Say it ain’t so — we’ve reached the end of our last 5* before that horse show in Paris happening next month. It’s been a soggy one, so our poor Tilly is still firmly soldered to her raincoat over in Germany (as she’s been since last August, really) — make sure to read up on her “weather report featuring some horses” before logging in to Horse & Country to watch the finale for both the excitement of the Longines CCI5* and the tension of the CCI4* Meßmer Trophy German National Championships. If, like me, you’re here in the states and can’t get your insomniac eyes to open early enough to watch everything live at the crisp hour of (*checks watch*) 3:30am, you’ll be able to go back and watch everything on demand at any point.
As we head into the stadium this morning, our leaderboard currently stands as follows:
CCI5*
🥇 Rosalind Canter & Izilot DHI – 26.9 🇬🇧
🥈 Jennifer Kuehnle & Polly Blue Eyes – 35.5 🇮🇪
🥉 Lara de Liedekerke-Meier – 35.6 🇩🇪
CCI4*-S
🥇 Michael Jung & fischerChipmunk FRH – 26.1 🇩🇪
🥈 Yasmin Ingham & Banzai du Loir – 29.3 🇬🇧
🥉 Tom McEwen & JL Dublin – 29.6 🇬🇧
It would be quite the feat for our queen Ros to be unseated from her incredible lead in the 5*, as the only one in the field with a sub-30 score and a nice two poles in hand. Jen Kuehnle and the leading German rider Lara de Liedekerke-Meier are as neck-and-neck as possible, so we’ll be interested to see if the leaders shake up! While sad that my trifecta pick for the 4* was dashed with Laura Collett withdrawing London 52 this morning due to an unfortunate coronet injury (and sending them our love), these three iconic names in European eventing will be battling it out today.
Everyone stay tuned and #GoEventing!
International Events
Longines Luhmühlen (Germany) [Website] [Timetable] [Entries] [Scoring] [Live Stream – H&C+] [EN’s Coverage]
U.S. Weekend Action
Aspen Farm H.T (Yelm, WA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Full Gallop Farm June H.T. (Aiken, SC) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]
Horse Park of New Jersey H.T. I (Allentown, NJ) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Seneca Valley Pony Club H.T. (Poolesville, MD) [Website] [Entries] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Shepherd Ranch Pony Club H.T. I (Santa Ynez, CA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Silverwood Farm Spring H.T. (Camp Lake, WI) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Scoring]
Links to Start Your Sunday:
Tamie Smith welcomes new mare to stable after mourning the loss of Solaguayre California
Get your own Valegro (a mini one, of course)
The buzz about 2 rescue horses in US being a rare Mongolian breed
Sponsor Corner: The Ecovet giveaway closes TODAY! It’s your last chance to enter to win a free bottle of EcoVet’s unique fly repellant! [Enter here.]
Morning Viewing: While Lucinda Green spent most of yesterday commentating and Michael Jung took to the field with quite a handful of horses, they also doubled as judges for the most important event of the weekend. These are the real big stars, and I’m obsessed. This is how I want to ride at Luhmühlen, honestly.
