Monday News and Notes from Event Clinics

Pine Top is ready for the final event of the season! Photo via the Pine Top Farm Facebook page. Pine Top is ready for the final event of the season! Photo via the Pine Top Farm Facebook page.

West Coast event rider Gina Economou took her three-star horse Calidore to a jumper show this weekend and made it to not one, not two, but three jump offs, completing the competition without a single jumping or time penalty and a fourth place finish in the $15,000 Camelot Grand Prix. Gina wrote on her Facebook page: “He is one of the most amazing horses I’ve had the privilege of riding. And truly the most difficult. But he has the biggest heart around!” Well done, Gina! It’s wonderful to see eventers finding success in other equestrian sports!

Weekend Action:

Meadowcreek Park H.T. [Results]

Monday News and Notes:

Pine Top Horse Trials is hosting the final horse trials of the season in the United States this Thanksgiving weekend and they are looking for a few more volunteers to cross country jump judge on Sunday. The Pine Top Thanksgiving Horse Trials is a popular year-end event for Area III competitors. Join us![Volunteer]

The Horse Radio Network Holiday Radiothon is coming up on Cyber Monday, Nov. 30! Featuring 20 hosts, celebrity guests and over $2,500 in prizes, you don’t want to miss this epic 12-hour long party. EN’s own Jenni Autry and Leslie Wylie are hosting the final hour, and we need YOU to call in so we can show the world eventers are awesome. [HRN Holiday Radiothon]

Shane Rose made history this weekend winning first and second place at the Adelaide CCI4* in Australia, leading from the start with CP Qualified and show jumped clear with Virgil to take second. Shane has his eyes on the Rio Olympics next year and is planning to take both horses to Europe to prepare. [Shane Rose Takes Adelaide History]

Nadeem Noon was a special member of the eventing community who passed away on November 12. Jordan Coy, one of his students, is ordering wristbands in Nadeem’s cross country colors of red and green to be worn in his honor and memory. The wristbands will be sold for $2 a piece and all the money will go to Nadeem’s family. “Wear them on your wrist, put them on your horse’s breastplate, or just keep them in your trunk,” Jordan said. “Whatever you want to do with them, I think it’d be a neat way to unite everyone that Nad has affected so very much.” [Nadeem Noon Wristbands]

Mitsubishi Motors has been the title sponsor of the Badminton Horse Trials for 25 years as of 2016. To celebrate, they have unveiled new trophies for the Mitsubishi Motors Cup, a national championship for amateurs run ahead of the CCI4* competition. Winners of each of the two Mitsubishi Motors Cup divisions receive a new Mitsubishi Shogun vehicle for a year, plus prize money, trophy and a commemorative plaque. [Mitsubishi Motors Boosts Involvement at Badminton]