Photo courtesy of Hannah Burnett
Amy Tryon and Leyland delivered a 31 to lead the Rebecca Farm advanced division going into the jumping. Amy is also placed third on Coal Creek with a 33.7. It is a great sign for US eventing to have Amy back competing and a good run this weekend goes a long way to solidifying her spot on the WEG team. Titanium, who was added to the short list earlier this week, is placed second with a 33.0. The CIC3*-W dressage is on Friday. To accommodate nearly 500 entries, many of the lower levels are competing dressage and jumping before the weekend.
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In other Rebecca Farm news, the USA Today has written a
very brief article about the start of Rebecca Farm, which is another sign that the Rebecca Farm publicity team is one of the best in the business. Our latest ‘local media writing about eventing’ award goes to the
Daily Interlake:
“Often called “horse ballet,” dressage is the least action-packed of the three events and certainly the most meticulous.” Translation: bring your kids on Saturday.
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Top eventer and Eventing Nation favorite Chelan Kozak is on scene at Rebecca Farm with her camera, laptop, and trusty margarita mixer. That’s what we call a recipe for fun.
From Chelan:
Of note on Thursday was the competitor briefing. Yes, you got it right, the briefing. It is a very big deal that 17 horses from the East coast are here to compete at at Rebecca Farm. Rebecca Broussard has been a tremendous supporter of this sport through running top class events in area 7 as well as owning and part owning many ADV horses over the years. During the briefing, the Broussard owned horses were paraded by the riders- All Star, Quintus 54, Nicodemus, Fernhill Eagle, and of course Truluck, who had to show the crowd how special he is and prance sideways and spin. This prompted, of course several gasps from the riders who all know that every single one of these horses is a millisecond away from hurting themselves! Amy Tryon introduced the horse parade, and on a personal note, I am delighted that she is back in the tack and competing this weekend.
Other fun R Farm notes are that Nigel Casserley is the main announcer, which of course reminds us all of the ‘other’ big R event earlier this year. And, R Farm provides free ice to competitors, due to the heat (although no humidity and temps are currently about 80 only during the day, very pleasant!) I went to the office today and paid them $20 in advance to secure contraband ‘non-horse-use-ice’. Good to drink with a clear conscience!!
The ‘booby trap’
The state of Montana in general notes are that we are in the WEST- a plethora of ‘guns don’t kill people’ bumper stickers, and a free living attitude which breeds such laws as the no helmet required while riding a motorcycle. The same law applies in idaho and the Dakotas. Truthfully, when I see these crazies busting a move on the interstate all I can think of is how easily one’s noggin could split open on the asphalt! But maybe that is just me…
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As a final note, two stories we have been writing about for a while are starting to gain some momentum today, as the
Horse and Hound has written about both the high WEG ticket prices, and the Parelli “incident”. Finally, Regarding Horses, a well respected horse blog that I really enjoy, has written a more in-depth article today about the WEG price gouging.
