Will the people vote for The People’s Horse and Jonty Evans? Photo by Libby Law.
Here are EN, we know y’all love to get out the vote for fellow eventers! Horse & Hound is now hosting their second annual H&H Awards and you can vote online for your favorite nominee in a variety of categories. It seems that Moment of the Year is sure to be a tight race with Jonty Evan’s crowdfunding to secure ownership of Cooley Rorkes Drifts, Andrew Nicholson’s Badminton win, and the British eventing team gold at the European Championships all threatening to split the eventing vote!
National Holiday: National Hot Mulled Cider Day (incase you weren’t into National Coffee Day yesterday, I guess?)
U.S. Weekend Action:
University of New Hampshire H.T. [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]
Larkin Hill H.T. [Website]
Morven Park CIC & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
ESDCTA H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
Stable View Advanced Oktoberfest H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Stream]
Woodland Stallion Station H.T. [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]
Spokane Sport Horse Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
Jump Start H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]
Saturday Links:
To trim or not to trim your horse’s whiskers? The jury’s out…
PODCAST: Kim Severson’s European Summer + USEF Bit Clarification
How Vets Evaluate Horses With Chronic Colic
Amateurs Like Us: Finishing On A Number, Not A Letter!
5 Ways to Protect Horses (and Humans) From Rabies
Saturday Video:
I’m pumped to be heading to the University of New Hampshire Horse Trials today! This will be my first time competing there so I’ve been stalking helmet cam footage to get an idea of what the course might look like. Join me for a spin around the Beginner Novice XC earlier this spring with Jessica Flaherty and Merri:
