The leaf pit at Morven Park. Photo via Sara Kozumplik Murphy's Facebook.
Horse people log a lot of miles on the road, and my little Toyota and I are coming up on our 100,000 mile-versary! Most of those miles have been racked up driving to the barn and to horse shows around the East Coast. This weekend I drove up to Virginia in the driving rain to witness two of my favorite people tie the knot (one horsey girl and one non-horsey guy who knows what he’s getting into). In this industry, either as a rider/trainer, official or member of the media, we spend a lot of time away from home and long hours outside in the elements when most people are cozy indoors, but we just wouldn’t trade it for the world!
U.S. Weekend Action:
Kent School Fall H.T. [Results]
Morven Park Fall CIC & H.T. [Results]
ESDCTA New Jersey H.T. [Results]
Woodside International CIC & H.T. [Results]
Spokane Sport Horse Farm Fall H.T. [Results]
Monday News and Notes:
Mythic Landing Enterprises recently launched a sleek new website! MLE offers multiple professional services to help businesses succeed with a team that specializes in communications, marketing, business management and event planning. While they do have non-equestrian clients, the entire MLE team is comprised of horse lovers, so if you need help with your equestrian business needs, you can’t go wrong! [Mythic Landing Enterprises]
A half brother to Gin and Juice won the West Coast Future Event Horse Championship at the Woodside Horse Trials last week. Three-year-old Cheers, a Thoroughbred/Holsteiner by Blauer Vogel out of Qtrapastree, won the overall award with a very impressive score of 82.85. If his family tree is any indication of success, we see big things in this young horse’s future!
[West Coast FEH]
Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco has become one of our favorite celebrity equestrians. She and Tracy Wade won a Charity Pro-Am Style & Competition at the Longines Masters of Los Angeles this weekend. What makes this competition especially fun is that teams dressed up in costumes and jumped to the music of their choice! What did the Big Bang beauty and her teammate choose as their theme? Star Wars! Come to the dark side, Kaley! In the horse world, it’s called eventing! [Kaley Cuoco jumps to charity win]
I appreciate the fact that Charlotte Dujardin, after winning almost every major dressage championship with Valegro, has been on tour teaching clinics, and thanks to the power of the internet, we can all benefit from her keen observations and clever one-liners that make oh so much sense! In this write-up, find out how Charlotte chooses and develops young prospects. [Starting from Scratch]
Kim Severson and Cooley Cross Border at Morven Park.
Kim and Cooley Cross Border had a wonderful day at Morven park in the CIC 3*! With a double clear Show Jumping round they are sitting in first headed into XC!
Posted by Kim Severson Eventing on Friday, October 2, 2015
