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Also not acceptable jog uniforms

Good morning Eventing Nation!

Can you believe it? It’s only been 7 days since we last spoke, and the Olympic Eventing Trials are already over! Did you pick the winner? It’s pretty obvious now… What about teams? Did your country take home any honors? What about the honor for best partying team? I didn’t know this was a division, but it’s pretty awesome! Anyway, I digress, now the Olympics are all about Dressage and their foam fingers.

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Millbrook is already well underway. Buck and Reggie won the dressage of Advanced-A on a 27.8 with Laine Ashker and Anthony Patch not far behind on a 28.4. Jennie Brannigan won the dressage of OI-A on a 20.8. Don’t worry, if you scored a 35 in this division, you’d be looking at 23rd place. Caitlin Silliman rode Quinn Himself to the winning dressage score of 24.6 in OT-A. Rumor and score sheets have it that Boyd and Phillip take no breaks as they’ll be competing at Millbrook as well.

Speaking of Olympics and dressage day, two Brits take the top honors after Day 1 of competition. Carl Hester is in the lead on a 77.720 with fellow Brit Laura Bechtolsheimer not far behind on a 76.839. Anky van Grunsven is in fifth on Salinero, her Olympic double champion. Jan Ebeling and Rafalca are in 13th after day one for the US. [Horse&Hound] [COTH] [Horsetalk] [EN]

Poor Canada is not having the best go in the eventing and dressage disciplines at the Olympics. Their hopes for team medals now lie with the Jumpers after Capital, David Marcus’s mount spooked and couldn’t recover in the 10 seconds allowed, thus eliminating them from the Dressage compeition. Who’s on the Show Jumping Team that can make Canada proud? Oh, just a team-full of hot shots: Ian Millar, Eric Lamaze, Tiffany Foster and Yann Candele. (G)O Canada! [Horsetalk]

Ok, Eventing Nation. It’s serious. We need to have an intervention. What the blank are these Show Jumpers wearing to the jogs?! Forgetting your boots? Come on Rich Fellers. Breeches and jackets? While acceptable if you’ve never been to a jog and don’t know nothing bout em, but these are the show jumpers! Where are your Armani suits and Marchesa dresses? [Photos here]

This is a great article about Dr. Kent Allen, DVMs role and prognosis of the welfare of the horses during the Eventing portion of the Olympics. For the horses that jog, as always, Dr. Allen says the horse must be “fit to compete on the day”. Camilla Speirs of Ireland had the worst fall of the day, but all was okay in the end with the horse standing in his stall munching hay. He will obviously need rest. Dr. Allen was on scene and recalls, “The horse was a champ. He knew he was in a bad spot with the rider, and he didn’t try to stand up.” [The Horse]

Not competing at the Olympic Championships, perhaps something a little bit closer in Georgia instead? Well, the USEA has released a press statement listing some of the many prizes you can contend for Stateside at the American Eventing Championships. Nutrena grain certificates, Charles Owens helmets, Fleeceworks, Amerigo, WiseEquestrian, Dubarry, FITS, Omega Alpha, and many more! And, they’re still accepting sponsorships.  [USEA]

Over in Hunter/Jumper land, WelcomeBF has arrived to John Madden Sales. Assistant trainer Callie Schott has welcomed her to New York after her long trip from California. They’ve done some flat work and a low jump school around 3′ with some easy grids. They’ll be out and about this weekend in some classes in Vermont. [COTH]

Researchers at UC-Davis are much closer to finding the genetic link causing the Hoof Wall Separation Syndrome in the Connemara. It mostly occurs in foals between one and six months of age, and is still immensely painful despite the best pain management. In many cases, euthanasia is the course of treatment as the quality of life greatly diminishes. However, unaffected horses can be bred together and still foal horses with this condition, so this research is very necessary for the Connemara community. [Horsetalk]

Hot on HN: I will never get sick of these Horse Haikus. Wylie’s got one for US Olympic Dressage. [Check. It. Out.]

Found on Facebook: Ashley Adams is honoring Olympic dressage competition by riding 10 different dressage tests in seven hours. [AAEventing]

Best of the Blogs: SmartPakers Colby and Sarah have your low-down of Day 1 Olympic Dressage. [SP Blog]

And, in case you missed their video Kate posted yesterday..

Go eventing.

 

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