In a couple of hours the eventing community in Ocala will completely lose the slim semblance of sobriety it maintains on a daily basis in celebration of Larry David O’Connor’s 50th birthday. After all, it’s not every day that an Olympic gold medalist transitions into official “old man over the hill” status. Kidding aside, happy birthday David. This is going to be a great 50th year as David gets to lead his Canadian team at the Olympics and then take over the reins of a US program loaded with young talent and veteran leadership. I’ve said it before — I’m convinced David will win more international medals as a coach than he did as a rider and, as a slight extension of that, I’m going to predict that he’ll win more medals after 50 than he did before 50. We’ll have full photo and video coverage of the proceedings as part of our ongoing eventing party coverage. Please send any and all ridiculousness to [email protected], anonymity guaranteed. Tune in tomorrow to see if Ocala still exists. Thank you for your continued support of Eventing Nation. Go David.
