Greetings Eventing Nation and welcome to Sunday. I have an agreement with our EN Team that is somewhat similar to a deal I make with my horses: when things go right the glory is theirs, and when things go wrong I’ll take the heat and watch their back–which usually means getting some pretty interesting emails and phone calls. But, I think what we learned yesterday is that all of Eventing Nation has their back. Thus far, Eventing Nation has flooded Robert’s post about Coren with 27 comments, which you can read here. I suppose the most surprising thing for me is the malace that Robert has showed, both in the initial post by directly addressing Coren and the now infamous line that “Apparently Coren Morgan, who writes for the site, Eventing Nation, has not received the memo that I’m a very good multi-tasker,” and in his several responses to commenters.
Coren is en route this weekend to her home for the holidays, but I spoke with her yesterday and I joked that I was jealous that Robert singled her out. After all, how many times does someone get the chance to be featured on Dover’s World, whether for good or ill? Here’s to hoping we can move the dialogue away from Robert’s multi-tasking skills and onto the issue of safety. Now for some Sunday morning links…
A Missouri man has dedicated his life to helping troubled youth through horses
You can text the USEF with your vote for America’s favorite equestrian
Nancy Jaffer writes that age is no barrier in eventing
The huge Olympia horse show is underway
The UK boasts two new evening venues for 2011
We’ll have much more later today, and, until then, go eventing.
