Look at John trying to hide in his black jacket and EN hat… Photo via myblack-friday.com
Good morning Eventing Nation! I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday. Stuffed yourself silly, avoided any family drama, and cheered on your favorite NFL team. I’m a 49ers fan, and watching the quarterback get sacked 9 times was a bit painful…
In all seriousness though, Eventing Nation, please try not to kill anyone. I was driving home from the barn at 8:30 last night after giving my horse his Thanksgiving dinner. I live right next to a mall where workers were already heading in, and the line outside of Best Buy was backing up traffic on to the highway. So, where are you? Camping outside a giant warehouse store? Staying up all night and heading to the mall at 4 am? This could be the only time is my posting history that you’d be upset that the N&N aren’t posted by midnight. I mean, what else are you supposed to do standing outside in the cold waiting to get a super awesome ridiculously amazing good deal on a big screen tv? Of course you’re checking EN.
Katie Murphy wrote a lovely blog about being thankful. She, like most (all?) of us, is thankful for her 2 and 4 legged friends, and also dug deep to find a place to put those last several bites of dessert. [Thank FULL]
Horse and Hound gives you some ideas of what to do over the winter. Foxhunting, team chasing and hunter trials if the weather is suiting. [H&H]
Stem cell therapy is looking to be a viable option for laminitic horses. Dr. Scott Morrison, DVM of Rood & Riddle in Lexington, KY is finding great success. [More on stem cell]
Silva Martin’s been named to the USEF Developing Rider List. She rides Statley, a horse owned by Faye Woolf. [Congrats Silva!]
The FEI celebrated its 90th birthday yesterday. They are counting down to WEG 2014. Is thre nothing to look forward to between now and then? [Horsetalk]
Darren Chiacchia does his first interview since the charges against him were dropped. [Interview]
I leave you with news stories of Black Friday 2011:
And, if you need a how to guide:
So, get out there, rip that sweater out of someone’s hand, dash to the front of the line, and throw some elbows as they open the doors.
Go eventing.
