From now until the end of November we won’t have a light weekend of eventing here in the US. We have an action packed weekend with several events that are close to my heart, so let’s jump right in, and we’ll end with a quick look at events overseas.
The Summer Event at Woodside (CA) [Times/Scores] — The one advanced event in the US this weekend has already started with the dressage today at Woodside in California. Alexandra Slusher and Last Call were last mentioned on EN for withdrawing from the Pan American short list and instead targeting Boekelo. Today they are leading the 7 horse Woodside advanced division with a 33 on the flat. Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin & Juice are in second on a 34 in what is likely their last competition before Burghley. John Michael Durr and Warrick are in 3rd and Canada’s recently short listed pair James Atkinson and Gustav are 4th. As a public service announcement, volunteers are still needed at Woodside, click here for details.
Otter Creek (WI) [Live Scores] — Otter Creek started this morning with the dressage, and scores are still coming in for a few divisions. My good friend, Julie Wolfert is first and second in the four-horse open intermediate, and Bernard Morauw and *Erin Lehman are leading the open prelim. You can read much more about Otter creek in Ali’s pose from earlier this week here.
Hunters Run HT (MI) [Ride Times] — Hunters Run Farm doesn’t have any live scoring this weekend, but that won’t stop us from showing them some EN love. When I was growing up and falling off with startling regularity competing in Michigan, Hunters Run was one of the two best events of the year along with Richland Park. Hunters Run has beginner novice through intermediate with a lot of riders from Area VIII and beyond making the trip to the great event.
Waredaca (MD) [Live Scores] — Waredaca is a staple of Area II eventing and their August event starts on Saturday. The WEG pair Steph Rhodes-Bosch and Port Authority are the marquee name in the open intermediate division. Sally Cousins has two in the OI and what do you want to bet that she will win if she does the full event rather than a combined test?
Colorado Horse Park [Live Scores, Website] — The Colorado one day runs on Sunday. It’s expected to be a hot weekend in Colorado with thunderstorms predicted both Saturday and Sunday.
GMHA Hose Trials (VT) [Times/Scores] — The GMHA training and novice three-days ran this past week. If you missed our coverage, you can get caught up on the scores here. The beginner novice through preliminary horse trials starts on Saturday.
Ok, let’s jump across the pond for few quick notes…
Sinead Halpin, Will Colemand, and Will Faudree are all competing their Burghley horses at Hartpury in England this weekend. Twizzel scored a 49.4, Andromaque scored 54.6, and Manoir de Carneville scored 52.7 in the dressage on Friday. Pawlow scored a 51.7 today, although he is headed to Blenheim instead of Burghley. Scroll down for Samantha’s chat with Will Faudree we posted earlier today.
[CIC3* Section C Scores, CIC3* Section D Scores]
Julian Stiller competed at the Aston-le-Walls one-day this week on her new horse Charlie Weld, who was probably the best 4* prospect horse in Germany, maybe Europe, when she bought it a few weeks ago from Kai Ruder. They finished the OI with a 34 in the dressage and 14 time penalties for a good first run together.
Good luck to all of the competitors this weekend and go eventing.
