DV8 shipped to Pennsylvania late last night to join Boyd’s horses for the trip to Boekelo
As some great news for US high performance eventing, Michael Pollard and DV8 have been approved to travel to the Boekelo CCI3* as part of the US team. My understanding is that there are a few loose ends to still tie up including the last minute shipping paperwork, but DV8 is on his way to the airport today and everything is a done deal. We reported yesterday that Ali Slusher and Last Call had withdrawn from the Boekelo trip. Until this morning, no one had been chosen to replace them, leaving the US with just 3 horses on the team. The full contingent of horses (Remington, Otis Barbotiere, Mar De Amor, and DV8) are flying out today for Holland and they will meet up with Julian Stiller and her fabulous new horse Charlie Weld to round out the US squad. The team trip is supported by USOC development funding.
Michael started riding DV8 earlier this year and they have clicked quickly. DV8 won the advanced at Richland in August and then the advanced at Plantation Field by 7 points. There’s still a lot of upside from this pair and Boekelo is known as a good move-up track. The US team has a lot of momentum after the great performances at Blenheim, so here’s to hoping we can keep that going in Holland.
After a successful but slow trip to the Mexican consulate in Washington, D.C., I’m off to Morven for a full weekend of eventing. The action is already well underway at Morven and check out Annie’s post this morning for a link to scores. Go eventing.
