The impossible choice of selecting the British Olympic eventing team has finally been made, but I can’t get over the fact that we’ve still been left in suspense as we don’t yet know which of these fantastic four will end up in the traveling reserve spot. Another impossible choice!
The other thing I can’t get over is the fact that they’ve had Ros stand on the edge of the fountain for their official photos at the Team GB kitting out day. That just really tickles me.
U.S. Weekend Preview
Bouckaert Equestrian H.T. and Area III Eventing Championships (Chattahoochee Hills, GA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Scoring]
Full Moon Farm HT (Finksburg, MD) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Inavale Farm HT (Philomath, OR) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer][Scoring]
Larkin Hill H.T. (North Chatham, NY) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Summer Coconino H.T. I (Flagstaff, AZ) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Twin Rivers Summer H.T. (Paso Robles, CA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
UK International Events
Burgham International (Northumberland) [Website] [Entries] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
European International Events
SemaLease Kilguilkey House International 1 (Ireland) [Website] [Entries] [Scoring]
Thursday News and Reading
To celebrate the launch of Canter Culture’s first riding top, the Alice Sun Shirt, Canter Culture is giving away an entire outfit! For your chance to win an Alice Sun Shirt, one pair of Athletic Breeches, Boot Socks, and a Double Circle Belt, all you have to do is sign up for our newsletter and fill out the form in the 7/1 ICYMI Newsletter! Winner will select color options & sizing. Canter Culture seamlessly blends style & sport, so all that’s left to do is enjoy the ride. Stay tuned — we’ll announce the winner in our weekly newsletter on 7/1! Sign up for our newsletter here.
The Annie Goodwin Rising Star Grant is now open to qualified applicants! Find out more here.
Meg Kepferle is spearheading a campaign to revamp the ditches at the Horse Park of New Jersey. The current ones at the lower levels are known to be a little tricky for greener horses and riders and $7,500 is the current fundraising goal for new ditches from the Starter through Preliminary levels. Here’s where to send donations and there’s also an air vest up for auction!
We all hear the many desperate calls for volunteers at events. So why are they seeming to fall on deaf ears? In this excellent first half of a two-part report, COTH spoke to several different event organizers to identify the problems they currently face in finding and retaining volunteers. Here’s what they had to say.
Researchers have recently published a study in the Equine Veterinary Journal using data recorded by StrideMASTER — a wearable tech used originally used to help time races more precisely — from 584 horses who ran in more than 5,000 races between 2011 and 2016. The data was compared to the horses’ records of orthopedic injuries and the results demonstrated a relationship between speed, stride, and risk of injury even as far as six races out from an injury.
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Video Break: It’s all sure coming together now!
