If only horses could talk….!
However, Colleen is a wonderful co-host and joins me this week as we are still unable to track down John Kyle, his loss our gain! Jumping clear cross country around the testing Pau CCI**** a few weeks ago means Colleen and Shiraz have now joined a very select group of horse and rider combinations; we do know that Jennifer Wooten Dafoe and The Good Witch also completed four different four stars, but I’m not certain if there are any others? Colleen chats about the course at Pau, what it was like going to France essentially ‘solo’, sans trainer, husband or kids, and what she’ll work on now over the winter. Colleen is planning to go to Badminton in the Spring, and this week’s show is all about that one remaining four star…..Adelaide!
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Many thanks to Boyd Martin for popping in and reliving his memories of the event – having not done any research I was surprised to learn that he first rode at the CCI**** when he was just 19 years old, has competed in it probably a dozen times and won it on True Blue Toozac. He also has an update on his horses, as well as a recap on his Thanksgiving Day out with the Cheshire Hunt.
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Well, we could hardly talk about Adelaide without having ESJ on the show! Eventing Safety John gives us a real taste of what it was like to be there, especially in the arena when Megan Jones retired her faithful four star companion and he got the ‘money shot’ of them jumping their last ever cross country fence, “We were all in tears and trying to shoot pictures. Megan’s fiance was there, and truthfully I feel sorry for him because she loves that horse more than anything!” Yes, this was all a subterfuge plot to try and persuade Colleen to start booking tickets down under now, but I certainly didn’t want to say too much and jinx her, and in fact it’s just fueled my own desire to go there one day more! The Eventing Radio Show will be online Thursday, and a quick PS – to the seven people who wrote in for A Stallion To Die For: Thank you, and as it is impossible (for me!) to split seven into five please send me your mailing address to [email protected] and I’ll make sure you all receive a copy of Judith Stanton’s terrific eventing novel. Incidentally, she was talking about Will Faudree, although I agree it definitely could have been Boyd, or Michael of course! Check out The Eventing Radio Show tomorrow, many thanks to Colleen, Boyd and ESJ, and to you for listening, and Go Eventing!
