Photo via Spring Bay Horse Trials on Facebook.
Yesterday, we highlighted FENCE Horse Trials in Tryon, NC, in danger of cancellation due to low entries for its April 11-12 event. Today, it’s Spring Bay Horse Trials’ turn for a spotlight, as they are also seeking entries for their Kentucky event the same weekend (April 11-12).
The Spring Bay Horse Trails are held yearly at the Kentucky Horse Park and at nearby Masterson Station Park in Lexington, Kentucky (Area VIII), offering Starter through Preliminary levels. And how many times do you have the chance to ride across the famous Kentucky bluegrass?
Want to know what to expect on cross country? Organizer Mary Fike, who wears many hats like all of us in this sport, is the course designer for this phase, and the Omnibus listing describes the courses as such:
All courses: Good early season or beginning of the year courses for horses at their established level; M/T not move-up courses for timid horses with no experience at their new level. N-Tadpole are very straight forward. M/N some hills; Starter- Tadpole relatively flat terrain. All on good grass. Expect water, ditches and combinations appropriate for the level on each course except Tadpole.
Entries for Spring Bay close on Tuesday, March 24. You can view more in the Omnibus listing here.
Have an event in need of entries or other help? Tip us by emailing [email protected], and we’ll do our best to give you a shout in News & Notes. Many thanks to Erin Murphy for this tip! Want to learn more about local events all over the country? Don’t miss out on the USEA’s series, Events A-Z!
Major International Events This Weekend
Military Montelibretti (ITA): [Website] [Schedule] [Entries] [Scoring] [CrossCountry App XC Map]
Capel Horse & Pony Club CCI (AUS): [Website] [Schedule] [Entries/Ride Times] [CrossCountry App XC Map]
Tamborine Equestrian ODE (AUS): [Website] [Schedule/Entries] [CrossCountry App XC Map]
US Events This Weekend
Ocala Winter II (FL): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Ram Tap National HT (CA): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Pine Top Spring HT (GA): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Links & Reading
- It’s getting down to the wire! Entries for our Horse Heroes contest with Five Star Eventing Tours to send YOU to this year’s Defender Burghley close tomorrow (March 15)!
- Equestrian Sports in the New York Times: In Show Jumping, Course Designers Challenge Horses and Riders
- AAEP Publishes Field Diagnostic Guidelines for Equine Infectious Abortion
- Nearly 150 Jumpers Evacuated From Qatar Have Landed In Belgium
- Diamond Dog Shines Bright as USEA Preliminary 6-Year-Old Horse of the Year
- How the right mindset can make all the difference when stepping up a level
Training Tip of the Day
“Bad behavior” isn’t just coming from the horse (and sometimes, it isn’t at all) or the rider. In this video ahead of her Banish Bad Behavior Bootcamp, Lucinda Green offers up some perspective:
Go Eventing
We’re quite enjoying picturing Chin Tonic HS rolling up to Kentucky in this:
