I am very proud to introduce Pennfield as Eventing Nation’s newest sponsor. If you are an eventer, you already know that Pennfield makes a great product and that a lot of top riders use Pennfield. Pennfield was selected for the last three WEGs and last two Olympics to feed the US Team horses. The list of top riders who use Pennfield is too long to go through now, but suffice it to say that Bruce Davidson, David O’Connor, Karen O’Connor, Phillip Dutton, and Kim Severson all trust Pennfield.
Three main company priorities that make Pennfield feeds a great choice for your horses are: consistency, choice, and quality. In a world where every detail of an eventing program matters, Pennfield goes to great lengths to ensure they have the highest quality ingredients and processing. As I am told, the Pennfield motto “That’s a Promise” has its seeds in the philosophy of the second-generation chairman of the board Ernie Horn Jr: when you put the horse first, you always win. He made employees of Pennfield promise to uphold that principle. The most significant way this impacts riders is that Pennfield does not change formulas nor ingredients. Every single Pennfield formula is made exactly the same from bag to bag.
Pennfield has been around since 1919 and it’s an honor for Eventing Nation to be affiliated with such a great company that has supported the US eventing community for so long. We’ll be talking more about the technology behind Pennfield in the coming weeks, but, until then, to read more about Pennfield feeds and to find a dealer directory, check out the Pennfield homepage. Now for some eventing news and notes…
–The infamous Patrik Kittel of Sweden won the Prix St Georges at the 2010 CDI-W Mechelen in Belgium earlier this week. I think all of us are just glad he was able to properly conceal any and all blue tongues.
–In a strange and very sad story from San Jose, a concert pianist lost part of her pinky when a carriage horse bit it off. Pamela and Bill Resch took a romantic carriage ride and then posed for pictures afterward. One of the horses, named Tom, started “nibbling” on her finger and then bit down harder. The tip of her pinky became detached, but a plastic surgeon put it back on and everyone is hoping for the best with respect to the lady’s career as a pianist.
–A recent study suggests that a new version ot IRAP, aptly named IRAP II, is superior to the original.
–Rebecca Farm has released a very nice tribute about Rebecca Broussard which includes directions for memorial donations in the late eventing visionary’s name to various eventing related charities.
–Authorities in Orlando, Florida have arrested Zackie Knox (pictured above), who turned himself in for the theft of a 300-pound horse statue that was snatched last week from in front of a nightclub and then sold to a local recycling center. Knox reportedly told police that, after second thought, horse ownership required considerably more responsibility and attention to detail than he was prepared to commit at this juncture in his life. For the record, that’s the second best mugshot we have ever posted on Eventing Nation.
–Horsetalk has posted a 2010 year in review article, which contains some gems including an all time EN favorite, the Shake’n Fork, which is pretty much what it sounds like. Ah the memories:
There are now, by my reckoning, less than 72 hours until that giant chrystal ball falls to welcome in 2011. More importantly, there are just about 8 more posts from EN until 2011. Go eventing.
