When you’re trying to gallop into the water but there are ducks in the way. Photo by Mike McNally.
You guys, I almost don’t want to mention this, because I need to knock on a ton of wood while I do, but it’s mid-June and I haven’t gotten heat stroke yet this year, which is almost unheard of in Virginia. It was 55 last night! I wore a sweater in the morning! I turned off my air conditioning yesterday! It’s so wild, and I’m loving it. Is this what it’s like to live in California all the time??
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Flora Lea Farm YEH and Mini Trial (Medford, Nj.): [Website] [Entry Status]
Full Gallop Farm June H.T. (Aiken, Sc.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Volunteer]
Honey Run H.T. (Ann Arbor, Mi.): [Website] [Ride Times]
Horse Park of New Jersey H.T. (Allentown, Nj.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]
Kent School Spring H.T. (Kent, Ct.): [Website] [Entry Status]
Shepherd Ranch Pony Club H.T. (Santa Ynez, Ca.): [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Silverwood Farm H.T. (Camp Lake, Wi.): [Website] [Volunteer]
News From Around the Globe:
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced today, June 17, the four athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games, as part of the U.S. Dressage Olympic Team. Adrienne Lyle and Salvino, a 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Betsy Juliano LLC, Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki, Sabine Schut-Kery and Sanceo, a 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Alice Womble. Nick Wagman and Don John, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Beverly Gepfer have been named as the traveling reserve. [US Dressage Team Announced]
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Ready to do some deep cleaning of your barn during the hot summer months? Time to power wash the stalls and spend the day doing organizational stuff that you neglected over the winter. Check out these top ten tips for making your barn sparkle again, and trust me, you won’t regret it when you’re done. [Top 10 Tips to Spruce Up Your Barn]
A new study shows that withholding feed from your horse can decrease their water intake. Especially during the summer months, it’s important to make sure that your horses are drinking as much as possible, so you might rethink your feeding program and when you withhold hay or grain from them. [Withholding Feed Affects Water Intake]
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