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Who jumped it best….Kevin McNab barefoot, or Kevin McNab on horseback in Tokyo? Hard to tell honestly, we think his form is pretty great on foot, but the benefit of the doubt probably goes to Don Quidam, mostly because he’s a damn handsome horse. Sorry Kevin, we can’t help it if we love your horse slightly more than your barefooted self!
For those of you in Virginia, tickets are still on sale for Great Meadow International to come and spectate โ you can purchase yours here. If youโre not local, the live stream of the CCI4*-S and CCI3*-S will be carried on H&C+.
#MARSGMI: [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Live Stream] [Volunteer] [Show Photographer]
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Caber Farm H.T. (Onalaska, Wa.): [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times] [Volunteer]
The Event at Archer (Cheyenne, Wy.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
Full Gallop Farm H.T. (Aiken, Sc.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Volunteer]
Genesee Valley Riding & Driving Club H.T. (Geneseo, Ny.): [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Huntington Farm H.T. (South Strafford, Vt.): [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Metamora Hunt II Pony Club H.T. (Metamora, Mi.): [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Ocala Summer II H.T. (Ocala, Fl.): [Website] [Entry Status]
Major International Events:
Arville International CCIO4*-S: [Website] [Entries] [Schedule] [Cross Country Maps]
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Not finished with Tokyo yet?ย Enjoy this course walk with silver medallist Shane Rose as we do a video birds-eye view of the Olympic cross country course a few weeks ago in Tokyo. Shane was double clear four seconds under the time with his mount Virgil, so he’s a decent one to listen to do a course walk. [Walk Tokyo with Shane Rose]
Chances are pretty high that youโve experienced show-jitters before. Maybe it was before an important competition, a clinic with an unknown clinician, your first group lesson, or riding in front of a friend or family member for the first time. Regardless of the situation, youโll probably agree that performance anxiety is one thing youโd rather avoid.ย The problem with show-jitters is that it creates pressure: pressure to avoid messing up or letting people down, or the pressure to look good or risk having others think youโre bad. Check out Daniel Stewart’s blog this month on how to handle the jitters. [Pressure Proof with Daniel Stewart]
In the summer of 2019, Mellisa Wardenย was balancing her career as a USEA technical delegate and โRโ judge with a job working for a local FEI veterinarian. She was also preparing to move up to the Intermediate level of eventing with her Thoroughbred gelding, Deadpool, and running marathons in her free time when she and her daughter flew from their home in Aiken, S.C. to Germany to visit Wardenโs husband, who was stationed there while serving in the military.ย On a Sunday morning in Berlin, the sun peeking through the clouds, Warden and her family were bicycling through the city when Warden hit a set of tram tracks in the center of a street, flying off her bike. โI thought, okay, my ankleโs sprained. Iโll tape it up, itโll be fine,โ Warden said. โPeople were running up to pull me out of the road. They got me up, and when I put my foot down so I could balance a little bit, my ankle detached from my leg.โ [Mellisa Warden’s Decision After A Traumatic Injury Led To A New Beginning]
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