Aisling Carrol and Fluff from Louisville took the lead in the Richland Training Rider C division
Richland Park: To give you a feel for how busy today was at Richland, there are 7 preliminary divisions, 8 training divisions, and 7 novice divisions. All four arenas here at Richland were busy non-stop and the warmup arena was a whirlwind.
I spent a few hours watching the dressage in the afternoon and there was a good mix of riders in terms of talent level. I have to say that I think the quality of horses here at Richland is right up there with what you would see at big events throughout the country.
Two other events with live scores from today: [Stanton Farms scores, Shepherd Ranch scores] Hurricane Irene is on the way and hopefully the rest of the east coast events will find a way to safely compete this weekend.
Burghley: Injuries in the last two weeks before four-starts are both a reality of eventing and completely heartbreaking. Most everyone reading this has gotten bad news from vets and we all know how it feels. I said it earlier today, but just thinking about what it must have felt to get bad news so close to Burghley for Will and Nat and their entire team breaks my heart. The great news is Andromaque is a fabulous horse and I can’t wait to see her back in action.
European Championships: Looking at the Europeans, there’s really no way to overstate what the Germans did on Thursday and Friday in the dressage. I’m not sure, but I would be willing to bet no team in the history of international competitions has ever finished the dressage phase with a team score under 100 points. They are sitting on a staggering 98.7 for their top 3 riders going into the cross-country. We’ll see how the weekend plays out, but I still definitely would not count Great Britain out. I have heard Luhmuhlen got a huge thunderstorm tonight so I hope everything is fine at the show grounds.
Here’s what 30.0 looks like:
Go eventing.
