Many thanks to Jess Montgomery for a brief update:
Hello from the still sunny Netherlands!
All is well here. With the riders having arrived on Monday morning, the horses are starting to feel a sense of normalcy being able to work and burn off some of their pent up energy from the travel. I hate to even mention it for fear that the skies will just open up but we have yet to see a drop of rain. Hopefully that doesn’t mean it’s storing it for the weekend! The other competitors have started to arrive so the atmosphere is building. I can’t say enough about the hospitality here. The stable manager Frans has gone above and beyond the call of duty to make sure we have no wants for anything. The above picture is of the invite to the “stabling party” tonight. It is apparently legendary and we are as a group both curious and a little leery. I’m fairly certain we do NOT party quite like these guys and with the competition starting Thursday, there is no time for my mandatory 72 hour recovery from a big night. There are 113 horses total in the CCI 3 Star. Phillip, as our team captain just drew for us and the US will being going 5th out of 18 countries that will be competing. More updates tomorrow after the jog at 1:30!
Jess
Who knew Jon Holling’s favorite song was “Call Me Maybe?”
Thanks to Jackie Imholte for the video!
