Saturday Links from Tipperary

Winnie makes her eventing debut at FCHP. Photo from Maralee Paul's Facebook page. Winnie makes her eventing debut at FCHP. Photo from Maralee Paul's Facebook page.

The early season events are some of my favorite. After the winter yuckiness, everyone comes back bright eyed and ready to make it a great season. New pairs make their debuts, and everyone gets to whip out all of the shiny new things they picked up at the holidays. I am especially fond of seeing what a winter has done for some of the green horses that got their first outings at the end of the season last year. It’s amazing what you can do in one dedicated winter, assuming you aren’t under 10 feet of snow or knee deep in mud!

U.S. Weekend Action:

Rocking Horse Winter II H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Paradise Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status ][Live Scores]

Fresno County Horse Park CIC & H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]

Saturday Links:

Broke and love showing horses? You’re not alone

South Africa: Horse racing in rude health

This new extreme sport brings horsepower to a whole new level

Firefighters help horse tangled in fence

Equine herpes quarantine lifted at Arizona race track

East Bay city adopts baby horse rescued on Valentine’s Day

Saturday Video: Some naughty language, but still funny because it’s true.