[via Tanya]
The above photo is of Karen at the reining competition Saturday night. David got 6th place and actually beat two reiners, which won’t surprise you a bit if you know David. Karen was 9th, Gina was 10th, Hamish was 11th.
While the reining competition was going on, the vets, grooms, and riders were all back in the barns jogging and icing horses. The good news is that the ground wasn’t too hard on the cross-country, the bad news is that there were quite a few shoes lost in the mud today, as you might expect. I spoke with Chris Newton who told me very sensibly that the mud doesn’t necessarily pull the shoe off itself, but makes it stick in the ground just a moment longer for the back hoof to catch up and grab it, if that makes sense. Hopefully Chris won’t be too busy tonight–bored vets mean sound horses.
Here are a few links from a great Saturday at Rolex:
As you might expect, the British media is excited,
Nearly 30,000 spectators came to the Kentucky Horse Park
The jog is at 8:30am and all of the approximately 30 horses show jump at 1:00pm with coverage starting on USEF Network and switching to NBC for the final rides at 2:00pm. Go eventing.