BROMONT? BELMONT? Some kind of conspiracy, or what? Some kind of awesome week ahead, or what? Three days? Five days? Olympic ambitions, Triple Crown? It’s all getting a little overwhelming. And it’s only Monday! [Bromont Entries] [Belmont Entries]
Over the weekend:
At the Colorado Horse Park, Heather DuBois and Every Wish were the CCI** victors; clear jump rounds moved Tiffany Lunney and Patent Pending from fifth to first in the CCI*; Cynthia Wiseman and Vote Yes were the intermediate winners, and Laura Szeremi and Argento won the OP. [Scores]
Phillip Dutton and No Objection topped Waredaca’s intermediate with clear jump rounds; Buck Davidson went one-two in the OP on Santa’s Keeper and Copper Beach; Corinne Frankle and Loose N Cool topped the Prelim Rider, and Nicole Coffey and the Contortionist won the P/T. [Scores]
Marissa Ashton and S.S. Bank won wire to wire in GMHA’s JYOP; Dick Bayly and Sifton claimed victory in Prelim Horse, and Darrah Alexander and Mighty Elvis won the Open Prelim. [Scores]
Poplar prelim winners Werner Geven and Wivita leapt up the leaderboard from tenth to first with clear jumping efforts; young Calvin Ramsay and Hoodwink topped the P/T; Kate McQuilken and Revelry (II) won the JT; Debi Crowley and Vantage Point brought home the blue in the OT, and Sharon Gardner and Diamonds are a Girls Beste Friend were the TR winners. [Scores]
The Indiana Eventing Association held a T3D and HT: Big EN congrats to all winners. [Website]
Is there felix felicis in Dorset’s water? Because William Fox-Pitt just won the Tattersalls CCI*** on Bay My Hero, not that he needs luck or anything. [Horsetalk] [Scores]
Also at Tattersalls, CIC*** winners Camilla Speirs and lil’ Portersize Just a Jiff helped their Irish team take the Dubarry Boyne Trophy; RIP Sugoi, who was put down after a fall cross-country, and best wishes for a speedy recovery to his rider Laura Wallace, who broke her wrist in the fall. The USA’s Logan Rawlings and Watch It fell at the same fence, though according to reports, both are OK. [Horsetalk]
“Rolex, MCTA, Jersey, Va HT, Fitness advice and more…” : An epic podcast catch-up from Doug Payne. [DPEquestrian]
John Velazquez + Union Rags = Triple Crown Threat? Animal Kingdom’s Hall of Fame jockey and the Kentucky Derby favorite teamed up for the colt’s final work before the Belmont. “Boy, did he go,” Velazquez told the New York Times. “He galloped out unbelievably, thankfully I did not let him out too soon. He did it all by himself, it was very nice.” [NYT]
Found on Facebook: Diamond Jubilee, Day One: The Epsom Derby. [The British Monarchy]
Best of the Blogs: “The Queen’s love of horses is well documented and you only have see a photograph of her in a company of any horse to see it shine through. Her lifelong love of horses began when her father, (the future King George VI) gave Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister Princess Margaret a pony – a rotund little Shetland called Peggy.” [A Haynet Diamond Jubilee Tribute]
Top of the Tweets: Camilla Speirs: WOW, What an amazing little horse of mine! This is just a dream come true. What a special win!Thanks for all your support!Means the world xx
June 9 is also International Helmet Awareness Day. Sharon White for the cause, via Bit of Britain:
