We have some good news from Virginia this evening. I mentioned earlier today that a rider was airlifted from the intermediate XC at the Loudoun horse trials. I spoke with Margaret Good, who is Loudoun’s organizer, and she told me that the rider, Brittany Yard, probably had some broken ribs but didn’t have other serious injuries and that she “would probably be fine.” Margaret said that they were originally not planning to airlift Brittany, but Brittany said that it hurt when she breathed so they decided to take every precaution. As we learned with Oliver Townend, you have to be careful with situations like this, but the mood at the EN corporate headquarters is one of cautious optimism.
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Peter Atkins has released the helmet cam footage of his CIC3* Richland ride on HJ Hampton:
Henry really impressed me all weekend and I would love to see Peter get a chance to ride at the WEGs for Australia. If you are reading this Aussie selectors, this pair will get the job done for you in KY.
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Kat decided to break out the bold font in her Richland recap for the COTH
The USEA recap explains that Colombo was started by Oliver Townend and then Kyle Carter bought him and Colombo ended up at Selena’s barn after an injury. I’ll bet Oliver and Kyle wish they had kept him, but that’s horses for you. There’s also a quote praising the show jumping course–I’m not sure if it was the course or the footing/terrain, which was undulating hard packed down grass, but I didn’t think the horses jumped particularly well in the show jumping.
I promised Michelle that I would watch Brother Thomas, who is a horse she discovered on Sport Horse Nation and is interested in purchasing. Brother Thomas did XC today and I saw him through the water Michelle and he looked very game and finished the weekend on his dressage score.
Michael Jung won the HSBC eventing World Cup and the $50,000 prize money
Other US event results: Shepherd Ranch, Feather Creek, Genesee Valley, Valinor, Loundoun
