Wednesday News & Notes from Attwood Equestrian Surfaces

Finally complete! Rossco head home with the Martins for the first time. Photo via Boyd Martin’s FB page.

We’re about to begin a whirlwind of a month with Advanced or CIC3* running nearly every weekend in September in the US, Burghley and Blenheim pulling our attention overseas, and then of course WEG rolling in mid-month. It’s easy to forget these athletes have real lives with real things going on beside that sometimes. A huge congratulations goes out to Boyd and Silva who have made a trek to Philadelphia work on a daily basis after the birth of their son, Rossco. One more wild child added to the Windurra family!

National Holiday: More Herbs, Less Salt Day

Major Events This Week:

American Eventing Championships [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Burghley CCI4* [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Foshay [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

U.S. Weekend Preview:

Chattahoochee Hills CIC & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Silverwood Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Woodland Stallion Station H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Park Equine KY Classique H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Your Wednesday News & Notes

Morven Park is officially open and pre-emptively seeking out jump judges!  Hosting not only CIC divisions but also the Area II championships this year is a big ask and Morven is sending out feelers for three days worth of jump judges. [Morven Park Seeking Volunteers]

The last 24 hours has seen a shake-up of entries for both WEG and Burghley. Just after the hot announcement that Michael Jung will not be making the trip to WEG, Laura Collett has been forced to withdraw the very popular Mr. Bass from Burghley after he felt less than 100% after working. [Mr. Bass Withdrawn from Burghley]

As WEG draws closer and the flights become imminent, the scratches are pouring in. Another WEG withdrawal announced today, this one for the Dutch team: Laura Hoogeveen and Quibus have withdrawn — the horse threw a shoe galloping last week and his foot is not expected to recover in time — and are replaced by Renske Kroeze and Jane Z. [Dutch WEG Team Update]

Attwood Wisdom of the Week – Green Footing

The colors to root for might be red, white, and blue, but we wanted to tell you about our “green footing”. Green as in the color green, like money, like the fields of Kentucky Horse Park … well you get it.

Years ago a client came to us, looking for a world class footing in “another color”.  For their particular project, they wanted a colored footing. Green. So it would blend into the hillside of the community. But make no mistake they wanted it to be a premium blend and not a gimmick.

Thus “Green Pinnacle” came to be, with all the properties of our high performance Pinnacle. The color was rich, fade resistant and did not wash out in the rain.  And because we use only originally sourced material, not recycled rubber or carpeting that turns footing black, the green would stay perennially green.

Additional benefits of the green colored footing, is that it toned down the glare of the ring on hot sunny days, which both horses and riders appreciated.  Green is not the only color we can produce for our footing. If you have a particular need for a custom color, please let us know.

Benefits:

  • Green Pinnacle and TerraNova are readily available.
  • Same exceptional properties as our Pinnacle.
  • Attractive natural green color.
  • Proven helpful in cases of difficult local planning restrictions.

Want to know more about the most advanced footing solutions on the market today please call Attwood Equestrian Surfaces at 888-461-7788.