Get Well Soon Denny and Tuesday News and Notes from Pennfield

Eventing Nation sends our well wishes and a massive “get well soon” to Denny Emerson.  Denny had a fall at the Stoneleigh Burnham Horse Trials on Sunday in Greenfield, Massachusetts.  According to Denny’s Facebook page, he is in the hospital with a neck/back injury and they are waiting to decide if surgery is necessary.  He is at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH.  The Stoneleigh scores show Denny with a fall in the Novice division from Diamond Camilla, and the word is that he stood up after his fall.  We will of course update you as more is learned.  Denny is a personal hero of mine and he has touched the lives of countless US eventers, and he is still competing at 70 years young.  Get well soon Denny from all of us at EN!

Now for your eventing news and notes.  Fair warning, as you have already seen, today is a mixed bag of good news and bad news.

–Get out your tea and crumpets Eventing Nation and let’s talk about Burghley.  Christmas comes early in England my friends.  And no, that doesn’t mean elfing anyone.  Burghley.tv is going to offer online video of every Burghley dressage, cross-country, and show jumping ride for free.  There goes 4 consecutive days of Coren’s life.  All you have to do is fill out a registration form as the event approaches.  As we all know, there are currently 13 North American pairs entered–10 from the US and 3 from Canada.  Get ready because I’m going to list them all: Twizzel, Titanium, Shiraz, Rafferty’s Rules, Pawlow, Neville Bardos, Manoir De Carneville, Icarus, Chapel Amble, Andromaque, Exponential, Gin & Juice, and Madison Park.  The Canadians will fly out on the 22nd of August, and the US horses on the 25th, off the top of my head.  The USEF has awarded Burghley grants and will offer placing incentives for the US pairs, so in that sense also Christmas comes early.  One way or another, we are less than 30 days away from the start of the competition with the hardest cross-country course in all of eventing.  [Entries, One Month to Bughley from HJU]   

–My search continues for videos from Young Riders.  A commenter on Monday pointed out that the USEF Network has some free video coverage of Young Riders.  Click the link and then look in the scrolling sidebar for the XC videos.  [USEF Network]

–Millbrook is the big event for the upper levels in the US this weekend.  In the UK, Gatcombe will be making headlines with the British Open Championship for eventing.  Five previous British Open champions will be competing at Gatcomb, and Samantha will be at Gatcombe as part of her UK homecoming tour.  [Gatcombe field, Horsetalk]

–In case you aren’t already sick of Burghley in this post yet, a ton of Burghley horses will be running this weekend.  Titanium, Shiraz, Neville, Icarus are all running at Millbrook, and Pawlow, Andromaque, are entered at Gatcombe.  For most of these horses is will be their last run before the big dance.

–The European Pony Championships ran over this past weekend in Poland.  The Frenchies won with 157.7 penalties, with the Irish taking silver, just 0.1 points back.  The Brits took bronze with 159.2.  [BE happy] 

–You can watch lots of express eventing fun here.

–Apparently dressage judges get long listed just like riders.  11 five-star judges have been long listed for the London Olympics.  A blind draw of the long listed judges will take place at the FEI September 23rd.  To improve your chances of being randomly selected, please mail anonymous donations with your name to the FEI headquarters.  9 of the long listed judges are from Europe.  [List]  

–Your USEA events that are opening today: The Meadows of Moorpark HT, Corona Del Sol, Flying Cross, Windy Wyoming HT, Dunnabeck HT, Marlborough, GMHA, Plantation Field, Coconino, and the Equestrians Institute CT.  Yes, I did have to look that up.

–We have a few great fundraiser shout-outs.  The North Carolina Dressage and Combined Training Association is hosting their annual eBay fundraiser auction to help send their riders to the AECs in Chattahoochee Hills.  Click here to view the auction items, which are all identified by “NCDCTA AEC Fundraiser” in the title.

–The second fundraiser is for Colleen Cobia, who is the DC for the Wasatch Pony Club, the organizer for Golden Spike Horse Trials in Utah, and a great asset to Area IX.  Colleen was schooling a young horse before heading to Lexington for the Pony Club Nationals, and she was bucked off.  She has a severe spinal cord injury and is currently is currently paralyzed from the chest down.  The good folks of Area IX are are putting a on an eBay fundraiser, including some Rebecca Farm posters signed by many riders, officials, and coaches.  Click here and here to bid on the posters and Eventing Nation wishes Colleen a speedy recovery.

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Honorable mention: Falling off in an air vest

–Pennfield has a new dealer in Middlebury, Vermont: Eastern Hay and Grain.  If you are in the area be sure to check out Eastern Hay and Grain and, as always, go to the Pennfield dealer search to find a dealer near you. 

Lastly, I leave you with a video tribute to Silva Martin’s father, Christoph Stigler, who passed away recently.  We continue to wish the Martin family all the best in this very tough time.

That’s all for now, hopefully today will bring good news from Denny.  His Facebook and the forums are lighting up with well wishes.  As always, wherever you might be, thanks for making Eventing Nation part of your day.  Go Denny.  

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