Luhmühlen 2011 winners Andreas Dibowski and Butts Leon
Guten morgen Eventing Nation!! Today is a very exciting day over in Germany at the Luhmühlen International CIC*** and CCI**** because it’s cross country day!!! Alright, I’ll lay off the exclamation points for now, but you should know a few things first. Michael Jung is leading the 3* (shocking, I know) with Weidezaunprofi’s River of Joy (say that five times fast), followed by Frank Ostholt on Little Paint and Sara Algotsson-Ostholt and Wega. Lucinda Fredericks absolutely killed it in the dressage yesterday aboard Flying Finish, and she leads the pack in the CCI**** followed by Michael Jung on Leopin FST and my personal favorite, Andrew Nicholson on Mr Cruise Control. By the way, Andrew got a 10 for Rider on his dressage test today in the CCI****, which he’s quite happy about. It’s his first 10! FEI TV will be offering both XC and SJ this weekend for a fee. [FEI TV] Follow @Luhmuelen2012 for updates throughout the weekend.
[CCI4* Ride Times] [Live Scores CCI****]
[CIC3* Ride Times] [Live Scores CIC***]
Our very own Samantha Clark chats with us on the Eventing Radio Show discussing everything important concerning the Olympic teams and competitions thus far. Topics include Tattersalls, Bramham and Bromont, and more analyzation of the team selections. WFP talks about Macchiato, and John does his best and tries not to jumble his words…too much… [Listen Here]
And, just because I totally cannot let this go, you should all know that Rafalca Romney reads Eventing Nation. That’s right folks, even Dressage horses read Eventing Nation (bet they’re jealous of all the fun we have on cross country!)
True Story
Alright, down to business. Your other events for the weekend:
Seneca Valley HT: [Website] [Live Scores]
Silverwood Farm HT: [Website]
Lost Hounds HT: [Website] [Live Scores]
Round Top HT: [Omnibus]
Full Gallop HT: [Website]
Bucks County HT: [Website] [Live Scores]
Larkin Hill HT: [Website]
Saturday Links:
More on the story of Marilyn Little Meredith and Rovano Rex [via The Chronicle]
Lucinda Fredericks can’t believe she beat Michael Jung today
Road to London video about Buck
The New York Times does an excellent article on second careers for racehorses
Mary King heads to Team GB training on Monday for the start of her 6th Olympics
NPR tackles the subject of shipping horses worldwide to England in preparation for the Olympics
12 horses will be doing nothing but eating grass in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I’m just not that into him [via Horse Collaborative]
Some XC from last year to get you pumped up:
