Sally Spickard is a Korean adoptee living in San Diego, California. Sally joined the Eventing Nation team in 2013 and has subsequently written for Noelle Floyd, Heels Down Mag, and other publications both in and out of the equestrian world. Sally is an eventing fan through and through and enjoys telling the stories of riders who are not well-represented within equestrian media.
We spend a lot of time talking about the results from recognized events each week, but let’s not forget about the spectacular schooling show opportunities that also exist as an additional way to experience eventing! Whether you’re looking for miles for a young horse, you’re new to the sport of eventing and want to try something new in a fun environment, or you simply don’t feel like or have the hundreds of dollars needed for showing at the recognized level, schooling shows like Stable View’s Eventing Academy are designed for every horse and rider.
The Stable View Eventing Academy is held periodically in Aiken, Sc. and features a flagged schooling day with rings and the cross country course available for practice on the first day, followed by a three-phase unrecognized show the second day. Participants can choose to just come and practice, or they can stay for the entire weekend and make it an experience. The price tag on the whole shebang? $70 for cross country schooling and $150 for the three-phase schooling horse trials. Pony Club members also receive a discount on their Eventing Academy entry.
Stable View has just wrapped up its July Eventing Academy, and you can view the results here. The next Eventing Academy is lined up for August 7 and 8, and you can learn more about the series and fill out your entry form here.
Let’s take a look around social media from a fun weekend in Aiken! Go Eventing.
Christopher Six and Totem de Brecey. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
The French team will call up its original traveling reserve, Christopher Six and, to join the Tokyo team after Thibaut Vallette’s ride Qing du Brio sustained a bone bruise in one of his feet. The traveling reserve for France will now be Karim Lagouagh and Triton Fontaine.
Thibaut posted the following statement on his social media (please forgive any translation errors, as this text is translated from French):
“Qing has a slight tenderness in one foot. For the team and out of respect for Qing, we cannot take the risk of going to the Games with a horse that is not at 100% of its capacity.
It’s a big disappointment, finishing on this Olympic deadline for our 6th selection would have been a great end of career for this horse with an extraordinary course. We will take care of him.
I leave my place to a great teammate, Christo who deserves to go and defend the colors of France 🇫🇷”
The long trip to Tokyo is well underway for most of the horses and riders competing at the postponed 2020 Olympics, and our North American contingent of horses has safely arrived at CHIO Aachen on the westernmost side of Germany. Here, the horses, grooms and riders will stay in pre-export quarantine before catching one last flight to Tokyo on July 20.
While the riders and support teams aren’t on a full lockdown in Germany, Doug Payne’s groom Courtney Carson tells us that social distancing and Covid protocols are very much in play. The venue itself and the stabling is locked down to public access, granting entry only to credentialed personnel. Covid testing is also being done every two days. Some of the riders have already arrived, with the rest scheduled to trickle in over the coming days (riders like Doug, who is squeezing in some FEI show jumping before he goes, no biggie).
Let’s take a look at some of the arrival social media from Germany! We’ll continue to round up social media posts and other perspectives from the road to Tokyo, so stay tuned right here on EN for all things Olympics.
It’s a story that’s all at once familiar and unique: the one of how we catch that thing often dubbed the “eventing bug”. A story that I, frankly, never tire of hearing. It’s early evening on the East coast, and Helen, who has just been named the first ever recipient of the Strides for Equality/USEA Foundation Ever So Sweet Scholarship, and I have spent the first moments of our phone call making small talk about our shared love of the sport and how we first came to know it.
“Groton House,” she recalls, naming a popular Area I event in Massachusetts as the site of her first eventing experience when she was in high school. “My trainer piled us all in the car and off we went. My first reaction was, ‘whoa, this is insane!’. David O’Connor was just a few years away from winning an Olympic medal, and he happened to be there coaching. That was my first introduction.”
Helen wouldn’t label her upbringing as horse-adjacent – “I was just a random crazy horse kid,” she describes – her parents would humor her budding interest in horses with some riding school lessons, but until she moved to Boston with her mother during high school she didn’t have any consistent saddle time. At school, Helen met a friend who also rode, leading her to a new barn and more time around the horses. And it would be here that Helen would eventually begin to zero in on eventing as her sport of choice.
But though the bug bites us all fairly early on in life, there often comes an intermission full of things like school, finding a job, making money. So it would be several more years before Helen could make some real progress with her riding. It was serendipitous, then, that she found herself moving to Maryland – the most horse-centric locale she’d called home thus far – after finishing college in Washington, DC.
Helen Casteel and Unapproachable at the 2019 American Eventing Championships. Photo by Shannon Brinkman.
“I found Woodland Horse Center, which offered a cool option to come and do a sort of intro lesson,” she explains. “Most of the people who sign up just want to go and get on a horse, but often they will get new regular clients from it.” She began taking lessons and eventually began working at the school as a beginner instructor in exchange for continued coaching.
“It sort of snowballed from there,” she laughs (again, another familiar sentiment shared amongst eventers) “And soon I was buying my first horse. After a few more years, I was ready to be in a more focused barn, so I moved to Waredaca.”
As she stepped into her new barn home at Waredaca as an instructor and barn manager, Helen also spent time working with the pony club based at the facility. It was through this connection that she would meet her next eventing partner, Unapproachable or “Abel”, as he’s known at home. Not much to look at in his post-racing letdown and a green six years old, Helen says she wasn’t blown away by this unassuming gelding, but the chance to ride him was something she jumped at. He was a bit of a “motherless child”, having been given to Waredaca by Dale Proctor at Pleasant Prospect Farm.
Little by little, Helen and Abel began to build a sort of accidental relationship: she needed to get in some practice and work on her training skills, and he needed a job.
“I kept riding Abel for about a year and then it was decision time, and he needed a home,” Helen says now. Those happily accidental past few months, it turned out, would bring Helen and Abel together for good – and they quickly took to eventing together. In 2016, the pair made their eventing debut at the Beginner Novice level and have since moved up to Novice, collecting achievements such as a top 10 finish in the 2018 Waredaca Novice Three-Day and a top 20 in the 2019 USEA American Eventing Championships Novice Rider Championship.
