The USEF just announced in a short press release that Lainey Ashker was added to the developing rider list yesterday. The press release doesn’t offer any explanation for adding Lainey or why she was not included in the original Summer 2011 Training Lists released last week, and I haven’t heard an explanation. Lainey had a 51.5 on the flat, one rail, and one stupid stop at Rolex this spring, which probably should have put her on the developing rider list originally. As a follow up on another hotly debated rider, Andrea Leatherman’s Jersey CCI3* winning horse Mensa was sold earlier this week. It’s another travel day for me, so Samantha and Annie have things under control for the rest of the day.
