Thursday News & Notes from SmartPak
Faster than a speeding Ford Escort! More powerful than a John Deer! Able to leap tall fences at a single bound! Please tell me that you’re looking at the horse above and laughing your butt
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Monday News and Notes from Success Equestrian
Who’s got two thumbs and has already started obsessively planning multiple-Halloween costumes for her pony? This girl right here! There’s something about the season that brings out the kid in me. If I’m honest it
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One of my favorite things about eventing is that we get awards ceremonies right. Victory gallops and awards dinners make me smile. Maybe it’s simply because it’s one ribbon for the whole weekend, but my
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What a weekend! Right on the heels of the AECs we have tons of intense competition around the country. The Area VI Championships are taking place in California at Woodside Horse Park while back east
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Nyls and I have arrived at Morven, and we are ready to take on the CIC3*! I’m going to try to bring you some updates from the action this weekend, as many of the pairs
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OCTOBER?! I can’t believe it’s October already. Fall and the holiday season always sneaks up on me. Maybe it’s because I live in Virginia, and the weather is basically hot and muggy until it snows,
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And with that, the AECs are in the books for 2014! Safe travels and best wishes for those of you on the road home today and tomorrow. It blows my mind how fast this year
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It must be a happy morning for Buck Davidson after his win at the AECs! I must confess that Petite Flower is fast becoming my favorite one in Buck’s string. I’m really excited to see what she’ll do
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Excitement and anxiety at the AECs this weekend. On the excitement side, Laine Ashker is primed for a repeat of last year’s victory after a bold romp around cross country yesterday. On the anxiety side,
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Today is a very special day, because it is AEC competitor Rachel Cosker’s SWEET 16! Rachel is competing in the Beginner Novice division with her horse Jamaican Me Crazy and celebrating her 16th birthday today!
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AEC Week! The American Eventing Championships are a wonderful competition, full of all the bravest and most ambitious riders that our country has to offer. Take these three ladies above, who traveled from Billings, Mont.,
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By the time many of you read this, I will be on the road from Minnesota to Tyler, Texas, for the 2014 Nutrena USEA American Eventing Championships. I’m traveling down with my wonderful bosses and
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The AECs are right around the corner. Many people are putting in their final works or already on the road. I know I have several favorites across multiple divisions this year and I’ll be cheering
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There’s a happy sort of exhaustion where you can’t do anything other than just smile blankly and nod. The grin on your face says it all. It’s funny how that space can be so mentally rejuvenating
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How do you know that you love your barn and your barn friends? You do insane things like drive five hours to an event directly after a 12 hour workday. You bring the things they
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This time last year, I was competing my monster, Nyls, in the CIC3* at Plantation. He warmed up beautifully for the dressage, and went in that arena breathing fire. Le sigh. He did the same
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The weekend is nearly upon us, and one of the most highly anticipated fall competitions is happening up in Pennsylvania, starting today. I am, of course, talking about Plantation Field Horse Trials, which includes levels
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Have you ever been so excited about something that you freaked out, sent your BFF nine text messages about how you were going to go do this thing because it’s exactly what you’ve been talking
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Don’t you just love it when you happen upon something out in the world that invokes the “I can totally jump that!” reaction? When I was younger and a bit more of a hooligan, I pretty much lived on horseback rampaging
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There are some things that just put a smile on your face. Mine That Bird has an incredible story, having been one of the longest shots to win the Kentucky Derby. It’s nice to see
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Yesterday, I learned what could be called an “obvious lesson”. I was riding my last horse of the day, and feeling a little bit jelly-legged from returning to full work after a week in England
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I’m back from Burghley, and I think almost recovered from my whirlwind of a trip! I have a bajillion photos that I don’t even know what to do with. I even edited through them and
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Seriously, how much of a bad ass is Andrew Nicholson? To take top honors at Burghley three times is an astounding feat. I’m starting to believe that it’s something in the waters of the southern
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