As the inaugural recipient of the Strides for Equality Ever So Sweet Scholarship, Helen will receive training from Sara and Brian Murphy at the Berryville, Va. facility. It’s an opportunity Helen plans to relish as she eyes a move up to Training level and the prospect of gaining valuable horse and barn management experience. Having worked with Stephanie Kohr at Waredaca, as well as many other instructors through the years, Helen is eager to build on the knowledge base she feels lucky to have acquired so far.
“It’s funny, when I got the email about the scholarship, I had to do a double take,” Helen laughs. “I read it and thought, ‘wait, what did that say?’ It’s really exciting and I can’t wait to get started with everything.”
Helen made the move to Virginia recently to begin her scholarship term in earnest. Her work as an insurance agent is something she can do remotely, making this opportunity all the more exciting as she expresses gratitude for the way things have fallen into place.
First Virginia hack: check! Photo courtesy of Helen Casteel.
“When you get exposed to horses and riding early, you never forget it,” she says. “I really came into the sport as a fully fledged adult with just basic riding experience. Now I’m more in a position to be out there doing more, and it’s all just worked out to be just right.”
That exposure and the impact of the mentors Helen’s had throughout her life is something she wants to pay forward. As one of the recipients of Eventing Nation’s $5,000 Diversity Scholarship in 2020, Helen wrote about the impact professional riders can have just by spending some time with outreach to riding schools and access programs. Her story could be one of many examples of riders who’ve caught the bug early on thanks to access provided by a riding school, who have gone on to become accomplished equestrians in their own right. All it takes, she says, is some proactive thinking – and this is something we can all play a role in. Opportunities like the Ever So Sweet Scholarship are just the start, with any hope.
“Kids that don’t have the means to event when they were young would always remember the sport and the people that gave them their time and may come back to it as adults,” Helen wrote in her essay. “Or they may be in a better position as adults so their children will be able to actively participate and be encouraged by a parent that grew up loving the sport.”
Reigning Olympic champion Michael Jung. Photo by FEI / Arnd Bronkhurst.
After reaching the final nomination deadline for entries, the FEI has consolidated all participants into a list of definite entries for the Tokyo Olympics, which commence on July 23. Tilly Berendt is hard at work prepping our Ultimate Guide to Tokyo 2020, which will be your dedicated hub for all things Olympics, but in the meantime you can check out all of the equestrian entries heading to Japan at this link. This will also be your scoring and schedule hub during the Games themselves.
To view the full list of eventing combinations, listed by Individual and Team designations, click here.
It’s time to hit the road (or, really in this case, the air)! As we speak, the North American contingent of horses and riders bound for the Tokyo Olympics is en route to their first stop at CHIO Aachen in western Germany.
Team USA’s horses left USET headquarters in Gladstone, Nj. this morning for JFK airport. They’ll fly with team vet Dr. Susan Johns and World Class Grooming’s Emma Ford on board. From there, the horses will fly to Liege Airport in Belgium and will reunite with the grooms who traveled ahead to prepare for the horses. After this quarantine period at Aachen, the horses will fly to Tokyo on July 20, giving them several days to acclimate before eventing competition begins on July 30.
We’ll be pulling social media posts for periodic round-ups from the Tokyo-bound riders, so stay tuned for much more! In the meantime, catch up with the riders and grooms, their last minute packing and travels below.
#roadtotokyo has begun. First thank you to @brookledgehorsevans for taking and loading equipment .. the US team don’t…
@always.on.cue loading up on the shipping pallet before boarding the flight to Germany, where the horses will quarantine at @chio_aachen Thank you @duttacorp for giving our horses wings!#boydmartineventing #roadtotokyo #TeamUSA
Although Tokyo 2020 organizing officials and Japanese authorities had previously expressed confidence that domestic spectators would be able to enjoy the upcoming Olympics at half venue capacity, that decision has now been reversed as Tokyo enters another declared state of emergency. This declaration will run from July 12 through August 22 and comes as coronavirus cases have seen another recent rise.
Latest Covid case data from JHU CSSE COVID-19 Data.
“Taking into consideration the effect of coronavirus variants and not to let the infections spread again to the rest of the nation, we need to strengthen our countermeasures,” Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters.
At this time, the uptick in cases and the new state of emergency has not affected the forward trajectory of the Games; indeed, athletes are already beginning to arrive in the country, with staff, media and other personnel arriving even earlier to begin their pre-competition quarantine. The U.S. eventing horses departed from USET headquarters in Gladstone, Nj. today bound for JFK airport to fly to Liege airport in Belgium ahead of the team’s pre-Olympic quarantine and training camp in Aachen, Germany. The team will then fly to Tokyo on July 20, where eventing competition begins on July 30.
As for the athletes and other Games stakeholders, including media members, the Tokyo organizing committee has released detailed Playbooks for each group with logistical steps that must be taken to reduce contact, conduct contact tracing and regular Covid testing, and otherwise be able to perform duties in as safe a manner as possible.
We’ll continue to keep you abreast of any changes coming out of Tokyo as we navigate the ever-changing circumstances.
Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice over the final fence. Photo by Jenni Autry.
It’s officially full Olympic fever mode over here at EN and to get our fix we went digging for some replays to rehash. We hit the gold mine today as we’ve found the replay of the cross country portion from the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – all five hours of it!
We can’t embed the video here, but the full cross country replay is available for streaming at no cost at this link.
Want to relive the Rio Olympics through our updates? Use this hub to take a walk down memory lane! And don’t forget to stay tuned right here on EN for much more to come from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. You can sign up to receive our Olympic Digest email each Monday and then daily beginning July 28 here.
We’re pleased to present a six-part column all about arena building and maintenance, presented in partnership with FutureTrack. In part one of the series, you can find an overview of factors to consider when deciding to build. In part two, learn about the importance of a solid foundation. Now in part three, we get into the topic of footing. To learn more about FutureTrack, visit futuretrackarenas.com.
Photo by Leslie Threlkeld
Q: What are some considerations to factor in when deciding on footing for your new arena?
So you’ve gotten to the mid-point of your arena construction project. Congratulations! You’ve now sussed out the location and foundation of your arena, now it’s time to pinpoint the footing you’ll lay on top of that beautiful new riding arena. Building a riding arena at your home or facility is a big project, but when done correctly the investment can pay off in more ways than one.
