Trailering is different at events in the Czech Republic
Good morning Eventing Nation! It’s a calm day for eventing as we await the start of Luhmuhlen on Wednesday, but nonetheless we have a busy day of Eventing Nation posts planned. Here are a few quick news and notes to start the day off right…
—HRTV will air Badminton 2011 replay coverage for 5 hours today starting at 1:00pm ET time today via Horse and Country TV, which is based in the UK. Of course, you have to have the HRTV channel and many traditional cable packages don’t. But if you do have HRTV, break out the DVR or tune in during the day. [HRTV]
–Annie can breathe easier for her links post six weeks from this Saturday because only two USEA events open today–the Stonleigh-Burnham Horse Trials in Massachusetts and the Horse Park of New Jersey horse trials. Everyone else will be riding at 4:30am and sitting by the AC for the rest of the day at the end of July.
–Monty Roberts has received a personal honor from the Queen of England for his services to the Royal Family’s horses since Monty first brought the queen to tears by taming her wildest horse in 1989. I have been a big fan of Monty Roberts since my childhood. If you read EN, you know that I get pretty critical of people who make millions of dollars creating expensive ways to sell very simple natural horsemanship techniques to horse people, and in a strange twist of fate, Eventing Nation might have produced the most watched Parelli video in history. But I have always respected Monty Roberts as the person who brought natural horsemanship–much of which is very useful and conducive to a better relationship between people and their horses–into the mainstream of horse culture. [H&C]
–Zara Phillips has had a lot of trouble finding her way back to the top of eventing after she had such a spectacular career with Toytown. I am convinced that all eventers go through droughts in their careers where nothing seems to go right–the horses that don’t go lame start quitting and the ones that don’t start quitting have to be sold, or something like that. Zara told Sporting Life that she still is very much trying to make the Olympic team, but she still has to qualify with her top horse right now, High Kingdom. Zara isn’t the easiest eventer to root for, but I am rooting for her on her quest to get back to the top of eventing. [SportingLife.com]
–The best blogs are made when interesting people do interesting things and then write about them. Well, one such example is The Blithe Traveler blog, where horse person Ellen Broadhurst is traveling the world with her family and blogging about it. Last weekend Ellen attended a horse trials in the Czech Republic and you can read all about her experience, which includes some classic photos, here.
–The summer heat has arrived in full force here in the US and it is certainly becoming a factor at horse trials. Life At Windchase blogs about riding in the heat a Rubicon this weekend. [Life at Windchase]
—Best of the Blogs: Success at Bromont for Emily Beshear
Your news and notes video for today shows a famous save by Karen O’Connor:
Tha’s all for now. I’ll have the helm at Eventing Nation throughout the day or until the chinchillas’ mutiny. As always, wherever you might be, thanks for making Eventing Nation part of your day. Stay classy EN.
