Remington in Amsterdam
Just an hour after I published the post late last night I found myself in the hospital for a family emergency which explains the long gap in post times. But, things seem to be sorting out and it’s a welcome break from pacing around the hospital to get to write for Eventing Nation with some good eventing news–and there is only good news in this post. I haven’t slept in 30 hours, so, as always, please forgive the typos.
Remington landed safe and sound in Amsterdam Thursday morning. Remi traveled perfectly, landed with excellent vital signs, and bounced right onto the transport truck for the next leg of his trip to Pau. Remington is now en route to Chantilly, France with super groom Caitlin. Read more at Boyd’s blog.
There is also good news from the riders involved in serious falls at Fair Hill. In Wednesday night’s live blog I mentioned that I had spoken with Sharon on Wednesday and Sharon is recovering well from her pelvis injury at home.
Jennifer Simmons is also recovering well from her concussion at home in Texas, according to the COTH.
When I was talking with Sharon, we mentioned that while a tough fall and injury is always horrible, a tiny silver lining is that the timing of falling at Fair Hill gives her time to recover while her horses take a break. We look forward to seeing both Sharon and Jennifer back in action this coming spring.
Five East Coast horses are flying out for the Galway CCI3* Nov 4th-7th. The horses will fly out of Baltimore on Monday at 5am. As is often the case for trans-American equine flights, they will make a stop in Kentucky to pick up some other horses.
Check out Tiana’s Boekelo video, where of course she placed 6th:
And Oli’s calendar photo-shoot video. No seriously, Oli is coming out with a calendar:
Go eventing.