Footing is, of course, a huge piece of the arena building puzzle. With so many options now available, it’s a competitive market, making for a tough decision for even the most savvy property owner. Before deciding on the exact brand or type of footing, though, there are some factors to consider.
Consider Your Environment
Living in the dry dust in southern California and living in the humid and damp South are two completely different experiences, and this should play a role in your decision on arena footing. The amount of moisture your arena will see – from rainfall or other precipitation, humidity and other sources – will dictate whether or not you need a footing with more natural moisture retention or quicker evaporation properties.
Of course, mixing in fibers such as those found in FutureTrack’s proprietary blend, can be a strong option for many moisture scenarios. Fibers, when mixed with materials such as sand, can create a stronger base of footing that alleviates common issues with standalone footing (sand can cause tripping, wood chips can cause slipping, etc.).
What’s Your Discipline?
It’s commonly known that different disciplines prefer different types of footing. I once boarded at a barn that had once played host to reining and cutting horses, and the footing was the deepest I think I’ve ever seen. While this may have played well to those disciplines, it was difficult to feel ok jumping on such soft, deep surfaces.
Barns that plan to entice multiple disciplines deal with a unique challenge in terms of footing. A footing that has a good consistency can cater to a variety of disciplines without sacrificing footing integrity.
For jumping horses, a supportive footing base is important to both help give the horse an extra “oomph” over the fences (case in point, 2021 Land Rover Kentucky CCI5* winner Oliver Townend said that Ballaghmor Class, who had never jumped a CCI5* round on footing before, was jumping out of his skin on the groomed surface of Rolex Stadium) as well as to prevent soft-tissue injuries often hurried along by unstable or too-deep footing.
How Will You Maintain Your Arena?
Each type of footing also comes with its own unique variables when it comes to maintenance. Depending on the size of your operation, your budget and manpower, and the equipment you have available, maintaining an arena can require some logistical planning. Selecting a footing that has lower likelihood of clumping or holding in spots – so, basically, staying away from straight dirt or sand – can cut down on maintenance, though it’s still important to properly maintain the arena through watering and dragging.
Keeping an arena in top shape will require work no matter which way you flip the coin, but life can certainly be made much easier by selecting the footing that will last, that works for your area’s weather patterns and encourages horses to put their best hoof forward.
Of course, you can spend your last dime on the most expensive footing, but without a proper base and foundation you may as well throw the money straight into the garbage. Take your time and consult with professionals such as those at FutureTrack Footing when it comes time to make these decisions – they just may save you a lot of headaches down the road.
Coming next in this six-part series on arena building, what do you do when you’ve made a mistake somewhere along the way?
Did you know that FutureTrack Footing offers free estimates and full arena construction services in addition to high-quality fiber footing? Click here to learn more and request your quote.
We’re big fans of Kentucky Performance Products here at EN, and this month brings a great opportunity to snag some KPP swag and a hefty discount on product with The Horse That Matters To You Contest.
All you need to do is fill out this brief survey to provide your feedback on Kentucky Performance Products, and you’ll be entered to win one of multiple prizes. Each winner will receive:
20% off and free shipping for one year on one Kentucky Performance Products supplement of your choice (Note: This does not include Equi-Jewel®)
A KPP box of prizes, a custom leather halter, and a KPP Centaur® Turbo-Dry™ Sheet.
We are looking forward to following Helen Casteel, the first recipient of the Strides for Equality Ever So Sweet Scholarship, as she embarks on her adventure riding and working with Sara and Brian Murphy at their Berryville, Va. facility. I had the privilege of chatting with Helen a few weeks ago for a more in-depth story, so stay tuned for that coming soon right here to EN! Here’s to more opportunity and a seat at the table for all!
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Wednesday Reading List
If you want to win the dressage, Tamie Smith is a good person to enlist for help.This supremely helpful column from The Chronicle is rich with six tips for being competitive in everyone’s not-so-favorite phase.
If you ride a horse with any light colors, you know the struggle of keeping said horse clean. In Horse Nation‘s latest “work smarter, not harder” column from SmartPak, some tips on keeping that colorful horse looking squeaky clean.
Karl Slezak may love him some Nickelback, but he also loves a cute bay horse named Fernhill Wishes (hopefully more than he loves Nickelback). Get to know Karl and “Choc” and the journey they’ve been on together here.
Olympic Beat:
We’re eagerly awaiting the finalized entry list for Tokyo, nominations for which were due to each country’s respective Olympic committee and the FEI earlier this week. We’ll update you with a final and complete list as soon as it becomes available! In the meantime, don’t forget to sign up for EN’s Olympic Digest email, which is sent each Monday and will begin daily editions on July 28.
USA Track & Field yesterday released its Olympic roster – and dynamite sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not included on the list. After testing positive for marijuana, Sha’Carri received a suspension that will last through August 5. Speculation swirled that she could still be eligible to compete in the relay competition after her suspension had been served, but her absence from the roster seems to answer that question. Sha’Carri’s positive test has added fuel an already-growing discussion about marijuana and the rules surrounding its use. Read some background on this debate here and learn more about marijuana bans at the Olympics here.
Soul Cap, the inclusive swim cap designed to protect dreadlocks, afros, weaves and other types of hair,is up for reconsideration as to its use in the Olympics. The cap was originally prohibited by water sports governing body FINA but received much backlash for the decision.
Wednesday Video:
Explore the heat and humidity considerations for horses traveling to Tokyo:
Will Faudree and Mama’s Magic Way. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
If you missed out on any of the action from the US Equestrian/Team USA Mandatory Outing at Great Meadow this week, we’ve rounded up all the footage and social media we can muster to give you a binge-worthy collection to kick off your holiday weekend.
Joined by the star-studded U.S. team of Phillip Dutton and Z, Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z, Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg TSF and traveling reserve Doug Payne and Vandiver – along with seven alternate pairs and Canada’s Colleen Loach – competitors tackled the very intense new Olympic dressage test, an Ian Stark cross country track and a Chris Barnard show jumping course to test their mettle ahead of Tokyo. You can catch up on EN’s coverage of the Mandatory Outing here, here and here.
Here’s a look at some videos and social media from an action-packed week. The Tokyo-bound athletes will next stage in Gladstone, Nj. before flying to Aachen, Germany for quarantine next week. It’s getting closer!
France joins the list as the latest to announce the team it will be sending to Tokyo for the postponed 2020 Olympics later this month. While the Reserve pair was not designated in the press release, the French riders who will be going to Tokyo are (in alphabetical order):
Thomas Carlile and Birmane (Vargas de Ste Hermelle – Royce de Kreisker, by Diamant de Semilly), 10-year-old Selle Francais mare owned by S.C.E.A. de Beliard
Christopher Six and Totem de Brecey (Mylord Carthago – Jessy Landaise, by Quouglof Rouge), 14-year-old Selle Francaise gelding owned by François Souweine and Juliane Souweine
Nicolas Touzaint and Absolut Gold HDC (Birkhof’s Grafenstolz – Belle Meralaise, by Verglas), 11-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by S.A.R.L. Haras des Coudrettes
Thibaut Vallette LCL & Qing du Briot – IFCE (Eolien II – Henriette, by Etalon OR), 17-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by L’Institut Francais du Cheval Et De L’Equitation
We are full of Tokyo news today! Next up in the latest team announcement is Italy, who will be sending a full team that will also quarantine in Aachen, Germany before heading to Japan. Team Italy will be represented by the following combinations:
Susanna Bordone and Imperial Van De Holtakkers (Quidam de Revel – Ava vd Holtakkers, by Argentinus), 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by Maria Giovanna Mazzocchi
Stefano Brecciaroli and Bolivar Gio Granno (Gio Granno – Native de Sautussan, by Faalem), 10-year-old Anglo-Arab stallion owned by Maria Giovanna Mazzocchi
Vittoria Panizzon and Super Cillious. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Vittoria Panizzon and Super Cillious (Deanes San Ciro Hit – Lady Priscilla, by Rock King), 12-year-old British Sport Horse gelding owned by Lucy Allison, Deborah Bevan, Juliet Donald and Vittoria Panizzon
Arianna Schivo and Quefira de l’Ormeau. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Arianna Schivo on Quefira de L’Ormeau (Iolisco de Quinhon – Isabelle du Brulot, by Beausejour IV), 17-year-old Selle Francais mare owned by Arianna Schivo
Italy’s Pietro Majolino and Vita Louise DH Z post a 39.7 to sit in the top thirty overnight. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Reserve: Pietro Majolino on Vita Louise Dh Z (Va-Vite – Diancara), 14-year-old Zangersheide mare owned by Pietro Majolino
Liz Halliday Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
The riders slated to head to Tokyo next month as well as several alternate pairs and one Canadian have converged on Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. this week for one final training session before the Olympics. With instructions to have all fitness work completed before coming to this Mandatory Outing, the pairs will focus on honing the fine details and getting valuable feedback this week.
Today’s dressage was moved up a day in anticipation of heavy weather in the forecast to ensure that competitors would be able to get in a cross country run tomorrow morning. While official scores were not handed out, the dressage tests focused on more of a “Ride-A-Test” format in which riders could repeat a movement if desired and get realtime input from the judging panel of Mark Weissbecker and Debbie Adams.
Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
In Tokyo, riders will use the newest version of the Olympic Games Dressage Test, which consists of 20 scored movements and one collective mark for Harmony of Athlete and Horse. This being a new test that none of these riders will have performed yet, there was much value to be had in querying the judges for what it was they’d be seeking in true competition. Particularly notable in this test is the canter work, which begins with a right lead counter-canter and is nearly immediately followed by two flying changes on the quarter lines of a diagonal. A total of four flying changes, each performed on the quarter line, are included in this test, and in a short window of time.
“Today’s dressage was a lot of learning for all of us,” U.S. Eventing Performance Director Erik Duvander said. “It’s a new test for us all. Today we got the judges’ opinions on how the test should be ridden.”
Erik Duvander looks on during today’s practice tests. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
The riders echoed these sentiments, expressing their appreciation of the judges’ willingness to walk through the expectations for each movement and how each pair can improve between now and Tokyo.
“It was very helpful to go through the test with the two judges as well,” Phillip Dutton commented. “I was pleased, but also there are areas that I can improve before Tokyo. Overall, they liked (Z’s) paces and the way I presented him. Certainly there was too much neck bend in the shoulder-in and the finessing of the canter work. It’s kind of a little bit harder and a little bit different than what we’ve ever done before and certainly with the half pass the change and back, so the way that you execute and position the horse through that, they talked us through what they’re looking for there, so that was helpful as well.”
Phillip Dutton and Z. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
“I found that extremely helpful,” Liz Halliday-Sharp said after her test with Deniro Z, noting that she didn’t go in the ring aiming to produce the best possible performance but rather to practice the movements and ensure she had the details nailed down. “There’s a lot of odd movements we’ve never done…so that’s more what I wanted to get out of today was what do they want to see for the 8, when do we set up for that, can we do this that and the other, so that was fantastic.”
Watch Doug Payne and Vandiver’s test to get a visual of what the riders will be tackling in the Tokyo sandbox:
Dressage was followed by a horse inspection, through which all 12 pairs passed. Tomorrow will see a cross country test over a 5 minute, 30 second track designed by Ian Stark at four-star specifications (as the Olympic Games track will also be). The track will include 34 jumping efforts and 21 numbered fences.
Things will then wrap up on Friday morning with a second horse inspection and show jumping test. For the jumping phases, live scores will be populated at this link. With this being more of a dress rehearsal than a competition – and with the typical July temperatures and harder ground – expect to see plenty of time taken on cross country as the riders get in one final practice run before getting on the plane.
Tamie Smith and Mai Baum. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
“I guess we’ll see time wise on cross country,” Doug Payne said. “Things are a bit drier – not going to go crazy fast, but you absolutely want to be competitive and want to put together the best, most polished round you can, again preparing the best we can for going over to Tokyo.”
Kate Samuels will be on the ground at Great Meadow tomorrow to document the action, so stay tuned here on EN for much more from Virginia!
Will Faudree and Mama’s Magic Way. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
Liz Halliday Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
Liz Halliday Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
Doug Payne and Vandiver. Photo by US Equestrian/Taylor Pence.
Pawel Spisak and Banderas. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
We’re still waiting on a few federations to announce their team and individual slots for the fast-approaching Tokyo Olympics (cough cough, looking at you, Great Britain, cough cough), and the latest to hit the newswires is the announcement of Poland’s team.
Poland will be represented in Tokyo for eventing by:
Paweł Spisak and Banderas (Moravia – Babilonia xx, by Jape xx), 14-year-old Polish gelding owned by Marek Jodko
Małgorzata Cybulska and Chenaro 2 (Chequille – Dayenne, by Dinaro), 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Marzenna Walden
Joanna Pawlak and Fantastic Frieda (For Edition – Pirola, by Pinkus), 12-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by Joanna Pawlak
Reserve: Mateusz Kiempa and Libertina (Con Sherry – Libra, by West), 12-year-old Pferdezuchtverband Brandenburg mare owned by Anna Manczak
Second reserve: Jan Kamiński and Jard (Czuwaj – Jucznia, by Chef Supreme), 11-year-old Polish gelding owned by Marcin Kaminski
Team USA (and Canada!) and the designated alternates for Tokyo are in The Plains, Va. this week as they make their final preparations for next month’s postponed 2020 Olympics. The Mandatory Outing is being held at Great Meadow International, and though the session was originally slated to run in a traditional format – jog, dressage, cross country, jog, show jumping – due to concerns about forecasted weather, some modifications to the schedule have been made.
The entered horse and rider pairs for this Mandatory Outing are:
Team USA:
Phillip Dutton and Z
Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z
Boyd Martin and Tsetserleg TSF
Doug Payne and Vandiver
Alternates (alphabetical order):
Will Coleman and Off the Record
Buck Davidson and Carlevo
Sydney Elliot and QC Diamantaire
Will Faudree and Mama’s Magic Way
Boyd Martin and On Cue
Lauren Nicholson and Vermiculus
Tamie Smith and Mai Baum
Team Canada:
Colleen Loach and Qorry Blue d’Argouges
A series of dressage test rides will be performed at Great Meadow this afternoon by the 12 entered combinations. Canada’s Colleen Loach, who has been tapped to take one of the two individual slots allotted to the country, is also participating this weekend. Her fellow Canadian competitor, Jessica Phoenix, is not participating; the test is not a Mandatory Outing for Canada. These tests will be scored, though followers should note that this is not a true competition and at the time of publication there is no confirmation as to the availability of dressage scores. Dressage will be followed by a horse inspection at 5:30 p.m. EST, concluding today’s action.
Tomorrow, the pairs will tackle an Ian Stark-designed cross country test beginning at 10 a.m. EST. A second jog will take place Friday morning at 8 a.m. EST, followed by show jumping over a Chris Barnard-designed track at 10 a.m. EST.
There is unfortunately no live stream of the Mandatory Outing, but we’ll be sharing photos from today’s and Friday’s action and will have Kate Samuels on site reporting tomorrow.
“The basic purpose [of GMI] is that they all needed a run,” USEF Managing Director of Eventing Jenni Autry told EN earlier this month. “They’ll all work on specific goals with [Chef d’Equipe Erik Duvander] during the competition in order to be ready. Ultimately the goal is to be the best prepared they possibly can be during the Olympics. It is set up like a competition and there will be live scoring, but fundamentally it’s technically a mandatory training session.”
Following the outing, the horses will be staged at Gladstone in New Jersey in preparation to fly on July 8. “All fitness work is to be done by the time they leave,” Jenni says. “They’ll have access to gallops but they are not intended for actual galloping. Erik has been very clear that that all needs to get done before they get on the plane.”
From there, the team will travel to a Pre-Export Quarantine in Aachen, Germany. The facility will function as their final training camp where we will be working with dressage judges and as well as Peter Wylde for show jumping.
The first and second alternates, Tamie Smith with Mai Baum and Will Faudree with Mama’s Magic Way, will travel to Aachen with the team and will have the option of staying to contest CHIO Aachen on Sept. 17-18.
Olympic eventing will begin July 30 and continue through August 2, 2021, at the Equestrian Park and Sea Forest Cross-Country Course venues in Tokyo.
Japan has the honor of hosting this year’s Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, a postponement from their original running date in 2020. This is a team that has been building and priming for this moment, assembling a talented cast of riders and top horses, assisted by some of the best coaches and trainers in the sport. At long last, we’ve got our answer on who will have the nod for the eventing team in Tokyo next month:
Yoshiaki Oiwa and Tullyoran Cruise JRA. Photo by Leszek Wójcik.
Yoshiaki Oiwa and Tullyoran Cruise JRA (Vriend – Tullyoran, by Bahrain Cruise), 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare owned by the Japanese Equestrian Federation
Reserve Horse: Carre
Groom: Barbora Kamírová
Toshiyuki Tanaka and Talma d’Allou (JPN). Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Toshiyuki Tanaka and Talma D’allou (Opium de Talma – Belle de L’Etang, by Prince Ig’Or), 14-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by Riding Club Crane)
Reserve Horse: Swipe JRA
Groom: Undecided
Vinci de la Vigne and Kazuma Tomoto. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Kazuma Tomoto and Vinci de la Vigne JRA (Esterel de Bois SF – Korrigane de Vigne SF, by Duc du Hutrel), 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by the Japanese Equestrian Federation
Reserve Horse: Utopia
Groom: Jackie Potts
Ryuzo Kitajima and Feroza Nieuwmoed. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Reserve (1 horse) Ryuzo Kitajima and Feroza Nieuwmoed (VDL Groep Zagreb – Uthodina, by Frisbee Kerellec), 11-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Riding Club Crane
Reserve Horse: Secatinka JRA
Groom: Undecided
Kenki Sato and Shanaclough Contadora. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Supplement Kenki Sato and Shanaclough Contadora* (Contador – Shanaclough Diamond Queen, by Covers Diamond Boy), 11-year-old Anglo-European mare owned by Shodo Sato *Valid after entering the quarantine station for transportation from Europe to Japan and before leaving Japan
Jordan Linstedt and Lovely Lola. Photo by Ride On Photo.
