As I mentioned yesterday, I have been dealing with a family situation at the hospital for the last 32 hours. My wonderful Mom was admitted to the UVa hospital early Thursday morning, but, while any trip to the hospital is serious, it seems like things are looking up and we should be able to go home soon. As always, I’d like to give a huge thanks to the EN Team for stepping up and providing some great posts that we have published and will publish over the next couple of days.
–Meanwhile, the CCI2* and horse trials at Chattahoochee Hills start today. Clark Montgomery has a chance to make it two CCI2* wins in a row between Fair Hill and Chattahoochee with his ride Cyrano Z. Clark works out of Chattahoochee Hills so he will be defending his home turf. Jonathan Holling has two horses entered in the CCI2*. There are 17 horses starting the CCI2* dressage today.
Link: Live Chattahoochee Scores
–These last few horse trials of the autumn season are often a good chance for the professionals to ride their younger horses and the pressure is on everyone to have a good experience going into the winter break. The Virginia Horse Trials and Team Challenge is being hosted this weekend at the beautiful Virginia Horse Center. There are some interesting entries in the VHT intermediate. Kelli Temple is taking Axel Rose out for another event after he was very naughty at Fair Hill. Phillip has two horses in the division and his vet, Kevin Keane is riding Fernhill Flutter in the same division. Ahsley Adams is running her Rolex horse Vaunted also in the intermediate.
Link: Virginia HT Scores, FEH Scores
–The ESDCTA Horse Trials is running at the Horse Park of New Jersey this weekend and is running training through starter levels. Link: ESDCTA scores. The only other USEA sanctioned event of the weekend is the Briar Fox HT in Kansas.
–In other news, I am pleased to report that Remington arrived in Chantilly, France last night. Remington will spend two days recovering from his flight in Chantilly and will be grazed and ridden by his groom Caitlin. Boyd will fly into France on Sunday.
–Finally, 60 Minutes will be running a feature on the super mare Zenyatta on Sunday evening. They will be featuring Zenyatta’s preparation for the $5,000,000 Breeders Cup Classic race in early November–Zenyatta will be the favorite in that race. Check out hidden camera footage of her training:
