Monday News and Notes from Success Equestrian

Alluring Punch and Steuart Pittman at the conclusion of the 100 Day Retired Racehorse Training Challenge. Alluring Punch won Best Suited for Eventing and Horse You'd Most Like to Own. AND he's for sale! Photo c/o RRTP Facebook

Good morning, and happy last Monday of February! Hopefully with the end of the shortest month of the year also brings the end of the dreary, bone-chilling weather we’ve been experiencing on theth East Coast. I’m sure the riders at Pine Top were thinking the same thing as they braved some treacherously wet conditions to make the Georgia event a success.

Weekend Results:

Pine Top Spring Advanced HT

Events Opening This Week:

 Ocala Horse Properties International 3-Day Event, (Florida, A-3) St. Johns H.T.(Arizona, A-10)  FENCE H.T. (South Carolina, A-3) Plantation Field H.T.(Pennsylvania, A-2) Twin Rivers Spring Three-day Event & H.T. (California, A-6) Pine Hill Spring H.T. (Texas, A-5)

Monday News:

Some big hitters came out for the Advanced Divisions at Pine Top this weekend; Becky Holder won the 3rd Division with Can’t Fire Me, Will Faudree continued his impressive start to the season by winning the 2nd with Andromaque, and Jan Byyny and Syd Kent won the remaining division. Our own Jessica Bortner-Harris also had a good outing in her first Advanced of the year. [Pine Top Results]

The Retired Racehorse Training Project came to a close on Sunday, with all of the horses being named winners in different categories. Alluring Punch was named Best Suited for Eventing, and Horse You’d Most Like to Own. Both he and the gray filly Gunport are currently for sale. [RRTP]

Heath Ryan, former assistant coach for Australia, and who suffered a stroke last year and is just now getting back to riding, sat down with An Eventful Life to talk about recent successes and long-term goals. He mentions he has another horse coming up the levels. Ryan was the former owner of Mystery Whisper, who was Phillip Dutton’s Olympic ride. [An Eventful Life]

Officials at the Palm Beach Equestrian Center reported that the horse that came from HITS Ocala and was thought to be infected with EHV-1 is in fact, not a carrier. However, from reading the article, I’m guessing he feels like a biohazard. No new cases have been reported in either Ocala or Palm Beach, and the WEF is going on per usual. [Chronicle of the Horse]

Catch up with Smart Pakers as many of them deal with the winter weather in their parts of the country. Most importantly, there are cute pictures of horses, dogs, and snow. [Smart Pak]

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