A talented young Hanoverian mare kept popping up on my “Weekend Winners” column each Monday, earning eye-popping dressage scores and going on to finish on them more often than not. In fact, Lovely Lola has finished no worse than second (and typically has gone home with the win) in 14 of her 17 USEA starts with Washington-based Jordán Linstedt.
Needless to say, I had to know more about this talent moving up through the levels with Jordán, who herself has many career accomplishments to her name, notably with her longtime partner, the late RevitaVet Capato.
It was more happenstance than decision that brought Lovely Lola (LondonTime – Hauptstutbuch Laetizia) to the U.S. and, more specifically, to Jordán’s home base in Redmond, Wa.
In October of 2018, the tragic news of RevitaVet Capato’s death rippled through the eventing community. The devastating loss of her partner was deeply painful for Jordán. Nevermind that she’d learned of a talented mare in Germany that longtime friend Jean Moyer had spotted on a shopping trip. Nevermind that Jean had immediately called Jordán, knowing she’d found a horse that would be a perfect new ride.
“When Capato passed, it was the week we were to go forward with purchasing Lola,” Jordán recalled. “I told Jean I just couldn’t do anything at that time. I couldn’t picture it.”
Jean held out, holding on to the mare for a few weeks before reaching back out to Jordán to offer the purchase rights to her once more. At that point in time, with some encouragement from her now-husband, Jordán took a deep breath and pulled the metaphorical trigger.
“I wasn’t sure if I could do it. There was too much emotion after losing Capato,” Jordán said. “But my husband, who was my fiancé at the time, encouraged me to go it. ‘If she doesn’t work out, she can be a resale project,’ he said.”
Jordan Linstedt and RevitaVet Capato. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Thanks to support from client Bridget Brewer, Lovely Lola was soon on her way to the U.S. When she arrived in December, Jordán describes herself as a kid in a candy store, immediately smitten with the mare. It was then that she knew she’d made the right decision.
And Lola quickly showed that she belonged. Jordán would spend the winter forming a relationship and getting to know the then five-year-old before bringing her out for her first foray into the eventing world in March of 2019. Not two months later, Lovely Lola brought home her first win.
The rest, as they say, is history.
“She’s got all the talent in the world,” Jordán said of the mare, who she says could easily go on to be a pure dressage horse or even a show jumper. Laughing, she adds: “I’d rather keep her and take her all the way with eventing, though.”
Jordán likes to take her time producing young horses. Lovely Lola completed 12 events at the Novice level or below before stepping up to Training level, and completed four Training level events before doing her first Modified. For her, the game has been all about keeping the mare confident.
“She can be a bit spooky out on cross country and I think she’s so careful and sensitive that if I were to go too fast it could cause a setback,” she explained. “So I want to take my time and prove to her that it can be easy.”
Easy it has been, there’s no questioning that. Lola is a pleasant horse to be around, making producing her that much more enjoyable. “She’s a really relaxed, quiet mare in some ways but she has this fire to her at the same time and I love that about her,” she described. “If she didn’t have that toughness she might almost be too pleasant for the upper levels! I do like that I can make her a little hot but she doesn’t lose the quality.”
With Covid-19 and Jordán’s pregnancy in 2020, there was ample time for Lola to gain strength and learn the foundations of the sport. Now, Jordán’s eyeing a season at the Modified and Preliminary levels before aiming at the CCI2*-L at Galway Downs this fall. Of course, it’s all about what Lola wants to do – Jordán says she’s just enjoying the ride.
Jordán Linstedt and Lovely Lola in Lola’s Preliminary Debut at Aspen Farms. Photo: Cortney Drake Photography – www.cortneydrake.com.
“I think one thing about Lola is she’s come to me in the same way as many of my other special horses,” Jordán said. “All the horses I’ve had or ridden or produced, I’ve never gone out and looked for myself. They’ve all come to me for one reason or another. I had gone on lots of horse hunting trips for clients or students but never for myself with money in hand. So she’s similar in that regard and I think that Jean, who is just a phenomenal horsewoman, saw something in her that she knew would be special for me to produce to the top level. I’m really grateful to her for that and for pushing me to purchase and start her.”
In her grief in the wake of Capato’s death, it was hard for Jordán to see what came next. Fortunately, what came next was the start of something new, something to focus on and to get a groove back with. It was, by all accounts, what Jordán needed to help her heal.
“I kind of went forward in this really difficult traumatic time (with purchasing Lola),” she said. “At first, it wasn’t the most exciting thing. I didn’t have a ton of feelings about it because of Capato. Now, I’m totally smitten. And thankful to have her. I have every high hope for her.”
Happy Monday! We’ve got another edition of Weekend Winners for you, complete with all the riders who took home the top honors in their respective divisions. It was also a busy weekend at Stable View in Aiken, Sc., where Area III riders duked it out for the Area Championships.
Over 360 riders competed in the Stable View USEF / USEA Horse Trials which was combined with the Area III Championships. Over three sunny weekend days, riders competed on Mark Phillips and Mogie Bearden Muller’s cross country courses and Chris Barnard’s stadium courses. Congratulations to all winners! If you’re looking for an opportunity to get back to Stable View, don’t miss the next Eventing Academy schooling day and unrecognized show, July 10-11!
Megan Stauch. Photo by C Christine Quinn Photography.
Lauren New. Photo by Christine Quinn Photography.
Our Unofficial Low Score Award winner this week goes to Jane Musselman, who has won this award before with Engapore but this weekend takes home the win in the Open Novice 1 division at Midsouth aboard former Jessica Phoenix ride Bentley’s Best on a score of 17.1. Not to be outdone by his stablemate, Engapore also takes him the blue ribbon in the Open Novice 2 division on a score of 26.4. Honorable mention goes to Madeline Backus and Farrago S, who won their Training division at Midsouth on a score of 18.2.
