I got a text from EN’s good friend and Canadian team rider Kyle Carter this morning that the beautiful Trista Carter was born this morning at 6:46am at 8 pounds 9 ounces. Jen and Trista are in good spirits, if a little tired. If you’ve been out and about eventing this spring in the south east, you have surely seen Jen walking around very pregnant and I’m glad to hear that everything went so well. Jen and Kyle have been friends of mine for almost as long as I have been eventing and there couldn’t be a nicer family in eventing. Congrats to the Carters!
The question I always ask new eventing parents is whether they want their kid to grow up and be an eventer. I joke in complete seriousness that my kids are going to play soccer and I won’t let them near a barn. The stress of eventing parents watching their kids gallop around cross-country is always 10 times worse than the nervousness that kid is feeling. I have no idea how eventing parents do it.
It’s a quiet day around the EN compound as everyone recovers from the weekend at The Fork and some of us recover from dismounting a motorbike going 15 miles an hour backwards Sunday afternoon. It’s ok, I cushioned my fall with my upper back and head. Go eventing.
