Eventing season’s coming! Photo by Tilly Berendt.
Poor British Eventing – it had a bit of a non-starter of a weekend after an unexpected snowfall ground competition to a halt. Kudos to the team at BEDE Events and Oasby who managed to relay the bad news early (like, 4am early!) to save competitors as much of a long trip as they could. It’s always a bummer when events are cancelled after all the hard work’s been done, but we know that BEDE’s next event — the first 4* of the season at Thoresby — is going to be a whopper. We can’t wait!
National Holiday: It’s National K9 Veterans Day. Marrow bones all round!
U.S. Weekend Action:
Chattahoochee Hills H.T. (Fairburn, GA): [Website] [Results]
SAzEA Spring H.T. (Tucson, AZ) : [Website] [Results]
Southern Pines H.T. (Raeford, NC) : [Website] [Results]
Full Gallop Farm March I H.T. (Aiken, SC) : [Website] [Results]
Monday News & Notes:
Over in the world of showjumping, McLain Ward has put himself in an enviable spot in the Grand Slam hunt. He’s now got two of the three legs under his belt after taking the win in the Dutch Masters Grand Prix over the weekend with HH Azur, with whom he also won his first leg at Geneva in December. [Here’s how it played out]
We wrote briefly about the passing of Cupid March, Piggy March’s five-year-old stallion, in N&N the other day. Here’s the full story, and a bit more about what made the young stallion so special. [Goodbye to Cupid March]
Not all of us can have the extraordinary good luck of taking our high school experience online so we can focus on our riding. But that’s exactly what young rider Devon Tresan has done, allowing her to take on a working student position with Zach Brandt, to help with her parents’ animal casting business, and to compete at training level herself with an eye on the FEI classes soon. [This kid’s got a fun life]
The diagnosis of hoof lameness can be a tricky thing. But new developments in thermal imaging are making it easier for vets to spot palmar pain in the foot, which could be great news for getting our four-legged pals feeling tip-top again. [Here’s what they’ve found]
The FutureTrack Follow:
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We’re all about following developing eventing nations here at EN, and Yuxuan Su, who rides for Hong Kong and is currently based in Ireland, is a great example of a rider who’s making great strides under a lesser-seen flag. (He’s also doing it with a Masters degree in Bioethics in hand, so he’s quite a clever cookie.) Give him a follow to keep tabs on his string of horses, his unapologetically thirst-trappy workout videos, and his very good sports podcast, too.
Morning Viewing:
Rewatch all the cross-country action from the First Nations Cup of the year at Montelibretti!
