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Tom Carlile is Tops in Millstreet CICO3*, Liz Halliday-Sharp with Two in Top Ten

By on Aug 25, 2018 1:23 pm -

Tom Carlile and Upsilon successfully defend their Barbury ERM title. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Tom Carlile and Upsilon made waves yesterday with their record-breaking dressage score of 16.8 at the Millstreet International Horse Trials in Ireland, and they’ve built on that success today with a smashing cross country round. Picking up just 0.8 time penalties in the CICO3*, they’ve got two poles in hand heading into the final phase.

Tom and the 10-year-old Anglo-Arabian stallion (Canturo X O’Vive, by Fusain du Defey) lead the way for the French team who are currently second in the FEI Nations Cup. France is fighting for a series victory as they’ve already won three Nations Cup titles this year.

Buck Davidson and Carlevo, an 11-year-old Holsteiner (Caresino X Ramatuelle, by Levernois) owned by Carlevo LLC, were standing proudly for the U.S. team in second place after dressage, but withdrew before the start of cross country.

Buck’s absence left the door wide open for Ros Canter and her own Zenshera who waltzed through easily with 2 time penalties added. Ros and the 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Guidam x Telvera, by Matterhorn), who are representing Great Britain as individuals, sit on a score of 26.

Great Britain’s Alex Bragg was one of only three riders to come inside the time, and he did it twice to take hold of both third and fourth place at the conclusion of cross country with Barrichello and Shannondale Percy, respectively.

Barrichello, a 9-year-old Ango European gelding (Balou du Rouet x Madon’s Even Wiser, by Matinee du Madon VII) owned by Caroline & Jane March, is in third on a 28.9, and Shannondale Percy, an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Shannondale Sarco St. Ghyvan x Shannondale Maria, Lux Z) owned by Sara Hughes is fourth on 29 points.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z at Millstreet. Photo by Radka Preislerova Photography.

Liz Halliday-Sharp piloted both her rides cleanly around the CICO3* to give the stars and stripes two top ten appearances in Fernhill By Night and Deniro Z who share an identical score of 29.9.

“Niro,” a 10-year-old KWPN (Zapatero VDL X Zonne-Trend, by French Buffet xx), edges just ahead into fifth as the best-placed of the U.S. Nations Cup team after having only 1.6 time penalties. His stablemate “Blackie,” a 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Radolin X Argentina XII, by Argentinus) owned by Deborah Halliday, follows just behind with 4 time penalties.

Liz also finished 4th out of 70 starters in the CIC2* with Cooley Quicksilver, who is owned by “The Monster Partnership” of Rob Desino, Chris Desino, Renee Lane and Debby Halliday, on a score of 29.2.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night. Photo by Jenni Autry.

“Both of them were amazing and total class the whole way. I couldn’t have asked for more,” Liz said. “I’m a bit annoyed with myself for not making the time with Deniro, but I really tried. You had to really fight for it. I felt like I was just going at the time on both of them. You never had a time to get comfortable; you had to just keep going.”

Hallie Coon and Celien at the Irish Bank. Photo by Radka Preislerova Photography.

Our third U.S. rider Hallie Coon was first out of the start this morning with her and Helen Coon’s Celien. The 11-year-old KWPN mare (Tenerife VDL X R Quicksilver, by Hamlet) was unsure about stepping off the Irish Bank, and the pair picked up an unfortunate 20 penalties early in the course.

“It was a bit unfortunate because she came out guns blazing. These American horses have never seen the dreaded Irish Bank before, so she jumped up on it and she just got really surprised. I could see the wheels turning and she was thinking on what to do. It felt like she went a bit right and left and then popped down after assessing, but looking at the video it’s fairly obvious that I deserved the 20 I got,” Hallie said.

“It’s one of those funny things that if I had the chance to do it again, I’d do it exactly the same way. It’s a learning curve for both her and I. Now that she’s seen that, she’s seen about everything.”

