Luhmuhlen’s Wednesday News and Notes

Today is the start of the Luhmuhlen Three Day Event in Germany. US riders Jennie Brannigan and Will Faudree will be playing with the CCI**** crowd while Tiana and Will and his lovely mare, Andromaque, will be holding down the CIC***. The first horse in inspection will be held tonight at 5pm with dressage starting Thursday. For more information on Luhmuhlen please check out their site. Just make sure to click the British flag so you can understand it!

For those of you applying or wanting to apply, please don’t forget that today is the deadline for the Rebecca Broussard travel grant. This is a fantastic opportunity that could really open some doors for a lot of people. Ms. Broussard offered fantastic support of eventing for so many years. Hopefully she will know how many people will be honored to accept a travel grant. 

Silva Martin’s farm will play host to a Michael Barisone clinic on June 20. Auditing is cheap so if you are in the area pop in to gain some great education.

Amazing Frankel wins the Royal Ascot. The Royal Ascot is a very famous race in England which is attended by many members of the royal family as well as some familiar names (William Fox-Pitt). 

Speaking of William- he, Pippa Funnell and Piggy French will all be attending the London Test Event in July. They join 3 American riders as well as riders from other various places in the world. 

Now speaking of London- let the protesting begin at Greenwich Park. This will be good mental training for all the riders aiming to be back in 2012. 

The Chronicle of the Horse has some great blogs out this weekend. Of course, EN favorite, Jennie B., blogs about her reflection on the past two years. Jennie always gives great truth in her blogs and this time she really opens up about being in a good place mentally. Bill Moroney has written a fantastic blog about the importance of developing young horses in all disciplines. And finally, Molly Sorge writes about Ernie and how his trust is the most important component to his success with Will (and Nat!).

Equestrian Events, INC. are gearing up to help victims of the TPF fire. The EEI has pledged a $1500 donation as well as 5% of the proceeds from the Kentucky Three Day Event Shop over the next 60 days. “The Eventing community has been shaken by this tragedy that resulted in tremendous loss for Boyd and Silva Martin in particular, and also for Phillip and Evie Dutton and others at the farm,” said Christina Gray, Director of Competition for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.  “Boyd and Phillip are two of the best loved and most respected riders in our sport and all of us associated with the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event want to help by