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Pierre Colin, George Wintersteen, Will Coleman and Boyd Martin looking chipper at Palmetto Country Club. From the USEF Eventing High Performance Facebook page.
Despite yesterday’s cold, blustery, drizzly conditions, participants in the High Performance Owners Day sucked it up like champs for a day of golfing in Aiken. The weather is not looking much more promising for today’s training sessions (100% chance of rain), but the venue at Stable View Farm is blessedly a lovely covered arena. Once again, auditors are welcome; click here for detailed driving directions (do NOT follow your GPS). The day’s schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Feb. 26 – Dressage
8:00 AM: Allison Springer/Copycat Chloe
8:45 AM: Phillip Dutton/Mighty Nice
9:30 AM: Phillip Dutton/Fernhill Eagle
10:15 AM: Jennie Brannigan/Cambalda
11:00 AM: Boyd Martin/Master Frisky
11:45 AM: Boyd Martin/Trading Aces
12:30 PM: Lunch Break
1:00 PM: Doug Payne/Crown Talisman
1:45 PM: Emily Beshear/Here’s To You
2:30 PM: Erin Sylvester/No Boundaries
3:15 PM: Holly Payne/Santino
4:00 PM: Will Faudree/Andromaque
4:45 PM: Susan Beebee/Wolf
Events Opening Today: Plantation Field H.T. (A-2, PA), Ocala Horse Properties International 3-Day Event (A-3, FL), FENCE H.T. (A-3, SC), Pine Hill Spring H.T. (A-5, TX), Twin Rivers Spring Three-day Event & H.T. (A-6, CA), St. Johns H.T. (A-10, AZ)
Events Closing Today: Pine Top Spring H.T. (A-3, GA), Feather Creek Farm H.T. (A-5, OK), Copper Meadows H.T. (A-6, CA)
Under Construction: Texas Rose Horse Park’s cross-country course has been undergoing a facelift in preparation for its new role as host of American Eventing Championships for 2013-2015. Course designers Mark Phillips and Carsten Meyer have been working with Dan Starck and his team to construct an Advanced course as well as build new fences for every level. The new jumps will debut at the spring event to be held March 30-31, featuring Beginner Novice through Advanced divisions. [USEA]
Florida EHV-1 Update: No new cases of EHV-1 have been detected at HITS Ocala after the discovery of an infected horse last week. That horse continues to do well at the University of Florida vet hospital in Gainesville. One tent at HITS remains under quarantine and exhibitors are urged to take bio-security measures, including a daily temperature-check schedule. There are no restrictions on horses coming or going from the show grounds or over Florida state borders. [HITS] Horse owners are invited to a free evening seminar on EHV hosted by UF veterinarians and representatives from the Florida Division of Animal Industry, to be held in Ocala’s Marion County Extension Auditorium this eventing at 6 p.m. [UF]
Horse Show Cliff Notes: We look forward to Molly Sorge’s weekend roundups each Monday in the Chronicle, featuring synopses of all the major competitions that took place over the weekend. Yesterday’s edition included results from HITS Ocala and Desert Circuit, WEF, the Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI in California, and Pine Top. [COTH]
Mystery Meatballs: IKEA is pulling meatballs from its shelves in Sweden after Czech authorities detected horsemeat in frozen meatballs that were labeled as beef and pork. [CBS]
Get Well Soon: 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra continues to improve after undergoing abdominal surgery following foaling complications. She was taken off IV fluids and nutrition over the weekend and her vets at Rood & Riddle sound positive about her progress. [Horse Talk NZ]
Best of the Blogs: Check out Kristen Schmolze’s recap of her weekend Pine Top, which included a 4th place finish in the Advanced-3 division on Ballylaffin Bracken. [Kristen Schmolze Eventing]
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