Awesome photo of Jessica Springsteen via Raphael Macek Photography FB Page
I know, I know, it’s Tuesday, which isn’t my usual day, and you’re worried that the chinchillas got all mixed up over the weekend and drank too many Irish car bombs and messed up the days of the week! Fear not, dear readers, I’m simply filling in for Wylie, who is the first victim of the winter flu here at EN headquarters. However, speaking of chinchillas, I did send them her way with some chicken noodle soup, and I’m just hoping they didn’t eat all of it and/or get horribly lost in the night.
The Professional Riders Organization is very pleased to announce that Emma Ford, long time head groom for Phillip Dutton, has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Liz Cochran Memorial Groom’s Award. Emma will be honored December 7 at the PRO Awards Reception at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, the site of the 2012 USEA Convention. Emma will receive an engraved silver bowl; a $5,000 cash award and PRO will donate $500 to a cancer charity of Emma’s choice in memory of Liz Cochran. [Emma Ford Wins PRO Groom’s Award]
Densey Juvonen has been selected as the recipient of the PRO 2012 As You Like It Owner’s Award. Mrs. Juvonen has been involved in the sport of eventing on and off for about twenty years. She is an avid foxhunter and in the last five years has greatly influenced the career of Boyd Martin by supporting his syndications of Neville Bardos, Otis Barbotiere, HH Lancaster and Trading Aces. Mrs. Juvonen also owns Remington XXV, formerly ridden by Boyd Martin and now campaigned by Caitlin Silliman. She will receive a Waterford Crystal Trophy and $5,000 in prize money that shall be donated in her name to any PRO Tour event of her choice. [Densey Juvonen Wins PRO Owner’s Award]
Just as we are all snuggling up in our winter down jackets, New Zealanders are preparing for a CCI3*. This weekend features the Puhinui Horse Trials in Auckland, where riders like Donna Smith, Clarke Johnstone and Heelan Tompkins will be vying for the prize. [NZ’s Next Olympians Prepare for Auckland]
Three lucky little girls and their parents have been chosen to take their Friesians and participate in the filming of the next Hunger Games movie. The Paagman family is from Toby Benches in Canada, and they are well known for their beautiful homebred Freisian horses. Nine of their horses will feature in the second film, Catching Fire. “We are really proud that citizens and horses from the valley are participating in the biggest movie of 2013,” said Gerard Paagman, the father of the family. “When the phone rang, we asked the kids what the Hunger Games are? They started jumping and screaming.” [Canadian Family to Feature in Hunger Games]
British Paralympians, including riders Natasha Baker and Debbie Criddle, are hoping for a Christmas pop hit for 2012 with their version of Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors”. The athletes joined the British Paraorchestra and The Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf & Hearing Children for the single. The British Paraorchestra is the world’s first ensemble of professional disabled musicians and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games. Proceeds from sales of True Colors will go towards supporting the Paralympics GB team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, and to fund the The Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf & Hearing Children and The British Paraorchestra. Click here for a super cool song and a really great video! [Paralympians Hope For Christmas Pop Sensation]
Need a laugh? Seeking a break in your day? Look no further! I call this page, “Horses Got Talent”, which is a terrible pun on a terrible show of people who are mostly talentless. Anyhoo…..this is a collection of videos of horses doing hilarious and quirky things on camera for the amusement of their humans. Featuring a miniature “house horse”, an artistic horse, and lots of horses helping around the barn with various tools. [Horses Got Talent]
For your bizarre video of the day, we have a horse selling nail polish, and dancing like nobody’s business. (Thanks for the tip, Horse First!)
