(1) Connemaras won two divisions at the GMHA Training 3 Day on Friday. GMHA also held a Novice 3 Day, and I love to see the three-day available to as many levels as possible. Katherine Erickson of the Grey Brook Eventing blog took some nice photos of the endurance day for the USEA. The GMHA horse trial divisions start on Saturday. Link: 3-Day Results
(2) The Carrot absolutely tore down the Chronicle of the Horse’s recent article on WEG endurance. Mistakes happen and it’s impossible to be 100% accurate all the time, especially when you cover as many sports as the Chronicle does. That said, I think it’s good to have a watchdog like The Carrot keeping the media on their toes, and the folks at The Carrot are so brilliant when they are angry. I just hope I’m cool enough someday to have The Carrot come after me.
(3) Speaking of media gaffes, the next installment of our series “Local Media Writing About Eventing” come courtesy of BCLocalNews.com with a story titled “Olympics in sight for [Steph] Rhodes-Bosch.” Surely the Olympics are in sight for Steph, but she’s probably a little more focused right now on a little thing called the World Equestrian Games. That said, if you want to learn more about one of Canada’s best riders and you can’t wait for Steph’s next EN guest blog post, the article is a decent read.
(4) The USEA has posted results from the Millbrook Adult Team Challenge. My favorite team name is definitely “Bays and Grey’s Anatomy,” although I confess that I have never been able to finish an episode of that show. Imagine if they made a TV show about eventing drama.
(5) William Fox-Pitt’s potential WEG horse Cool Mountain scored a 45 in the Hartpury CIC*** dressage.
(6) The Jurga Report explains that North Carolina has 11 cases of Equine Piroplasmosis. The interesting thing about EP is that it was eradicated in the US for 20 years before recently raging back into existence. North Carolina is the 20th US state to report EP in the last two years. EP is primarily transmitted by ticks or contaminated needles so be sure to keep your horse free of ticks and of course never reuse a needle.
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For some reason, I just felt like watching this video, which is one of my favorites
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USEA Events This Weekend Links:
The Event at Woodside (CA): Times/Scores
GMHA (VT): Times/Scores
Waredeca (MD): Website
Kent School Horse Trials (CT): Website
Wayne Du Page HT (IL): Homepage
Colorado Horse Park HT (CO): Website
