Wednesday News & Notes from EcoVet
I wanted to start off this morning with a little anecdote about diversity. I am a Korean adoptee who came to the U.S. when I was three months old after I was given up for
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I wanted to start off this morning with a little anecdote about diversity. I am a Korean adoptee who came to the U.S. when I was three months old after I was given up for
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View this post on Instagram Tapping into a long tradition, black cowboys are taking to the streets. This past Sunday in Compton, Calif., a group of black men and women known as the Compton Cowboys
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View this post on Instagram Our brand new frangible table is riding beautifully thanks to the support of the USEA Frangible Fence Grant Fund! A post shared by Waredaca (@waredacafarm) on Jun 13, 2020 at
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Replace all the confederate statues with Business Horse, whom I found outside a courtyard Marriot in Louisville in 2017 pic.twitter.com/8dUcrHX4ej — Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) June 10, 2020 As someone who is inherently privileged and truly
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Ah June, the time at which my tan lines really start to become the star of the show. Each year I claim that I will finally make my legs tan, but, every year I fail.
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And just like that, we slid right into the hot hot summer in Virginia. While some are happy to be competing again, I’m waiting until fall, because I absolutely abhor the heat in Virginia. In
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View this post on Instagram Mood as soon as when we can go outside again! What’s the first thing y’all doing when quarantine is over? A post shared by 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕮𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞𝖘 ℠ (@comptoncowboys) on May
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View this post on Instagram "Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ –Henri Nouwen ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ———-⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Follow us @equestrian_noire⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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View this post on Instagram Competition is officially underway again and we couldn’t be more excited! 🎉 A post shared by U.S. Eventing Association (@useventing) on Jun 6, 2020 at 11:35am PDT Getting on social
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As of yesterday, the official USEA eventing season is underway once again after it’s months long coronavirus-induced hiatus. Things are still going to look a little different for a while — the now commonplace sight
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It’s Friday, and we’re all exhausted. No matter what your life circumstance is this week, it’s been a real slam into June, and personally one of the most exhausting things is uncertainty. Where will we
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There isn’t really anything important happening in the horse world this week that can possibly compare with the importance of this historic moment of civil unrest and protest. I’m so thankful that I get to
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brianna Noble (@urbancowgirl510) on May 30, 2020 at 9:45pm PDT We wanted to once again shine a light on the efforts of those who bravely stand
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“For too long, the horse show world has chosen to ignore the extreme social injustice embedded in American policy and tradition. We are an insular community with a gross amount of wealth and white privilege,
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View this post on Instagram Oakland, CA 2020 🐎🤎✊🏾 A post shared by The Yee-Haw Agenda (@theyeehawagenda) on May 29, 2020 at 7:53pm PDT Last week was a long and achingly sad one, marked by
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With salons closing, people have gotten a little desperate (crazy?) with their hair lately. I’ve seen quite a few makeovers fueled by box dye and kitchen scissors, but none come close to my mom’s pony, Annabelle’s,
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Tryon International Equestrian Center reopens this weekend, with an unrecognized competition, and a USEF rated competition on June 3rd. In accordance with the USEF rules and recommendations by the CDC and the WHO, they announced
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I don’t know how I got so lucky, but my puppy has discovered a particular penchant that has come in extremely handy on a horse farm. He loves to find both lost shoes, and wayward
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Wednesdays used to be my weekly “stalk the ride times” day, so you can imagine I’ve felt a bit lost these last few months. Perhaps some hope is on the horizon? In the meantime, you
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I’ve seen a lot of people sharing and nominating each other for the equestrian photo challenge where each person shares a favorite horse photo every day for 10 days. There have been many really inspiring
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Happy whatever-day-of-the-week-it-is! Time means nothing and UberEats means everything, and the thought of leaving a start box again one day in the not-too-distant future is the glue holding it all together right now. If I
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I’ve been very proud to see so many eventers making the most out of their downtime lately. Some have been especially productive and revamped their show jumping sets Camille Kierstead here. This is a girl
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I think the ‘pot of gold’ that everyone would like to find at the end of a rainbow right now is a sense of normalcy. For us eventers, it seems like we might start to
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