I feel like in every person’s life there are 20 to 30 moments that either go one way and your life changes forever or they go another way and things stay the same. Eventers might have 40 of these moments in a lifetime. This week my family faced one of those moments and fortunately got away from it better than ever. It reminds me about how Karen is always telling her students “don’t miss that moment.”
Thanks to everyone for the many comments and emails of support over the past couple of days. My Mom went home from the hospital today and, pending a few additional tests on Monday, things have fully improved. After I recover from 12 hours of sleep in the last 4 days–all in hospital chairs–Eventing Nation should return to normalcy on Sunday.
In news from Georgia, the CCI2* cross-country course at Chattahoochee Hills rode really well. 10 out of 17 starters had double-clears and 6 of the remaining riders only added time penalties. Elizabeth Barron and The Graduate lead Becky Holder with Call Me Ollie and Clark Montgomery and Cyrano Z by 0.6 points going into the show jumping. The CIC* rode differently, with 3 of 5 starters having a stop on course. Jonathan Holling leads that division by 16 points.
Link: Chattahoochee scores
At the Virginia Horse Trials, Phillip Dutton leads the open intermediate by 6 points over a good friend of Eventing Nation’s. Connor Rollins leads the intermediate rider aboard Bonnie Mosser’s former 4* horse Merloch.
Link: VHT scores
In other news from the Virginia Horse Trials, if you want a free kitten, go see Kim at stall 71 in the Southern States barn. They are looking for a good home and adopting a cat is scientifically proven to improve your show jumping score by at least a rail. Go eventing.
