This Boekelo promo video is rated MNSFW–‘Mildly not safe for work’ as in it won’t send you to hell but you don’t want your boss to catch you watching it
The Pan American Games training sessions are underway today at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia in preparation for the mandatory outing at the Morven horse trials this coming weekend. The sessions begin each day at 9:30am and they are open to the public–I’m hoping to make it out on Thursday. But, US high performance can’t focus completely on the Pan Ams just yet.
There is one last international team competition left on the schedule before the Pan Ams and that is of course the Boekelo CCI3* in Holland, held October 6th to 9th. According to the current Boekelo entry list, the US is sending two west coasters (Tamra Smith and Alexandra Slusher) one British based rider (Julian Stiller) and two Boyd Martins (Otis Barbotiere and Remington). The team trip is funded from a USOC development grant and this year’s team has some big shoes to fill after a fantastic silver medal performance from last year’s US Boekelo squad. Karen O’Connor and Veronica were on the original list of grant recipients along with Tamra, Ali, and Otis Barbotiere, but Veronica has since withdrawn and is now headed to Morven and Fair Hill.
Go eventing.
