Eventing Nation has arrived in force at Millbrook horse trials this weekend. The road to the WEGs runs through Millbrook, and Millbrook will have the largest concentration of US and Canadian short listed horses until Richland, the AECs, and then finally the WEGs. US Team dressage coach Oded Shimoni will be working with the short listers this weekend by giving them lessons and practicing their big-league warmup routines.
By now you all know the drill–I don’t write about my own riding, but I will break that rule for just a moment to say that this will be an interesting weekend on Eventing Nation because most of my energies will be focused on my riding. Annie, a member of Team OCET and a very smart young rider, is also at Millbrook this weekend and has generously offered to provide Eventing Nation with regular updates. Please be on your best behavior everyone and be sure to thank Annie for her hard work by clicking the ‘like’ button on her posts.
If there should be any breaking news, such as if I break my face in, I’m sure a reader will post a comment about it from their IPhone as it happens, and Annie, another member of the EN Team, or I will have more details soon thereafter. As always, I know the COTH Forum crew will have our back and have the latest news there as well.
Perhaps best of all, this weekend we will have a fabulous mini-series from JER about her recent pentathlon experience. The story is divided into five parts, with the first post on Thursday, and we will have one post per day through the weekend.
Now, here’s Annie’s quick Millbrook preview. Thanks for writing this Annie, and thank you for reading.
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From Annie:
I am new to this whole event reporting thing, but I guess I should try reporting like our fearless leader.
So…Boyd Martin is awesome. The end.
But seriously, Millbrook Horse Trials are taking place this weekend in New York, running Beginner Novice thru Advanced with huge entry list. The Advanced Dressage is set to start on Thursday, and a few novice and training level divisions are running on Thursday as well.
The weather should be relatively nice, with a chance of rain throughout the entire weekend.
We have several potential WEG horses to watch this weekend in My Boy Bobby, Ballynoecastle RM, Last Monarch, Connaught, Neville Bardos, as well as several Canadian short listers such as Colombo. These horses are mainly here for the dressage and showjumping practice, and I would imagine they will all have relatively quiet cross country rounds. The Richland Park CIC 3* is taking place at the end of August, and the AEC at Chattahoochie Hills in early September will be when these horses show their top form.
More soon. –Annie
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Other Events this weekend from John:
USPC Midwest Championships: Website
River Glen (TN): Homepage
Hunters Run (MI): Homepage
Area VII YR Benefit HT (WA): Times/Scores
Fair Hill (MD): Live Scores
Snowfields HT (ME): Times/Scores
Silverwood Farm HT (WI): Website
Rocky Mountain HT (CO): Website
The only comment that I have to these is to give a big shout-out to Hunters Run, which is one of the best events in Michigan. The crew there does an awesome job and the course is one of my favorites. I told the story once about how I got eliminated when I just started eventing for taking my whip into the dressage arena–that was at Hunters Run. Live and learn and go eventing.
