Chinch makes friends everywhere he goes! He’s been making mischief networking at this weekend’s AETA International Trade Show. Twice a year at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, equestrian trade exhibitors and buyers exchange ideas on marketing and learn about the latest in equestrian products and services. Get a glimpse of Chinch’s adventures on Instagram.
Weekend Action:
Rocking Horse Winter I HT: [Results]
Full Gallop Farm January HT: [Results]
Monday News and Notes:
The highly anticipated Wellington Eventing Showcase is coming up this weekend. We’ve been seeing teasers of Boyd Martin’s apparent preview of the course, and now we can see Boyd has been unleashed in Wellington, on foot as well as behind the wheel of a Land Rover. [The Eventers Are Coming]
How would you like to design a jump at Badminton? Artists from ages 5 to 16 are invited by the World Horse Welfare to draw ideas for the wings of the garden gate complex found halfway through the course. The theme for this year’s design is “the invisible horse” in honor of equine suffering in silence. [Feeling Creative?]
The 2016 Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) National Finals will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park just a few days prior to the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* this April, with more than 600 young equestrians qualifying in hunt seat and Western disciplines. [IEA Nationals to Precede Rolex]
The new CIC3* Shearwater Insurance Tri-Star Grand Slam for three-star competitors in Britain will award a £50,000 grand prize. The prize will be given to any rider who can win three of five CIC3* events at Burnham Market International, Belton International, Houghton International, Hopetoun International and Burgham International. [“A real ‘golden goose'”]
Monday Video: A preview of George Morris’s upcoming autobiography!