Aside from the blip, Hallie was pleased with the mare, who has spent most of the summer overseas, and remains hopeful for their CCI4* debut this fall at Pau. “She cracked around. She was so good. She gives me everything she’s got every time out, and I was thrilled with how she felt. I think it was a really good prep run for the fall,” she said.

The FEI Eventing Nations Cup at Millstreet is the second team competition to test the new Olympic format of three-member teams. Having a rider withdraw adds an automatic 200 points, which dropped the U.S. to fourth. Great Britain took over the lead followed by the French in second, and one of Ireland’s two teams in third.

Stay tuned for more from Millstreet!

FEI Nations Cup at Millstreet: Website, Schedule, Start Times & Live Scoring, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage

BGS Country Dreams Dies on CICO3* Cross Country at Millstreet

By on Aug 25, 2018 12:23 pm -

Patrick Martin Byrne and BGS Country Dreams at Annaharvey 2017. Photo by Aisling Deverell/www.annaharveyphotos.com

We are devastated to report that BGS Country Dreams died today during the CICO3* cross country at the Millstreet International Horse Trials in Co Cork, Ireland. Ridden and owned by Patrick Martin Byrne, the 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Power Blade x Emmas Courage), fell at fence 22, The Gypsy Wagon. The fall was not rotational, and the fence caused no other faults in the division.

Patrick was uninjured in the fall, and event organizers commented that BGS Country Dreams will be taken for a post mortem examination at the Irish Equine Centre. The pair were riding on one of Ireland’s two Nations Cup teams.

Patrick had ridden the horse from the 100cm level through multiple two-star completions. This event was the horse’s CIC3* debut.

The EN team extends our deepest condolences to Patrick and all those who knew this special horse.

 

Best of HN: Sydney Luzicka Breaks Ankle, Places in Grand Prix

By on Aug 25, 2018 11:00 am -

Broken bones are usually a pretty good reason to back off on the training and riding for a bit, let oneself heal and recuperate. And while we may have just reminded equestrians that the lost art of self care is something worth striving for, we also have to salute the total ballers who don’t let things like catastrophic personal injury stop them from striving for those big goals. Sydney Luzicka is one of those people.

After suffering a broken left ankle in an accident at the end of April, Luzicka underwent surgery with plans for a fairly lengthy rehab, originally predicted to be at least three months before she could ride again. Less than a month later, however, Luzicka was back in the saddle — sans stirrups, but presumably with doctor’s permission!

This girl is no-stirrup #goals. No-Stirrup November has nothing on Sydney Luzicka.

Missing Colorado 😭 the boys were so amazing!!!!!! 💜

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Pretty safe to say that this kid can ride. (We’re also digging the bitless bridle on this gorgeous gray!)

Can’t wait to show tomorrow!!!!

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Her most recent achievement came in the $40,000 Grand Prix de Santa Fe where she placed fourth — still without stirrups, against professional riders. Here’s a highlight reel:

This is why we practice without stirrups, folks. This girl’s leg is just as solid as though she still had her irons — and if she’s this strong now, there’s no telling where she might go. Put her on your list to watch!

Okay, just one more for good measure:

Thanks for the amazing pics @photos.by.amj I love them!!!!

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Un. Real.

Go riding!

The Blair Castle Course: Chinch-Tested, Rider-Approved, plus Bonus Sporrans

By on Aug 25, 2018 8:00 am -

Welcome to Casa de Chinch.

The Alec Lochore-designed courses at Blair Castle never disappoint. Making use of the striking – and incredibly varied – natural terrain, with its dramatic inconsistencies, sweeping slopes, and craggy outcrops, it twists and turns and begs for bold riding. It’s one of those special courses with a huge amount of personality – not least because of the playfully designed fences, which embrace Scottish heritage and stereotypes without sacrificing savvy questions and level-appropriate technicality. Even walking it, you get the feeling that ridden right, it would reward both horse and rider with that rare, special feeling of adrenaline and air-time. In short? It looks like great fun, whether you’re jumping it or watching it, and it’s going to give everyone plenty to do.

If you wanna go and take a ride wit Chinch…

Chinch took advantage of Land Rover’s patronage of the event to check out the course in fine style. He had planned to walk each of the distances, too, and provide his eager fans with his top tips for riding each line, but when he declared that there were 163 strides between 9A and 9B, we had to intercede. Leave it to the professionals, small rodent.

Check out the interactive course plans for the CCI3* and CIC3*, provided by CrossCountryApp and snapped by Jane and Nigel Clarke (and their helpful pooch, of course!).

Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials: Website, Schedule, Live Stream, Event Rider Masters, Live Scores, EN’s Coverage

Saturday Links from Tipperary

By on Aug 25, 2018 12:01 am -

Photo via Foshay International.

After a long day of competition, wouldn’t it be nice to be treated to a beautiful sunset landscape right outside your horse’s stable? That’s reality at Foshay International! Canada’s newest FEI competition, to be held Labor Day weekend, is located in beautiful Jemseg, New Brunswick along the St. John’s River. Foshay offers a CCI* and the is the only event in North America to offer the FEI’s new CCI Introductory level in 2018. They’ve extended their closing date until August 27th so there’s still time to get those entries in!

National Holiday: National Kiss and Make Up Day

Major Events This Weekend:

Millstreet: Website, Schedule, Start Times & Live Scoring, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage

Blair Castle: Website, Schedule, Start Times & Live Scoring, Live Stream, Event Rider Masters, ERM Live Scores, EN’s Coverage

U.S. Weekend Action: 

Town Hill Farm H.T. [Website] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Shepherd Ranch SYVPC H.T. II [Website] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Caber Farm Horse Trial  [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

The Event at Archer [Website] [Ride Times] [Live Scoring]

Stone Gate Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Saturday Links:

Virginia Horse Trials Selected to Host 2018 USEF One-Star Eventing National
Championships

Phillip Dutton: ‘Hold Your Head Up High’

PODCAST: Preparing for a USEA Classic Series Event

Burghley first-timers: Sarah Pickard — ‘He could run backwards faster than he could go forwards’

Tips for Managing Gastric Ulcers in Performance Horses

What’s the Difference Between Gastrogard and Ulcergard?

Saturday Video: Spookiest water jump ever?

Just …. WOW!I mean this has got to be the spookiest water jump EVERCan’t wait too see it in action tomorrow. Had great fun on the course walk with Team Bragg Eventing- highly recommend it if anyone is heading to Burghley 🙌🏻

Posted by Frog & Field on Friday, August 24, 2018

Buck Davidson Sits 2nd at Millstreet CICO3*, US Team Tied for 1st

By on Aug 24, 2018 5:34 pm -

Tom Carlile and Upsilon at the 2017 FEI European Championships. Photo by Jon Stroud/FEI.

The U.S. team had a superb day in the sandbox at Millstreet International Horse Trials in Ireland to tie for the Nations Cup lead after the first phase, but the real headline of the day has to be Tom Carlile and Upsilon’s record-setting score of 16.8 to top the CICO3* leaderboard.

EquiRatings confirmed that 16.8 (25.2 in former FEI scoring) is a career personal best across all levels for both Tom and Upsilon, and the best CIC3* dressage score in more than a decade at any international competition. It is also the best score delivered by a French rider this decade. You can watch a replay of Upsilon’s test below.

Fresh off defending their Barbury title in the most recent Event Rider Masters leg, Tom and Upsilon, a 10-year-old Anglo-Arabian stallion (Canturo X O’Vive, by Fusain du Defey), are leading the charge for the French Nations cup team, which sits tied with the U.S. team for the lead after dressage on 85.7.

Buck Davidson enjoyed the lead for a very brief moment before Tom and Upsilon stormed in as the next test, and Carlevo’s score of 23.5 has him in second place out of 65 starters overnight. That is a career personal best across all international levels for the 11-year-old Holsteiner (Caresino X Ramatuelle, by Levernois) owned by Carlevo LLC. Watch the replay below.

“He’s very good in the first phase and always consistently in that range for his scores,” Buck said. “About 10 minutes before I went, it just poured — sideways rain and blowing wind — and Carlevo wouldn’t go in one direction. I was thankful that the rain held off for a bit during my test!”

Carlevo stayed across the pond following Aachen and has been in JP Sheffield’s yard in England. Buck arrived on Sunday to prepare for Millstreet, and said Carlevo felt fantastic after spending the past four weeks in JP’s care.

Buck Davidson and Carlevo at Aachen. Photo by Jenni Autry.

“At this level the horses are so finely tuned,” Buck said. “It took a couple days to get him back completely with me, but I feel that JP did a fantastic job of working on things that maybe I wouldn’t normally work on at home. I think having another rider of that caliber ride your horse can really help.”

Ros Canter is riding as an individual in the CICO3* for Great Britain and led with Zenshera after the first day of dressage. She now sits third on 24.0 and also has a second ride in the top five in three-star debutante Pencos Crown Jewel. The 9-year-old British-bred mare (Jumbo X Cornish Queen, by Rock King) scored 25.5 for fifth place.

Millie Dumas also has two rides in the top 10 for Britain, with her Nations Cup team mount Artesiek, a 13-year-old KWPN (Numero Uno X Lilian NW, by Hopefull) owned by Ellie Guy, in fourth on 24.2.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z at Luhmühlen. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Liz Halliday-Sharp has two rides in the CICO3* for the U.S., with Deborah Halliday’s Fernhill By Night competing as an individual. The 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Radolin X Argentina XII, by Argentinus) scored 25.9 to sit in sixth place after dressage.

“The footing in the arena is really deep and grabbed him a bit,” Liz said. “He had a swap behind in the medium when I really went for it and he stumbled, but I couldn’t have asked for more. He was on form and he really stayed with me.”

Liz piloted her Nations Cup team mount Deniro Z into 11th place on 28.3, which is a personal best at three-star level for the horse. “Niro,” a 10-year-old KWPN (Zapatero VDL X Zonne-Trend, by French Buffet xx) owned by the Deniro Syndicate and Ocala Horse Properties, is back out at international level for the first time since finishing eighth in his CCI4* debut at Luhmühlen. Watch their test below.

“Deniro has come away from Luhmühlen an even better horse,” Liz said. “He is moving better and feeling stronger, and he was happy to be at the big party today. He tried really hard. The deep footing affected him, especially in the halts. He fell into them, and they weren’t good like they have been in training. The changes weren’t great, but he’s getting clean ones at home. With better halts he would have been in the top 10 even without the changes.”

Hallie Coon and Celien, an 11-year-old KWPN mare (Tenerife VDL X R Quicksilver, by Hamlet), were first out for the U.S. team yesterday and sit 30th on 33.9 at the conclusion of dressage. Click here to read her comments about her test.

Canada also has one rider in the Nations Cup in Mike Winter, who sits 47th after dressage on 37.9 with El Mundo, a 9-year-old KWPN owned by Mike and Emma Winter and Jonathan Nelson.

With France and the U.S. tied for the Nations Cup lead on 85.7 and Great Britain sitting third on 86.5, tomorrow’s cross country is sure to be a nail-biter. Millstreet is testing the three-rider team format that will be used at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and Liz said the goal for the U.S. is three clear rounds inside the time across Mike Etherington-Smith’s course.

“Millstreet is a good, hearty Irish track,” she said. “There are four water jumps, which is a lot for a CIC. It’s all there to be attacked. Mike has built a really great course. The ground is amazing. You just have to get in and really attack it. I think it will reward you if you come out fighting that way.”

Buck also praised the course and said the downpours today helped soften up the ground beautifully. “The grounds crew has been amazing with watering and spiking, and we’ve had a lot of rain today, so I think conditions should be perfect.”

You can watch cross country live at this link starting at 11:30 a.m. local time/6:30 a.m. EST, with Hallie Coon and Celien as the first out on course. Cross country ride times for our U.S. and Canadian combinations are as follows:

  • Hallie Coon and Celien: 11:30 a.m./6:30 a.m. EST
  • Mike Winter and El Mundo: 12:30 p.m./7:30 a.m. EST
  • Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z: 12:57 p.m./7:57 a.m. EST
  • Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night: 2:06 p.m./9:06 a.m. EST
  • Buck Davidson and Carlevo: 2:21 p.m./9:21 a.m. EST

Click here to view CICO3* start times for all pairs. Follow live scoring at this link. We wish safe cross country trips to all! Go Eventing.

FEI Nations Cup at Millstreet: Website, Schedule, Start Times & Live Scoring, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage

Friday Video & UK Notes from World Equestrian Brands: Making Sense of Cross Country

By on Aug 24, 2018 4:30 pm -

The end of a great day at our first @bciht #bciht

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Happy Friday from rural Scotland, where I’m frantically rubbing two sticks together to try to transmit this information to you via smoke signal! You know what’s hard to work out via smoke signal? Weblinks.

Anyway, we’re right in the thick of it here at Blair, but there’s plenty going on around the rest of the UK, too — check out our weekend preview, and make sure to get your entries in quickly before this weekend’s ballot dates roll around!

UK Weekend Preview: 

Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials: [Website] [Ride Times] [Live Scores] [Live Stream] [EN’s Coverage]

Keysoe (3): [Website] [Ride Times]

Wellington: [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Shelford Manor (2): [Ride Times]

Llanymynech (2): [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Treborough Hill (2): [Ride Times] [Live Scores]

Events Opening this Weekend:

24th: Dauntsey Park (2) – BE90-I – [Enter] Wiltshire (September 28-30)

25th: Bishop Burton (2) – BE90-N – [Enter] East Yorkshire (September 29-30)

25th: Little Downham (3) – BE80-A, with BE90/100 RF – [Enter] Cambridgeshire (September 29 – October 1)

Events Balloting this Weekend:

25th: Munstead (2) – BE80-BE100 with BE90RF – [Enter] Surrey (September 15-16)

26th: Wee Burgie – BE80-N – [Enter] Moray (September 16)

Friday Video: The Sports Explainer Takes on Cross-Country

You know what we really love here at EN? We love it when the sports broadcasting giants get involved with equestrian sports, and we especially love it when they help to make our (admittedly somewhat baffling) discipline of choice more accessible, more decipherable, and, ultimately, more exciting to a new swathe of fans. Eurosport’s ‘Explainer’ series does just that, with their brand spanking new follow-up to the successful showjumping video they circulated this summer. Check it out and give it a share — with any luck, we can all convince an unhorsey friend or two that it’s well worth tuning into Burghley next week. Viewer numbers, people. It’s all about the viewer numbers.

Eurosport: Longines Sports Explainer

Learn how to master the art of a cross country combination in this superb sports explainer 🐴

Posted by Eurosport on Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Blair Castle: Townend on Top in CIC3* Following Selection Surprise

By on Aug 24, 2018 2:04 pm -

Day three of the Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials saw a well-stocked CIC3* section get underway, with a full day of dressage overseen by judges Les Smith, Katrin Eichinger-Kniely, and Xavier Lesauce.

Forty-seven combinations presented before the ground jury, with several riders bringing forward multiple entries — but nobody was kept as busy as Oliver Townend, who had five rides in this class. And, lest anyone assembled claim that his unparalleled success comes only as the result of prolific entries, he threw down the gauntlet with each and every one of them.

Oliver Townend and Cooley Masterclass head a decisive CIC3* domination. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Townsend’s trio of young superstars set up shop comfortably at the top of the leaderboard, with Kentucky winner Cooley Masterclass (Ramiro B x The Swallo) taking the top spot on a score of 24.4. Cooley SRS (Ramiro B x Ballynattin Pride), second in his four-star debut at Badminton this year, sits just a tenth of a point behind him on 24.5, while 2017 Burghley winner Ballaghmor Class (Courage II x Kilderry Place) made it a hat trick with a good score of 25.3 for third overnight. Further down the leaderboard, MHS King Joules lies in sixth place on 29, and the up-and-comer Tregilder holds onto 12th place with 33.5.

While anyone familiar with Townend’s cool, calm command of an international one-day will be unsurprised by today’s performances, his fantastic first-phase efforts come after the hotly debated announcement of Team GB’s World Equestrian Games squad. Despite being short-listed on the three horses who top today’s leaderboard, and in spite of his position atop the FEI World Rankings, Townend is notably absent from the team that will head to Tryon next month.

Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class survey their kingdom at Blair Castle. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Though each of the horses remains on the reserve list, with the rest of the unselected short list, Townend continues to look ahead to his next opportunities for a major win. He has five horses entered for next week’s Burghley Horse Trials, three of which he’ll be able to take forward. Those include today’s top three mounts, the sixth-placed MHS King Joules, and four-star debutante Ulises. We’ll likely see all of his CIC3* rides showjump tomorrow afternoon, but Townend, who hasn’t yet decided which of his Burghley entrants will contest the four-star, will only run twelfth-placed Tregilder across the country.

Oliver Townend and Cooley Masterclass. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Townend has another important card up his sleeve this week in the form of Cilnabradden Evo (Creevagh Ferro Ex Siebe x Willow Garden), who he pilots in the weekend’s Event Rider Masters series finale. The winner here in 2016’s leg, ‘Gary’ has recorded three top-ten CIC3* finishes this season — including a win at Poland’s Baborowko — and is a strong favourite to claim a podium place (and a hefty paycheque) this weekend. WEG or no WEG, everything could be coming up Milhouse indeed. Watch this space.

Piggy French and Brookfield Inocent. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

Piggy French holds fourth place overnight — as well as the lead in the CCI2*, aboard the precociously talented Cooley Monsoon — with Brookfield Inocent (Innocent x Shalies Pet), who posted a score of 27.9. Formerly ridden by Australia’s Kevin McNab, Brookfield Inocent made his CIC3* debut in the latter half of the 2017 season, recording top-20 finishes at Millstreet and in Blenheim’s prestigious 8/9yo class. The nine-year-old only came to French three months ago, but their results together have thus far been encouraging — they finished 13th in the CIC2* at Barbury last month and won this month’s Somerford Park CIC2*.

Fifth place was clinched by Borders-based young rider Bella Innes Ker, whose parents, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, own Floors Castle and host the popular event on the estate. She rides her own Carolyn (Connery x Sarina P), the fourteen-year-old mare with whom she posted top-twenty finishes in the CCI3* classes at Blenheim and Tattersalls in 2017. They sit on a score of 28.4 going into tomorrow’s jumping phases.

Tomorrow sees an incredibly busy day of competition across the board at Blair, with the Event Rider Masters finale kicking off at 9.00am BST/4.00am EST. You can follow along with the ERM as it unfolds via their livestream. The CIC3* showjumping begins at 1.30pm BST/8.00am EST, moving onto cross-country at 4.10pm BST/11.10am EST. The CCI3* cross-country will start at 2.45pm BST/9.45am EST. All of the CIC3* and CCI3* action will be live-streamed via the Blair Castle Facebook page. 

The top ten after the first phase of the Blair Castle CIC3*.

Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials: Website, Schedule, Live Stream, Event Rider Masters, Live Scores, EN’s Coverage

#EventerFailFriday: Can I Get an Extra Side of Failsauce, Please?

By on Aug 24, 2018 11:30 am -

You guys have been hard at work on the fails this week, great job! Thank you for bringing a joyful little cringe into our lives on an otherwise humdrum Friday homestretch. Remember: The road to success is paved with fail, which means every last one of you (and many of us reading this, if we’re doing it right) are full-speed ahead.

Unfortunately for me, What started out as a fabulous outing at Otter Creek ended rather soggily 😂😂😂. We had a fantastic dressage test that gave us a 32.7 and placed us tied for 2nd on Friday. Saturday he warmed up like a champ and jumped the first 3rd of the course in great style. The water was very busy resulting in spookiness and lack of respect for my leg. Further miscommunication at the water to water fence lead to an unceremonious baptizing and a dirt christened white breeches. 🙃🙃🙃 Also I had to test my air vest sometime! However I am still utterly thrilled with my boy. He was so good the rest of the weekend and I could have ridden smarter to make sure he really understood the question at hand. Lesson learned! #runfree #builtinlifevest #crosscountry #jumpallthethings #butnotfromastandstillRicky #badidea #eventerproblems #eventersofinstagram #horselife #horseshowproblems #equestrian #equestrianlife #barnlife #hhfeventing #MrShenanigans 📷Xpress Foto Design

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Oops 😂 #failfriday #atedirt #slid4feet #eventerproblems #secondtimewemadeit

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Go Eventing.

Friday News & Notes from Kentucky Equine Research

By on Aug 24, 2018 12:03 am -

How do you put some light fitness miles on a three year old in preparation for the FEH championships in a month? Pony them! Nyls, who actually hates all other horses, oddly tolerates pony-ing and is excellent with babies even if they don’t really know what they’re doing. Slap on a rope halter and go to town, doing some hill work and hacking out past scary stuff. Little Mattie did 3 hills yesterday and was pretty pooped, but a very good sport!

National Holiday: National Peach Pie Day

Major Events This Week:

Millstreet: Website, Schedule, Start Times & Live Scoring, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage

Blair Castle: Website, Schedule, Start Times & Live Scoring, Live Stream, Event Rider Masters, ERM Live Scores, EN’s Coverage

U.S. Weekend Preview: 

Town Hill Farm H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]

Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Shepherd Ranch SYVPC H.T. II [Website]

Caber Farm Horse Trial  [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

The Event at Archer [Website] [Live Scoring]

Stone Gate Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

News From Around the Globe:

Not going to WEG?  Looking for a confidence building, forward riding, galloping course for your young horse?  Looking to move up to the next level?  CDCTA Fall Horse Trials in Berryville, VA is still accepting entries.  Our goal is to provide courses that encourage horses and riders to gallop, be brave cross country, and enjoy what they are doing. In addition to the recognized divisions BN-P they offer an intro division which is a great way to get started in the sport. They have CASH awards for both VA Bred Horses and the Thoroughbred Incentive Program (TIP) as well as other prizes and ribbons through 8th place. [USEA Omnibus]

As the Official Charity for the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018, The Brooke is bringing its mission to life at the World Equine Expo being held at Tryon International Equestrian Center during the WEG on September 11-23, 2018. From virtual reality experiences and book signings to plush toys, bar nights and the unveiling of TIEC’s commemorative “Brooke Breezeway,” there are many interactive ways spectators can support Brooke before, after and during the Games. In developing countries across the globe, working horses, donkeys, and mules are lifelines for families who depend on them for existence. Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys, works around the world to improve and protect the lives of working equines. [The Brooke Named Official Charity of the WEG]

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The KY Classique Horse Trials run once a year on the first weekend in September at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky (Area VIII), offering Starter through Intermediate divisions. This year, KY Classique will host the Area VIII Championships for Beginner Novice through Intermediate levels as well as USEA Classic Series Beginner Novice and Novice Three-Day divisions. This year they celebrate their 30th anniversary! [USEA Events: KY Classique]