Friday News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips

Pirate takes in the English countryside. Photo courtesy of Meghan O'Donoghue

Pirate takes in the English countryside. Photo courtesy of Meghan O’Donoghue

While all the WEG madness is happening, lets not forget the select group of amazing Americans who are sequestered at Maizey Manor preparing for Burghley next week! I might be more aware of the upcoming Burghley than others because….I’M GOING and if you can’t tell, I’m pretty excited about it. Ironically, I think I might be having better weather in England than poor Jenni and Leslie are enduring right now. However, just in case I jinxed myself by saying that, I’m also packing all the rain gear I own, and more.

 [WEG Entries] [WEG Schedule] [Results] [Dressage Ride Times]

[Jenni’s Interactive Guide to Every Single WEG Eventing Competitor] [WEG Course Walk]

North American Weekend Preview:

Town Hill Farm H.T. [Website]

Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]

Chattahoochee Hills CIC1*/2* & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Times] [Live Scores]

Silverwood Farm H.T. [Website]

Corona del Sol Heat Buster H.T.  [Website] [Entry Status/Times]

The Event at Woodland Stallion Station  [Website] [Entry Status/Times]

KY Classique H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Times]

FEI Global Weekend Preview:

Queensland International 3DE (AUS) CCI2*/1*, CIC3*/2*/1*  [Website]

Mexico City (MEX) CIC/CCI1*

Durazno (URU) CCI2*/1*, CIC2*

Firle Place International (GBR) CIC1*  [Website] [Entry Status]

Schwaiganger (GER) CIC2*/1*

Turnier (GER) CIC1*  [Website]

News From Around The Globe:

Interested in going inside the WEG vet facilities? Each of the five competition venues has its very own veterinary clinic, with specialists in equine internal medicine, fractures, and treatment of colic. These clinics are open 24/7 for the duration of the games, so that competitors have access at any time. The Horse has the story. [Inside WEG Veterinary Clinics]

Unfortunately, yesterday’s action was marred by the death of a Costa Rican endurance horse, as well as several rider injuries. Dorado, a 12-year-old Arabian gelding from Costa Rica, and his 37-year-old rider Claudia Romero Chacon ran head-on into a tree during the first loop of the endurance race, which took place near Sartilly. Dorado died instantly, although a necropsy will be performed. Two other riders were injured, including one rider who fractured a femur in a fall. [Costa Rican Horse Dies at WEG]

Horse & Hound is getting into the spirit. We posted an article on how dire the situation was at the WEG, and H&H posted an article that is, well, just ten pictures of mud at the WEG. [10 Pics of Mud at WEG]

Endurance competitors had a rough day overall, with only 38 of 174 starters finishing. Bahrain, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Portugal, Uruguay, the United States, and Belgium, for example, each got only one competitor home, while Germany, New Zealand, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan and Norway failed to even get one finisher. [Endurance Elimination Rife]

Finally! Charlotte DuJardin’s GP test, in entirety!

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