Alec Thayer left a stack of wonderful Fair Hill photos in my inbox, including these. Top photo: Connor Husain winning the CCI**; bottom two photos: Laine Ashker winning the Pro Bareback Show Jumping Challenge. (Check out the video here.) Thanks, Alec!
Pau Is the Place To Be: The French CCI****, set to take place this weekend, boasts a star-studded lineup. In addition to the U.S.’s Buck Davidson and Colleen Rutledge, the roster lists Michael Jung, William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Oliver Townend, Laura Collett, Andrew Nicholson, Jonathan Paget, Caroline Powell, Mark Todd, Christopher Burton and Karin Donckers. [Entry List]
Don’t Forget:To enter the EN Facebook Cover Photo Contest. One lucky winner will earn street cred and the honor of being the designer of EN’s first ever Facebook cover photo. Entries are due Wednesday. [EN]
News of the Hmmm: PETA has filed charges against the owners of Totilas for being in violation of the Animal Welfare Act. The organization claims that Totilas is allegedly trained with the rollkur method and lives an isolated life confined to his stall. [Eurodressage]
Watch this: Check out U.S. Eventing and Frankie Thieriot’s video coverage of the final day of competition at Fair Hill. [US Eventing]
Events Closing Today:
CDCTA Fall H.T. (A-2, VA), Poplar Place Farm November H.T. (A-3, GA), Texas Rose Horse Park H.T. (A-5, TX)
Best of the Blogs: Lord help us all, Meg Kep “is back.” [The Adventures of Meg Kep]
Runner-up: Boyd was pleased as punch with his Fair Hill rides, Crackerjack and Master Frisky. [Boy & Silva]
Video: Our friends at FLAIR sent us this masterclass video featuring Phillip Dutton leading a course walk through the Sheep Shelter obstacle at Rolex, an effort that sets competitors up for the more difficult effort to come–the corners. [FLAIR]
