Friday News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips

Coleman doing a little freestyle yoga at Richland (photo by Jennie Brannigan)

Happy Friday, Eventing Nation! I’m here taking over for Jenni so that she can go enjoy a little break before recommencing her running about at Richland this weekend. She is, as always, doing a super-human job getting us live coverage with photos, videos and commentary that is informative and insightful on the action in Michigan. So far, we have Phillip Dutton leading the way with Ben, who has been notoriously excellent at the CIC3* level this spring. Close behind him is Boyd Martin & Trading Aces, who won the dressage at Millbrook a few weeks ago. Tomorrow is Show Jumping for both CIC classes, starting at 1:00 in the afternoon with the CIC3*. Good luck to everybody!

Richland Links:

[Richland Website] [Entry List] [2013 Schedule] [Live Scores]

Events This Weekend:

Shepherd Ranch SYVPC HT: [Website] [Entry Status/Times]

Caber Farm HT:[Website] [Entry Status]

Valinor Farm HT: [Website] [Entry Status]

Difficult Run Fall HT: [Website]

Genesee Valley Riding & Driving Club HT: [Website] [Entry Status/Times]

News from Around the Globe:

With the European Eventing Championships right around the corner, Team Ireland has had to make some last minute changes. Unfortunately Elizabeth Power’s horse September Bliss acquired a minor injury and was forced to withdraw, while first reserve Michael Ryan was unable to fill her spot due to the late call up. However, Jim Newsam and Magennis have now been called up and Magennis is on his way to the championship venue at Malmo in Sweden with the other selected horses. The European Eventing Championships take place in Malmo from August 29 to September 1st. [Irish Eventing Team Changed]

If you thought reigning Olympic champions Charlotte DuJardin & Valegro were done setting world Grand Prix records … you were wrong! Charlotte and Valegro laid down a cool 85.94% at the ECCO FEI European Championships yesterday in Herning, Denmark. They broke their own record of 84.44%. They also hold the current Grand Prix Special world record at 88.02%, but Edward Gal & Totilas are holding strong with the world record for Grand Prix Freestyle at 92.30%. [Charlotte & Valegro Set New Record]

Pammy Hutton will be giving a rare demo called No-Nonsense Dressage at Lee Valley Riding Centre next Friday night in London. Tickets are  £20 for the demo or £25 for the demo and observing the daytime clinics. Booking is via email at [email protected] or at [email protected]. [No Nonsense Dressage]

You’ve got one more week to enter to win a $5,000 SmartPak shopping spree. What are you waiting for!!?? Maybe you should visit the site and just browse for ten to twenty minutes and imagine all of the things that you could buy for $5,000. Then, click here to enter. [SmartPak Shopping Spree Enter Here]

Is your horse too fat? There’s an app for that. Using measurements of the girth, neck circumference, body length, and height, this app strives to calculate the perfect weight for your horse, and if you need to cut down on the calories. It’s called “Healthy Horse App” and it currently only works for certain breeds of horses, but it is improving all the time.[Fat Horse App]

Got too much poop? Don’t we all. Now you can create Poop Art! Creative artist Susan Bell from Denver decided to put good use to her horse’s leftover turds, and sculpt the heck out of it. She makes bunnies, ducks, pigeons, frogs, squirrels, snails and cats, all sculpted entirely of horse manure. Haven’t had enough? How about PooPoo Paper, which makes lovely greeting cards from poop?? Grandma will love that. [Poop Art from HN]

Nothing says stylish quite like the classic folding hoof pick belt. Fun story: this belt design was created by a wonderful old horseman who lived 5 minutes down the road from me and used to repair tack behind the country store. I would visit him when I was little and troll around in his piles of tack scraps, thinking it was great fun. However, this design is now a classic, and not only is it great for your riding pants, but you can totally take it off and wear it out to dinner on your fancy jeans. If you don’t have one, get one. [Folding Hoof Pick Belt from SmartPak]

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Molly Kinnamon wishes a happy 18th birthday to her go-to-girl,  Hannah Metz.  Happy Birthday Hannah!

 

Video courtesy of HN…good find Wylie! Check out the article HERE

 

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