I confirmed something yesterday that I always thought was true. Men ALWAYS know where they are going. After a long day at Maryland HT on Saturday, Sunday came with a big welcome. Working only a half day, there was time for the river in the afternoon. So me, two other females, and two males set off for the James River in Scottsville, VA. Now, this is a popular place to go and one male claimed to know EXACTLY what he was doing. We parked a car at the start and the other at the claimed finish. Five hours later and nearing dark, we had not come to our finish car. After walking on land and water (literally) we finally found our car. Mind you it is now 9pm and mostly dark. There was a lot of frustration, some language that the chinchillas would never be allowed to hear, and a lot of bruises. But we made it. Lesson learned? Never, ever, ever let a man tell you the directions.
I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I saw Annie at Maryland on Saturday. She had two fuzzy chinchillas in tow. Hopefully everyone that was there saw them!
In case you took a weekend trip to Fuji, here are the results from the weekend:
Chattahoochee Hills H.T. [Live scores]
Maryland H.T. [Live scores]
35th WIPC H.T. [Live scores]
Powder Basin H.T. [Live scores]
Genesee Valley Hunt H.T. [Live scores]
Coconino Summer H.T. [Live scores]
University of New Hampshire Summer H.T. [Live scores]
Wayne DuPage H.T. [Live scores]
Hackamore Farm Mini Trial [Live scores]
Cobblestone Farm H.T. [website]
Please notes that John will be in the air most of today. This means everyone should bombard him with emails so he can be completely overwhelmed when he gets back. I wonder if he is going to come back from the UK with a fake accent in attempt to impress us with his new found wisdom.
Boyd Martin has written a lovely tribute to his father. The entire EN team wishes Boyd well as he mourns the loss of his wonderful father. The tribute includes a slide show of pictures that illustrate what a wonderful man Ross Martin was.
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The British press act completely ridiculous when stating the Zara Philip’s soon to be husband is dressed to casual for Barbury. Mike Tindall, who was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, was considered to be under dressed for the occasion. I don’t know about you, but last time I checked with the eventing fashion police, jeans and t-shirts were more than appropriate. I guess the press just needed something to write about.
Once again, British Young Riders are the object of jealously. There are two opportunities for them to receive free training. If only the US had more programs to help young riders….
Caitlin Ziegler became the youngest rider ever to win in the international ring at Spruce Meadows. Ziegler won the 1.50 meter $31,000 cup last Thursday. This is a huge win for anyone but especially huge for an up and coming young rider.
Rumor has it there was more bareback jumping at Barbury today. I hear Paul Taupner even took his shirt off. I would like to know why John hasn’t posted about this. It might be the most important part of Barbury!
Some 2010 Barbury excitement…
