Ruth Crennell’s Tuesday News & Notes from Cavalor

Cheers Ruth!!!

A toast to Ruth Crennell, who recently become the Dressage Foundation’s newest Century Club member at the Silverwood Dressage Show in Camp Lake, Wisconsin. Crennell, age 81, rode a borrowed 26-year-old ex-eventer named St. George to meet the requirement that rider and horse must have a combined age of 100 years or more and compete in a recognized dressage competition.

The tip comes to us from reader Sarah Bates, who took dressage lessons from Ruth years ago while studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sarah says that when she emailed Ruth to ask about her ride, Ruth responded,

“A lot of people at the show knew George and his abilities and I never felt I really did him justice… Anyway, it’s over and fun to look back on. The judge, who has a reputation for scoring low, signed the back of my ribbon and added: ‘You are an inspiration!’ Yikes! I never thought I’d live to become one of those!”

Sarah counters, “I think we’d all disagree.”

The Kenosha News did a great write-up on Ruth’s Century Club ride–check it out here. Go Ruth!

Events Opening Today:

University of New Hampshire H.T. (New Hampshire, A-1), The Middleburg H.T. (Virginia, A-2), Flora Lea Fall H.T. (New Jersey, A-2), Nutrena USEA AECs (Texas, A-5), Jump Start H.T. (Kentucky, A-8)

Events Closing Today:

Town Hill Farm H.T. (Connecticut, A-1), Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Fall H.T. (Virginia, A-2), Chattahoochee Hills H.T. (GA, A-3), Steepleview Labor Day H.T. (Minnesota, A-4), Silverwood Farm Fall H.T. (Wisconsin, A-4), Corona Del Sol H.T. (Texas, A-5), Stanton Farms H.T. (Idaho, A-7), KY Classique H.T. (Kentucky, A-8), Moqui Meadows H.T. (Colorado, A-9)

News:

American Eventing Championships entries open today! The first 100 competitors to enter will be part a drawing to win one of 10 $20 fuel gift certificates. The event takes place September 26-29 at the Texas Rose Horse Park. [Qualified horse list] [Qualified rider list] [Omnibus listing] [AEC webpage] [Xentry] [Ride share]

Eventing Nation writer Lauren Nethery was a guest on the Horses in the Morning radio show yesterday, talking about her smash-hit post “Select Your Mate Like You Select Your OTTB.” Listen to the episode here (Lauren is on about an hour in), and listen to HITM every morning, Monday through Friday from 9-10:30 a.m. ET, here!

The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will introduce a new team eventing format, with only four riders competing instead of five (three scores will be used and one will be dropped). Each team may bring an official reserve; however, the reserves cannot be accommodated in the Olympic Village, and securing suitable accommodations for rider, horse and groom will be expensive. Britain is dealing with this problem via its Horse Trials Support Group, which will cover travel expenses with fundraising efforts including a raffle for an all-expenses paid trip for two to the Games. [Horse Talk NZ]

Michael Jung‘s bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. Jung’s arm is in a cast, reportedly due to an infection in one of his fingers, and he has been advised by doctors to stay out of the saddle. With the European Championships fast approaching at the end of the month, will Ze Terminator be in a position to defend his title? Stay tuned. [The Jurga Report]

Tickets are available for the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, to be held at Baltimore’s Pimlico Racetrack Oct. 5-6. The event includes educational seminars, meetings, demonstrations, and the culmination of the Thoroughbred Makeover, in which 26 trainers from 15 states in 10 equestrian disciplines will demonstrate what their horses have learned in just three months of second career training. [RRHT]

My homegirl Mary Hollis Baird sent me a link to a must-read interview with Jock Paget in the New Zealand Herald. Favorite Paget-ism: “When you bite off more than you can chew, chew like #$%^. In other words, don’t be afraid to bite off too much.” [NZ Herald]

Chris Wallace, Steward General for Eventing in Australia, talks shop about the perks and caveats of her job. [An Eventful Life]

SmartPak Product of the Day: Foil the barn polo wrap thief with a set of custom monogrammed SmartPak Polo Wraps. Available in four different colors–black, white, navy and pink–your wraps will never be “mistaken” for someone else’s wraps again. P.S. All SmartPak-brand tack and apparel is 20% off today! [SmartPak]

Found on Facebook: From Dom Schramm of Shramm Equestrian and Evention

Video: What does a prelim dressage score of 15.2 look like? Take it away, Doug Payne and Royal Tribute!

From the 2013 Millbrook Horse Trials. (Check out the test’s score sheet here.)

 

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