Boyd and Min
(1) The Ground Jury held 8 out of around 100 horses that were presented today, but only spun one (Here N Now in the CCI*). Probably around 20 riders were asked to re-jog their horses. The vibe I got was that the Ground Jury wanted to make sure they had a feel for each and every horse which is what Wednesday is all about.
(2) In the CCI3*, Wild T’Mater, Northern Spy, and Sweepea Dean were all sent to the holding area but later passed. This led to some tense moments because all three of these horses are big names with varying chances of competing in Kentucky this autumn. In a rare moment, Sweepea Dean was accepted after visiting the holding area but without having to jog a second time.
(3) A lot of the horses were bouncing around during the jog and a few gave big bucks. This might have been due to high energy, but there were also some flies around the jog and I wonder if there might have been a bee hive or something because the horses seemed to be blowing up in the same area right in the middle of the jog.
(4) Catilina, one of Buck Davidson’s CCI* rides, wins the EN award for best tail. This picture doesn’t do the tail justice–it was truly magnificent. Stay tuned on Sunday for our world famous Eventing Nation’s Best Dressed Groom Award at the Sunday jog.
(5) Best dressed Ground Jury member is a tenured position for Christian Landolt, but he was surprisingly tame today in a grey wool suit–if you can call that tame.
(6) I’m not sure who was better turned out, Will or Nevada Bay, but props to both of their grooms.
(7) Rebecca Howard is levitating. And she has her game-face on. Try and send me to the hold Christian–I dare you. In other news, I didn’t know Canada had mobsters.
(8) Sadly, someone has to win the worst dressed award, but this rider really earned it today.
Biker boots + white jeans + biker top + cowboy hat = turning heads for all the wrong reasons.
What is the horse saying? — I’m not with her.
Note: I posted a full album of jog photos on our Facebook fanpage.
Go eventing.
