That’s right. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Can you feel all the love in the air?! Happy Valentine’s Day Eventing Nation! We, here at EN, would love to be your Valentine, John more so than the rest of us since he’s never had one… Oh, come on, like you didn’t know that was coming. Now that the John joke is aside, what do you love, Eventing Nation, besides us? Horses, eventing, thoroughbreds, Boyd? E.) All of the above? More importantly, who are you spending Valentine’s Day with? I never thought you’d ask! I’m spending mine with Charles, a tall, dark, and very handsome OTTB who I haven’t seen in three weeks! 😉 And, don’t worry if you see a blonde girl lurking outside CVS at midnight. That’ll be Coren waiting for the chocolate to go on sale. In all seriousness, we love you, Eventing Nation, today, and every day! I won’t strangle you with any more lovey-dovey nonsense thoughts, so here are your news and notes:
Do you remember Shawn and Warren from our “Another EN Marriage” post back in December? Well, Warren’s at it again. He’s in the running to win tickets to a Brad Paisley concert. Help them make this a fabulous first wedded Valentine’s Day for these two, EN style: VOTE! Click the link to vote for Shawn and Warren. 309,392 EN LOVE Karma points if you do. [Vote for love!]
Chelan is back! Her horse, Chester, is back in full work and feeling great. There’s a terrific video of them at MREC on the blog as well. And, apparently, in true Valentine’s Day fashion, she harassed (her word!) David O’Connor into giving a clinic at her farm February 28-29. [3Daze]
Legendary Linda Allen is coming to Aiken this weekend for a clinic. The clinic is full, but auditors are welcome for a suggested donation of $25 to Friends of the Animal Shelter. It’s being held at a private facility of Steifel Road. Groups start at 2’6″ and go beyond 3’6″. [Aiken Standard]
Havarah Equestrian had a great weekend at Pine Top. They’re absolutely gushing in the first few paragraphs, and rightfully so after some great dressage and three clear show jumping rounds! Molly’s got a wonderful team, both human and horse. The working students got to watch at Pine Top, which, if you’ve ever been a working student, you know is rare. They’ll all be riding at Paradise this weekend. Good luck ladies! [Havarah Equestrian]
Kate Chadderton has had a busy last 10 days. Between the last 10 days of events in Aiken she’s jumped approximately 230 show jumps with only 3 rails down. That’s 99% of the rails up! Impressive! There’s also an awesome picture of a tractor clearing one of the three completely frozen-over water jumps at Pine Top last weekend. [Kate’s blog]
Amy Lo wraps up her short experience with Peter Atkins Eventing. I don’t think I can even begin to hide my envy. She was in Ocala with her horse Moose and absolutely absorbed everything she saw: from Peter asking for immediate attentiveness upon mounting to never missing an opportunity to give a horse a treat. Peter’s horses live outside 24/7, and it’s all about them. How it should be. She’s included Peter’s helmet cam video from Ocala, and if you scroll down, there’s more about her trip and lots of pictures! [C U On XC]
Our wonderful sponsor, SmartPak. has a new blog post up about beating the winter blues. They’ve got solutions for hydration, respiration, and more. [Smartpak]
Coren’s singing on youtube! Just kidding. The sweetest story bout rescuing a donkey is a lovely Valentine’s story. Donkeyotee was rescued as a yearling and now sings along with a violin. [Horsetalk]
For the love of Motown, Happy Valentine’s Day!
Go hug your friends, family and loved ones! Happy Valentine’s Day! <3 EN
