As Burghley draws closer, horses and riders are out for their final prep runs. This past weekend at Hartpury, Sinead Halpin gave Tate a nice run for his preparation. The CIC*** was a large division and Sinead and Tate found themselves holding down 11th place. With one down in the show jumping and only eight time penalties cross country, Sinead will be feeling confident in her lead up to Burghley. Now it’s time for all the never ending “fine tuning.”
Will Coleman was also competing. He retired on the cross country. However, rumor has it he was happy with his ride so I am guessing he pulled up on purpose. Several sources say the ground was hard. Will knows his horse best so it is quite possible he jumped a few fences to have a little prep and then pulled up before too much wear and tear. Julian Stiller was also there. After a bit of a disappointing show jumping, she had a good cross country.
Stay tuned to EN as we creep closer and closer to the fall season. Burghley is just around the corner as well as many other events. Hopefully that means colder weather is too! [Hartpury Results]
In case you missed your friends Facebook updates about their weekend events…
The Summer Event at Woodside (CA) [Scores]
Otter Creek (WI) [Scores]
Waredaca (MD) [Scores]
Colorado Horse Park [Scores]
GMHA Hose Trials (VT) [Scores]
Hartpury CCI3* (England) [Scores]
Kitty King was out at Hartpury in her final run before Burghley. After scoring a 48 in the indoor ring, Kitty was little disappointed. She felt as though High Havoc lacked his normal big expression. However, she did have a lovely double clear show jumping and clean cross country to finish 3rd in the CIC***. On to Burghley for her as well. [Kitty King]
Andrew Nicholson pulled an impressive win as well. He will be a serious man to watch at Burghley. No surprise though.
As you saw in Ali’s Otter Creek update, Julie Wolfert had a good weekend at Otter. With two horses in the Intermediate and one lower level horse, she was busy, busy. However, despite her busy weekend, Julie was still able to cheer on her brother (from a distance) as he went 2 for 2 in field goals and scored an extra point in the Cleveland Browns football game Saturday night (pre-season). The Wolfert family is one seriously athletic family and I wish Julie the best of luck at Richland! Go Browns.
Zara Philips said she finds it a little weird adjusting to married life. Outside of the sporting world she is called Mrs. Tindall which is taking some adjusting to. Zara also shares that while she would love to have children, she will encourage them to pick up a different sport. She admits that she doesn’t enjoy Eventing during January and hopes that her kids will do a sport that involves less mud and outdoors. Should be interesting to see what happens. [Zara Jokes]
We can always use ways to make our barns safer. And while most of us probably just assume our barn is safe, it is never a bad idea to double check. The Horse has put out a nice list of tips for helping you make sure your barn is safe and lowering your potential hazard level. The article helps you to fix things like crossed wires or where to put up your hay. We can never be too safe. Check these tips out and then head into that barn for some double checking. [Quick Tips]
It’s getting time for the annual Burghley course walk. As always, there are some seriously intimidating fences. In case you missed it in the Sunday Links post take a walk around. And if you’ve already walked once, walk again. I hear the more you walk, the smaller they look. [Burghley Course Walk]
Here from the big guns as they talk about the build up to Burghley (from 2010).
Settle in to your seats folks. The fall season is looming closer. And with the fall comes, cold weather, football, and a few really awesome horse trials! Go Eventing.