Stable View Summer H.T. and Area III Championships: Final Scores
Advanced: Clayton Fredericks and FE Always In Time (38.4)
Intermediate: Cole Horn and MBF Cooley Permission to Land (39.5)
Intermediate – Championship: Elisa Wallace and Riot Gear (29.9)
Open Preliminary: Jenny Caras and Sommersby (30.8)
Preliminary Championship: Blake Fortson and Quiana AF (32.0)
Modified: Sara Beth Anton and SPF Vision Quest (29.3)
Modified Championship: Crockett Miller and Mr Panda (34.2)
Jr. Training Championship: Devon Tresan and Zavallo (28.6)
Open Training: Jenny Caras and Fernhill Salt Lake (32.1)
Sr. Training Championship: Lauren Alexander and Excel Star Over the Moon (29.8)
Training Horse Championship: Morgan Batton and Jamaican Vacation (31.1)
Training Rider: Chasity Ross and Celtic Sapphire (38.6)
Jr. Novice Championship: Sidnee Milner and BeauJeste (31.9)
Novice Horse Championship: Julie Richards and Fernhill Happiness (29.5)
Novice Rider A: Evan Fleck and In Living Color (30.0)
Novice Rider B: Katelyn Ross and Midnight Krogh (36.0)
Open Novice: Jennifer Helgren and Del Rio (22.4)
Sr. Novice Championship: Erin Nance and Fine Way to Fly (28.1)
Beginner Novice Horse Championship: Mary Carol Harsch and Theodore alCoda (28.0)
Beginner Novice Rider A: Caroline Burkhardt and My Mexico (27.5)
Beginner Novice Rider B: Isobel Crumb and Promise Windstar (31.3)
Jr. Beginner Novice Championship: Ashley Dowdy and My Mella Bella (29.3)
Open Beginner Novice: Kristin Schmolze and Ticket to Ride (25.5)
Sr. Beginner Novice Championship: Nina Celeste Braun and Abraxas (28.3)
Preliminary: Andora Tutvedt and ADR’s Fausto (33.1)
Training: Zella Balkenbush and Let’s Tango (34.4)
Novice A: Julie Goodwin and Snip Of The Mist (25.0)
Novice B: Lydia Murphy and Magic Hat (44.9)
Beginner Novice A: Madison Manley and NDF’s Party Pard (26.4)
Beginner Novice B: Audrey Ochs and Bella Grigio (32.8)
Starter/Elementary: Madison Manley and NDR’s Fez (35.1)
Here’s to the Warfield Park members who put in the hours to make sure that both the Park and Arrowhead HT can be enjoyed…
CCI2*-L: Todd Wulf and Kilcannon Max (44.5)
CCI2*-S: Fiona Cotter and Miltown Malbay (36.9)
Open Preliminary: Leah Lang-Gluscic and Bollywood (44.2)
Jr. Training Rider: Emily Hedberg and Quasar (30.7)
Open Training: Rachel Simms and Liberal Lady (35.0)
Sr. Training Rider: Madison Bonamarte and Ben de la Creme (36.1)
Jr. Novice Rider: Megan Holmes and VC Casandra (28.3)
Novice Horse: Olivia Miller and Convince Me (27.9)
Open Novice: Kristen Rozycki and Vandalia (26.4)
Sr. Novice Rider A: Elise Bell and FAE Salty Dog (31.4)
Sr. Novice Rider B: Debra Simon and Alpha Leonis (26.4)
Jr. Beginner Novice Rider A: Taylor Kogen and Color Me Crazy (36.1)
Jr. Beginner Novice Rider B: Ella Scherer and Sueno de Oro (31.1)
Open Beginner Novice: Kristen Rozycki and Errill Lass (29.8)
Sr. Beginner Novice Rider A: Sara Fox and Kick The Dust Up (32.5)
Sr. Beginner Novice Rider B: Makinley Neill and D’Stinctive (25.6)
Starter: Lauren Weichold and River Waltz (34.2)
Open Intermediate: Anna Collier and Resolve It (66.7)
Open Preliminary: Kristi Walker and Just A Dream (36.6)
Open Training: Catie Cejka and Clarity Redefined (31.0)
Training Horse: Sarah Sullivan and Cariad (28.6)
Training Rider: Kayde Undraitis and Giorgio Armani VK (30.7)
Training Jr/YR: Madelyn Floyd and Redfield Bajall (29.1)
Novice Amateur 1: Alyssa Tucker and Arya (23.6)
Novice Amateur 2: Colette Jantze and Annual Update (29.8)
Novice Rider Jr.: Beatrice Wurfel and For Pete’s Sake (36.4)
Open Novice: Anna Collier and WT Isobele (30.5)
Beginner Novice Amateur 1: Angela Wilson and Houdini Hill (33.1)
Beginner Novice Amateur 2: Kady Ellifritz and Yankee Bay (33.3)
Beginner Novice Jr. 1: Isabella Montana and Mia San Mia (23.6)
Beginner Novice Jr. 2: Haley Peterson and Stunt Double (35.8)
Open Beginner Novice: Katie Bystrom and Rigby (28.1)
Intro: Lisa Kirsch and Tail Gunner (35.6)
And a fun story out of Inavale from Training winner Catie Cejka: My two homebreds finished first and second in training at their second Training! They both finished on their dressage scores. Clarity Redefined and I finished 1 in Open Training. Inavale ran an amazing event even though we had a record heat wave. I’m a very proud horse mom and rider today!”
