Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin & Juice at Pau. Hawley comes home to six rides at Galway. Photo by Jenni Autry.
Happy Monday, EN. While all eyes have been on Pau, the West Coast has been preparing for Galway! Team DF is taking a fleet of horses down and starts the trip south this morning. A few of our riders are moving up and there has been a serious excitement buzzing around the barn all week. I am sadly stuck working, so to torture myself, I took a peek at the entries. What I found amazed me. Hawley Bennett-Awad has something like six horses competing this weekend at Galway, and that’s after finishing 16th at Pau. Seriously, Wonder Woman is probably penning an email to Hawley asking for her secrets of endless energy.
Pau Links: [Website] [Final Scores] [EN Coverage]
Weekend Results:
Waredaca H.T. and Classic Training 3 Day Event [Website] [Final Scores]
Chattahoochee Hills H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
Holly Hill Fall H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
Heritage Park H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
MCTA Jenny Camp [Website] [Final Scores]
Events Still Open For Entries:
Full Moon Farms H.T. (Maryland, A-2) Fresno County Horse Park Horse Trials (California, A-6) Las Cruces H.T. (New Mexico, A-10) The Fork Horse Trials (North Carolina, A-2) River Glen Fall H.T. (Tennessee, A-3) Ocala Horse Properties Fall Event (Florida, A-3) MeadowCreek Park H.T – The Fall Social Event (Texas, A-5) Pine Top Thanksgiving H.T. (Georgia, A-3)
Monday News and Notes:
What would you do if you had to face high levels of radiation to care for your horses? That’s the exact question that Tokue Hosokawa was faced with after the March 2011 Tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This is dedication. [The Guardian]
The Washington International Horse Show wrapped up this past week. Historically it’s been a great place for celebrity spotting as some noteable celebrities have children who ride, but surprisingly few sightings this year. [Washington Post]
Therapeutic riding programs do amazing work. It takes a very special horse to do therapy work and a large number of dedicated volunteers. It always puts a smile on my face to see therapeutic riding programs get some recognition in their local press. [Courier Post Online]
High scores and big money were being thrown about at the 2013 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden, Germany. Nineteen Hanoverian Stallions were given the premium designation and Danish Blue Hors Stud paid more than a million Euros for two stallions. I like that the stallions are secure enough in their masculinity that they can wear fancy Miss America style sashes and not freak out. [Euro Dressage]
There are times when I’m frustrated with people that I wish I could put them on a lunge line and make them run in circles for a bit, then tie them short to “the thinkin’ post” and let them sort out their issues on their own. Some folks from the Natural Horsemanship camp are pushing their brand of training as effective with human interaction as well. [My San Antonio]
In case you missed it, Carla over at HorseNation dives in to our collective psyche and explores why we all love the trainwreck more commonly known as Craigslist. Whether it’s schadenfreude or simple rubbernecking, we’re all guilty of it once in a while. [HorseNation.com]
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