Dom Schramm and Ingvill Ramberg's WL Darco's Galliano jump the Event Clinics brush during the YEH 5-year-old Championships at Fair Hill. Photo by Sally Spickard
When I was a kid, photos of Kim and Dan, Karen and Biko, and countless others hung on my bedroom wall. When I ran out of room, I hung photos from the ceiling. Maybe times are different now and inspirational horses and riders are idolized on social media instead of poster boards, but I have to hope that Katy Groesbeck is right when she posted on Facebook this Saturday, “Right now little girls all over the country are hanging posters of Lexus and Tamie Smith on their bedroom walls the way we used to put up pictures of Kim and Dan. #historyinthemaking.”
U.S. Weekend Action:
#DuttaFHI: Website, Final Scores, YEH Final Scores, Coldren’s Corner, EN’s Coverage, @eventingnation, EN’s Instagram
The Event at Kelly’s Ford H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]
Fresno County Horse Park H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]
Monday News and Notes:
Kelly Prather and 7-year-old D.A. Duras made the U.S. proud with their top ten finish at the Young Horse Championships at Le Lion d’Angers this weekend. Catch up on owner Debbie Adams’ blogs about the experience of watching her horse compete against the best youngsters in the world. [D.A. Duras at Le Lion]
Fair Hill International has been doing their own social media roundups over the last several days. In their final collection they say: “Thank you all for coming, braving the cold, and staying cheerful throughout.” It’s hard not to be in good spirits at an event like this one! [Let’s Do One More]
Home is where your horse is, and having your horse in Northern Virginia is pretty magical. Horses, horsey activities and horse people are every where you turn. It’s that something special and unique about the MidAtlantic countryside that keeps luring novelist Jane Smiley back. She’s even visited Fair Hill! [My Horse Country]
Tim and Jonelle Price left New Zealand a decade ago to set up shop in Wiltshire at Mere Farm, slowly building their business and developing the property. With multiple four-star horses between them, the Prices are on their way to representing their home country side-by-side at the Rio Olympics next year. [Stable Environment Jump-Starts Rio Hopes]
Sinead Halpin and the pocket rocket Forrest Nymph at Fair Hill.