Open Intermediate: Charlotte Stillfried and Palma D (58.1)
Open Preliminary: Martin Douzant and Olympus (22.8)
Open Training A: Lauren Nicholson and Windchase Starfire (31.5)
Open Training B: Lauren Nicholson and Carbon Copy Z (32.8)
Open Training C: Tera Call and Roman Attitude (40.2)
Jr. Open Novice: Colby Poe and Windchase Brego (34.5)
Novice Rider A: Lauren Speck and Maggie (32.4)
Novice Rider B: Lily Rodman and What Opposition (37.5)
Open Novice A: Brooke Bayley and Fernhill Cork Blues (31.8)
Open Novice B: Brittany Hebets and Stuck on Gold (29.3)
Beginner Novice Horse: Rebecca Lee and A Proper Villain (33.9)
Beginner Novice Rider: Samantha Manning and Good Luck Molly (28.1)
Jr. Open Beginner Novice: Scout Knull and Ron Juan (32.8)
Open Beginner Novice: Alice Johnson and Piedmont Sun (32.2)
Introductory A: Hannah Barry and Dora the Explorer (32.5)
Introductory B: Annabelle Coppersmith and Zenani (34.7)
Open Intermediate/Preliminary: Allie Knowles and Exmoor Denver (29.1)
Open Preliminary: Breeana Robinette and The Dark Mark (32.2)
Open Training 1: Madeline Backus and Farrago S (18.2)
Open Training 2: Marty Riney and George Alexander (28.2)
Training Horse: Allie Knowles and Uptons Daffodil (30.5)
Training Rider 1: Courtenay Turner and Flying Private (28.6)
Training Rider 2: Megan Northrop and Harrison (25.7)
Novice Horse 1: Jamie Allison and Jedi (24.5)
Novice Horse 2: Carleigh Fedorka and Judge Johnny (26.7)
Novice Rider 1: Alyssa Cairo and Paddington (23.1)
Novice Rider 2: Victoria Baugh and Curioso (30.2)
Novice Rider 3: Melanie Helms and PS Gran Torino (27.3)
Open Novice 1: Jane Musselman and Bentley’s Best (17.1)
Open Novice 2: Jane Musselman and Engapore (26.4)
Beginner Novice Horse 1: Marty Riney and Inherbiggirlpants (25.8)
Beginner Novice Horse 2: Diane Begemann and Middle of Nowhere (24.5)
Beginner Novice Rider 1: Emily Nichols and Galway Girl (30.0)
Beginner Novice Rider 2: Callie Scissor and Al Caponey (23.3)
Open Starter 1: Jessica Dees and Night Vale’s Very Own (34.3)
Open Starter 2: Riley Jones and Endgame (27.8)
Tragedy struck in Elkins, Ark. last week after three horses, all owned by local area event rider Megan Wadley, suffered gunshot wounds inflicted by a neighbor, who was subsequently arrested on multiple counts including aggravated cruelty and criminal mischief. Sadly, one horse of Megan’s, Jedi, who was Megan’s first event horse and partner for more than 12 years, succumbed to her injuries, leaving the other two in critical condition.
“My mare who I was planning to attend Hoosier at Training level and AECs at Novice level in August was transferred to an out of state hospital the night of the shooting,” Megan told EN. “She is still being monitored for fluid and blood in her chest cavity and for any complications from the shot near her spleen where we were unable to identify the bullet tract. She has additional shots in a hind leg that luckily missed vital structures. My other gelding is a large pony we rescued from the Kauffman kill pen about three years ago. He is being monitored for infection/complications locally for a shallow shot to the chest and additional shots in the hind leg.”
Jedi. Photo courtesy of Megan Wadley.
A GoFundMe account with a target of $25,000 has been set up to support Megan and her family through the tragedy; as of publication, the fundraiser has collected nearly $23,000 of its goal.
The EN team is sending Megan our deepest sympathies and support.
Ludwig Svennerstal and Balham Mist. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
The Tokyo team and individual allotments continue to roll in this morning as Sweden has announced its three-member plus reserve eventing team that will be traveling to the Olympics next month.
Representing Sweden in Tokyo will be:
Louise Romeike and Cato 60 (Contendro I – Melanocarpa, by Heraldik xx), 17-year-old Holsteiner gelding owned by Hinrich, Louise and Susanne Romeike
Ludwig Svennerstål and Balham Mist (Mill Law – Rock Me Baby, by Rock King), 14-year-old British Sport Horse gelding owned by Andrew Ayres and Svennerstål Eventing AB
Therese Viklund and Viscera (Fidertanz 2 – Wilhelmientje, by Wolkentanz), 13-year-old Hanoverian mare owned by Lena Nyström
Reserve: Sara Algotsson Ostholt and Chicuelo (Click and Cash 1155 – Expensi, by Empire 1115), 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding owned by Patricia Oddshammar & Gunnar Modalen
Therese Viklund and Viscera. Photo by Tilly Berendt.
“It feels great with these names, but it has been very difficult to choose three team riders from the four. They are all very strong riders and have made super nice results. The three horses in the team have a little more experience than Sara’s horse, on the other hand Sara has experience herself so that’s enough and it’s over,” says national team captain Fredrik Bergendorff (in a translated quote from Swedish). “To have Sara and her knowledge and experience feels not only great for me, but also for the other riders. It is very valuable and a great advantage to have her on site in Tokyo. If we also need to replace her in the team, it will be super good as well, she is very close to the others in terms of results.”
Team Sweden will join several other federations, including the U.S. in a quarantine in Aachen, Germany, before continuing on to Japan. Joining the team members will be alternates Malin Josefsson with Golden Midnight, Malin Petersen with Charlie Brown, along with reserve horses each for Louise Romeike (Utah Sun) and Ludwig Svennerstål (El Kazir).
Colleen Loach and Qorry Blue D’Argouges. Photo by Shelby Allen.
Jessica Phoenix and Pavarotti. Photo by Jenni Autry.
Equestrian Canada has named the individuals who will be nominated to travel to the Tokyo Olympics next month, filling the two spots allotted to the country. Two additional reserve pairs – neither of which will be traveling reserves since Canada is not taking a full team – have also been named.
Nominated to travel to Tokyo (and pending approval from Canadian Olympic Committee’s (COC’s) Team Selection Committee) are:
Colleen Loach and Qorry Blue d’Argouges (Mr Blue – Hardie du Bourg, by Count Ivor)
17-year-old Selle Fraicais gelding owned by Peter Barry
Jessica Phoenix and Pavarotti (Pavarotti van de Helle – Fidelia, by Foxiland xx)
19-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Jessica Phoenix
Karl Slezak and Fernhill Wishes. Photo by Shelby Allen.
Hawley Bennett-Awad and Jollybo. Photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Named as Reserve combinations are:
Karl Slezak and Fernhill Wishes (Chacoa – KEC Galway Bay, by Gildawn Diamond)
12-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Kirk Hoppner and Karl Slezak
Hawley Bennett-Awad and Jollybo (Jumbo – Polly Coldunnell, by Danzig Connection)
17-year-old British Sport Horse mare owned by Hawley Bennett-Awad and Jollybo Syndicate LLC
The final selections for all equestrian athletes representing Canada in Tokyo will be released in early July, according to the Equestrian Canada announcement.
