Events This Weekend

It is exciting to see who is going where and doing what!! Something that caught me off guard - My Boy Bobby in the OP-A? Is Buck starting him off slowly? Also, and I might be completely out of the loop, but why haven't I seen Karen O and That's Smart at anything recent...even in the past year? Is the big grey okay? If anyone can help, that would be great.
Thanks!

>>Anon: That's Smart has moved on to pursue a career in the hunter/jumper world, enough said. My Boy Bobby withdrew after the dressage at Red Hills, so I would anticipate that this weekend will be his first XC run of the season, and yes, it looks like Buck is just taking it nice and easy to save the horse for later. After all, we know Bobby can handle CCI4*'s after last year's Rolex. With a horse like that, it's more a question of correctly navigating the spring season to end up with a sound but prepared horse. As with anything, it's a balancing act, and different riders decide to balance it different ways. I think the trend is definitely moving toward doing fewer events each spring.