s horse Ballinakill Glory aka Pippa, owned by James and Andrea Pfeiffer. Pippa will continue her career at the lower levels with the Pfeiffers’ daughter. Ballinakill Glory finished 16th at the World Cup Finals in Poland in 2009, won two CIC3*’s and most recently competed at Rolex. Pippa was always exciting in the dressage, one way or another, and I loved watching her enthusiasm on the cross-country.
Now for a few links…
Your guide to all the ways of watching Burghley
Colleen Rutledge has arrived at Burghley
Boyd Martin has arrived at Burghley
Shannon Lilley’s blog from Richland
Jennie almost had a perfect weekend at Richland
Canadian show jumper Jonathon Miller is being investigated by the FEI
Ecogold pads are the choice of top riders at Burghley
Lauren Shannon’s Burghley blog
British eventers are taking off their clothes for money for spinal research
Your final little nugget of wisdom tonight is that the stables at Burghley have WiFi, which is awesome for everyone. Ali will be along later with the news and notes post and until then, go eventing.