Wednesday News & Notes from Attwood Equestrian Surfaces

Full-time vet, part-time unicorn: Dr. Kim Keeton at Pine Top Advanced. Photo by Cindy Deporter.

This sport is full of unicorns, of both the four-legged and two-legged varieties. As we dive ever deeper into the heart of competition season, it’s easy to get caught up in scoreboards and stats, but be sure to take a moment here and there to appreciate eventing’s less quantifiable elements as well. The poetry of dressage horses warming up in early morning fog, that feeling in your chest when you’re being counted down in the start box, a word of encouragement from a volunteer or fellow competitor when you need it the most, a quiet moment back at the barn. The magic is all around us.

National Holiday: Manatee Appreciation Day (like the unicorn, also a majestic creature)

Major Events This Week:

Galway Downs International H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scoring]

U.S. Events This Week:

Morven Park Spring H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scoring]

Rocking Horse Spring H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scoring]

Full Gallop Farm March II H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scoring]

Texas Rose March H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scoring]

Your Wednesday News & Notes:

Have weekend plans? Consider volunteering at an event! In addition to being a valuable educational experience and great way to give back to the sport, each event offers perks ranging from entry/schooling fees to gear and more. Sign up to volunteer this weekend via EventingVolunteers.com. [Galway Downs] [Morven Park] [Texas Rose] [Full Gallop]

After a 10-year hiatus, Apple Knoll Farm H.T. is running a USEA recognized event on Sept. 21, 2019. The event will offer Beginner Novice, Novice and Training levels. In 2020, the Millis, Massachusetts, venue plans to offer both a spring and a fall event. [Apple Knoll Farm Returns to the USEA Event Calendar]

A total of of 22 total Intercollegiate Team Challenges are scheduled to take place in 2019, with three already having been done and dusted. The USEA shares the latest team results from Ocala Winter I H.T., Southern Pines H.T., and Poplar Place Farm March H.T. [RMC, UF, and Auburn Top the 2019 Winter Intercollegiate Team Challenges]

Weatherbeeta USA has issued a recall that includes 16 models of Collegiate riding saddles. The recalled saddles were manufactured with screws that were too short, causing the girth of the saddle to detach from the tree of the saddle, posing a fall hazard to the rider. About 1,600 units were affected. No injuries/incidents have been reported, but best to be safe and contact the firm for a free repair.   [Weatherbeeta USA Recalls Riding Saddles Due to Fall Hazard]

A horse-centric music festival … whaaa?! Keeneland has released the lineup for its new Railbird Festival, to take place on the historic racetrack grounds Aug. 10-11, and it looks pretty great: The Raconteurs, Mavis Staples, Lucinda Williams and Fruit Bats are my picks of the litter. Ticket add-ons include equine excursions such as morning workout viewings and tours at Keeneland as well as the Godolphin facilities at Jonabell Farm and Winstar. [Railbird Festival]

Hot on Horse Nation: Bad Hands: An Excerpt from Many Brave Fools, Susan Conley’s new memoir about addiction, codependency and horses 

Just in at Jumper Nation: What a Week at HITS Ocala! Presented by Kentucky Performance Products

Attwood Wisdom of the Week: 

 

#tiptuesday
A consistent training surface is your horse’s best friend to achieving tip top fitness. Elite riders Caitlin Silliman and Rafter Y South Equestrian working their horses at Will Faudree Eventing’s training track. #tobethebest #trainonthebest

Posted by Attwood Equestrian Surfaces on Tuesday, March 26, 2019