Friday News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips

Team USA looking out on the water complex at the Pan Ams. Photo courtesy of the USEF High Performance FB page.

Team USA looking out on the water complex at the Pan Ams. Photo courtesy of the USEF High Performance FB page.

With all the riders safely through the jogs yesterday, today the Pan American Games begin! With dressage running all day today, we have Phillip Dutton leading the way with Fernhill Fugitive as the first American out, followed by Lauren Kieffer and Meadowbrook’s Scarlett, Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous, and Boyd Martin on Pancho Villa as the very last rider of the day. You can be sure to keep up with all the action using the links below. Fingers crossed for a great day!

#PanAms: WebsiteEntriesSchedule & Live ScoresEN’s CoverageTwitterInstagram

NAJYRC: WebsiteScheduleInstagramCCIYR2* Ride TimesCH-J* Ride TimesLive ScoresEN’s Coverage@samanthalclarkThe Horse Pesterer

U.S. Weekend Preview:

Fitch’s Corner H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]

Maryland at Loch Moy II H.T.  [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]

Hunter Oaks H.T.  [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]

Aspen Ridge H.T.  [Website]

Coconino Summer II H.T.  [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]

News From Around the Globe:

We’re launching a new reader-driven survey series, so we need your input! Keep an eye out for new questions here in News & Notes — we’re kicking off the series with a survey of what event horses you would like to take a spin on. Click here to take the survey.

Giveaway alert! Total Saddle Fit is offering a chance to win one of three six point saddle pads, and all you have to do is fill out this quick survey. So obviously you should do that, and win some awesome saddle pads! [Total Saddle Fit Survey]

Congratulations to Allie Farley, this week’s Fab Freebie winner! Allie will take home a pair of Ice Horse Evendura Boots — her icing routine is about to get more convenient! [Fab Freebie: Ice Horse]

Get to know Pan Am competitor Fernhill Fugitive, aka Jack. In the great COTH series, Behind the Stall Door, we are invited into Jack’s stable, to learn about him and his likes and dislikes. Did you know that his nickname is “Baby Jack”? Or that he’s only allowed to eat carrots as treats and has to watch his sugar intake? [Behind the Stall Door]

Throw Back Thursday to when Bruce Davidson battled bridle grabbers, marching bands and language barriers. Wait, what? You heard me, all those things happened to Bruce when he was attempting to compete in the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. Referred to as the “most bizarre day in the history of international three day competition”, the then 25-year-old Bruce was riding Golden Griffin, and you have to read the report to even slightly believe what happened to him on cross country day. [COTH #TBT]

Horses will be returning to New York’s Central Park this September, for the Rolex Central Park Horse Show. This event was a smashing success last year, and it returns in 2015 offering five days of multi-discipline competition, with everything from Arabian breed classes to Dressage to Hunters and to top class Jumpers. [Central Park Horse Show]

Morven Park is hosting a bunch of great summer activities for you and your horse. Coming up soon they have an event they call “Show-Cross” which is stadium jumps that gently slides into cross country jumps over lightly rolling terrain. They have divisions of Elementary through Training. This is just one of the many events at Morven this year, and if you’re nearby you should check out their calendar for more fun activities! [Morven Park]

Did you know that you can get a Point Two Air Jacket in your custom colors for only $30 more? Yeah, me neither and now I’m strongly considering trading in my plain old black one for an awesome blue one! While air vests are indeed an investment, you have to think of how well they protect you should something happen. And after all, how much is your back worth? [Point Two Custom Air Vest]

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