Photo by Kayla Muller
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Looking back on 2012… (with thanks to KSR for the inspiration)
NCAA Mens Basketball Champs: Wildcats
Super Bowl/World Series Champs: Giants
Rolex Winner: William Fox-Pitt
Badminton Winner: The Weather
Rolex Grand Slam Winner: Check back in 2013
Burghley Winner: Sinead Halpin Andrew Nicholson
Loves Boston Cremes: Rafferty’s Rules
London Marathon Winner: Wilson Kipsang
London Marathon Champion: Claire Lomas
The 47%: Eventers who try to read the FEI Rulebook
The 99%: Eventers who do not understand the FEI Rulebook
AAAAND She Made It: Nina Ligon becomes first female Asian and first Thai Olympic *eventer
Great Weekend for US Eventing: Rolex (Four top 5 finishers)
Lousy Weekend for US Eventing: The Olympics (let’s just forget about that this year)
Olympic Champion: Michael Jung
Overplayed Olympic Champion: Michael Phelps
Enjoy It: Great Britain’s Dressage, Show Jumping, and Eventing Teams
Doper: Lance Armstrong
Dopey: Caring about Captain Mark Phillips’ love life
Wrath of the Titans: Andrew Nicholson vs. William Fox-Pitt
Taken 2: David O’Connor (sorry, Canada)
The Three Stooges: Rick Wallace, Jon Holling, and Leslie Law travel to Bromont (and go streaking)
Trouble with the Curve: Matthias Rath
As Seen On TV: I think I piaffed in my pants
We Hope You Like Snow: Clayton Fredericks
YouTube Video We Don’t Need: more Gangnam Style
YouTube Video We DO Need: more Doug Payne helmet cams
Thank God It’s Over: Election commercials
I Wish It Would Never End: The Olympics
Blogger Contest Winner: Jenni Autry
Blogger Contest Also-Ran: Wal-Mart shoppers
And You Thought We Couldn’t Do It: Allison Springer and Arthur
Best Guest Blog On EN in 2012 (2nd Runner up): Confessions of a First-Time Rolex Owner
Best Guest Blog On EN in 2012 (1st Runner up): Lesley Grant Law: A Tale of Injury and Rehab
Best Guest Blog on EN in 2012: Meg Kep: A Horse Called Tate
Losing Record: The Mayans
Year We’re Looking Forward To: 2013
Fantastic Year That Just Passed: 2012
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Happy new year, gang. Thanks for hanging with us all this year. Enjoy your last days of 2012, and we’ll see you in 2013. Go Eventing.
