Friday News & Notes from World Equestrian Brands

Can you guess which upper level eventing power couple got this romantic Valentine’s Day pair of tattoos? (I’ll ruin it for you — photo cred Kyle Carter).

I celebrated Valentine’s Day yesterday by riding, teaching, feeding carrots to my ponies, dragging my ring and setting new jumps, hanging out with dogs, cleaning the barn, eating pasta, and taking photos. Honestly, sounds like love to me! I didn’t even eat any chocolates, but I can’t guarantee that I won’t make up for that this weekend. Not sorry!

National Holiday: Single’s Awareness Day

U.S. Weekend Preview:

Rocking Horse Winter II H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Paradise Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Fresno County Horse Park CCI & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

News From Around the Globe:

Young riders! Don’t forget your deadline to compete in this year’s North American Youth Championships! Eventing will be held the last week in July at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, and your applications are due on March 1st. Be sure to read all the requirements, and get your application in on time so you don’t miss out on the experience of a lifetime. [Enter the 2019 NAYC]

As any equestrian knows, Valentine’s Day isn’t just for human significant others. Actually, in reality, Valentine’s Day is more for your horse(s). Fur-ever Valentines! Horse Nation got a whole pile of photos of horses really feeling the holiday spirit. Worth it. [36 Horses Feeling the Love]

Irish Olympic rider Aoife Clark announced that she will miss the spring competition season because she is expecting her first child. EN joins the rest of the world in offering congratulations to Aoife and her husband Simon! Aoife finished 7th individually at the 2012 London Olympics, is due in April, and plans to be competing at Bramham in June. [Aoife Clark Pregnant with First Child]

Some fancy Florida footwork courtesy of Caroline Martin: