Our very own fabulous Abby Gibbon at the camera helm.
Good morning Eventing Nation!
My, how I have missed you! Leslie’s all getting married and changing her FB status, Annie’s looking like a bombshell, Abby’s covering Jersey Fresh while other Abbie is kicking butt and taking names. That leaves John, Visionaire, and I holding the fort down. It’s a small fort considering how I’m celebrating Mother’s Day (I drive a mini-van) and John’s admiring my see-through EN polo. Apparently, John’s not as dumb as he looks. He ordered the EN polos in white. Don’t worry, Visionaire makes sure this ship flies right, and we can’t thank her enough for it.
Moving on…
Jersey Fresh happened over the weekend. And, looking at the results, Phillip Dutton can ride a horse. (Tell us something we don’t know.) Boyd and Karen can also ride, pulling off wins in the CCI2* and CIC2* divisions, respectively. Our very own Abby Gibbon brought us the latest and greatest, everything Jersey Fresh over the weekend. If you’re looking to extend your 15 minute work break today, just scroll through the last couple pages of EN. It’ll surely take you straight in to your lunch break. [Jersey Scores]
Plantation Field held their May Horse Trials over the weekend. That’s where yours truly (the coolest of the EN reporters at the coolest of events with the coolest photographer, Amy Dragoo) was this weekend. Needless to say, Sally Cousins took the top 10,000 spots in the intermediate. [Plantation Scores]
Jennifer McFall took home the win in the intermediate at Galway Downs this weekend aboard High Times. Nicole Mussell won the Junior Training Rider with The Situation. Kudos to these ladies and all the winners at Galway this weekend. [Galway Scores]
Holly Shine and her Sunday Afternoon Mission sure succeeded by bringing home the blue in the Open Preliminary at Winona HT. Lauren Sweezy and Farmer Ted won the Novice B on a 30.0. [Winona Scores]
Elizabeth Crowder and Red Poll won the Training division at Jubilee HT over the weekend. Kelli Johnson-Poe picked up two wins, taking home the blue in the BN as well as the Restricted BN-A. [Jubilee Scores]
The results weren’t up yet at the posting of this News and Notes, but I gather everyone had a good time at Windridge HT. [Windridge Scores]
Mill Creek at Longview is a favorite event of mine because I have fond memories of dressage shows at Longview long ago when I was afraid to jump. Jessica Ptak and Kaycee won the Preliminary at Mill Creek while Kylene Sevigny and Flagmount’s Lookin’ Blue wasn’t looking blue at all with a blue win in the Novice division. [Mill Creek Scores]
Jennifer Lyford and Grey Expectations won the Preliminary division at King Oak adding just a bit of time to their dressage score. Another notable win was Erin Langan and Blue Collar Dollar leading from start to finish on their dressage score of 28.7. [King Oak Scores]
There’s a horse in the eventing world with his own Facebook page. Perhaps you’ve heard of him? He’s only just amazing. His name is Neville. If you’re not a fan, not only is it bad EN karma, you’re going to get coal in your stocking this winter. [Neville is sexy and you know it]
Did you call your mother yesterday at least?! Well these horsemen and women know where their bread is buttered, and none of us would be where we are without our dear old mums. See what Sinead, Emily and Jeff Beshear, Steph R-B, Rebecca Howard, and a slew of others have to say about their mothers on Monther’s Day. [Word toRespect your mother]
Vote for Christina and Bejamin! We’re lovers not fighters here, EN, am I right? Christina and Benjamin are getting married next summer and have entered a contest for free wedding photos. Who are we to deny our fellow horsemen and women? Vote, EN, and support the eventing community! [Love is in the photos]
Megan Moore of Team CEO eventing was hoping to take The Grasshopper to Jersey this weekend, but unfortunately, his untimely passing at Pine Top this year meant she rerouted six others to Winona HT in Ohio. It was a successful weekend for her and her horses even though the results might have looked slightly different on paper. [Team CEO blog]
Equisearch’s Nancy Jaffer wrote a great recap of Jersey Fresh complete with audio. She leaves no stone unturned from interviewing Connor Husain about his pink ribbon to Karen O’Connor about Mr. Medicott’s show jumping bit. [Equisearch]
Boyd blogs about Jersey Fresh over the weekend. The late Colin Davidson’s Crackerjack won the CCI2*, and Trading Aces jumped clear to move in to fourth. His student and EN favorite, Caitlin Silliman was 9th in the CIC3*, her first. Congratulations to the entire Boyd Martin team! [Boyd’s blog]
Phillip talks about how honored he is to be part of such a talented horse in Mystery Whisper. It’s a relief for the pair to be qualified for London and the win was just icing on the cake. Sinead also said she made minute mistakes over the weekend, but fortunately, they are mistakes she can fix. Selena O’Hanlon and Colombo jumped clear in the CCI3*, but had time. She explains that the horse doesn’t owe her anything. He’s happy, sounder than ever, and even if it was their last competition she would be happy. [USEA]
The USEA recapped the 2* divisions at Jersey in a separate post. They quote Boyd, “Winning any three-day event is a huge high for me.” Doesn’t matter if it’s a 1, 2, or 3 star event. Boyd gives the horses his complete focus. Boyd compared his CCI2* winner Crackerjack to Neville, in that they’re both “energetic athletes”. [USEA]
Jessica Bortner-Harris is selling some pretty awesome t-shirts to help fund her and Bugger’s trip to Bromont. You may have read her several awesome posts here on EN, the last of which was Learning to Laugh. [Go Jessica!]
Well that’s all I have at the moment Eventing Nation! have a great one and Go Eventing.
