It’s all Rebecca Farm all day here on Eventing Nation and I’m thankful to have something eventing-related to write about on a Wednesday in the middle of July. Rebecca farm competition actually started on Wednesday with the Future Event Horse and Young Event Horse classes. The higher level horses start their competition Thursday with the first horse inspection at 8:30am local (Mountain) time, which brings us into the Rebecca Farm Schedule. The schedule is a work of logistical brilliance to fit over 500 competitors into 4 days.
But, first, here comes the part where I attempt to figure out timezones. Montana is on Mountain Time, meaning that they are two hours behind Eastern Time. 5:00pm ET is 3:00pm MT, or so some random timezone website I found on Google tells me.
Thursday, July 21st (all times are local)
8:30am — CIC*, CCI*, CIC2*, CCI2*, CIC3* first horse inspections
Dressage: Thursday includes 5 arenas of dressage action, including the CIC*, CCI*, junior open preliminary, open novice, and open training divisions
Friday, July 22nd
8:00am — CIC2* dressage
9:35am — CCI2* dressage
1:30pm — CIC3* dressage
Dressage: Friday involves 3 arenas of dressage, incluidng the aforementioned three-day divisions, open preliminary, open intermediate, training three-day, and advanced.
Cross-Country: novice, training, and junior open preliminary
Saturday, July 23rd
7:30am — CIC* XC
8:20am — CCI*
9:35am — T3DE XC
11:05am –CCI2* XC
12:25pm — CIC2* XC
1:15pm — CIC3* XC
2:40pm — Advanced XC
3:30 pm — Open intermediate XC
4:50pm — Open preliminary XC
Sunday, July 24th
8:00am — Final horse inspections for T3DE, CIC*, CCI*, CIC2*, CCI2*, and CIC3*
Show Jumping: All divisions show jump on Sunday, utilizing 3 show jumping arenas. The CIC3* show jumping begins at 2:50pm local time.
Now, get ready for all of the links you will ever need for Rebecca Farm:
[Times/Live Scores, Schedule PDF, Rebecca Farm Homepage, Course Maps, 360 Degree View]
In terms of entries, thanks to the Rebecca Broussard Travel Grants and flying 19 horses out to Montana, the competition at Rebecca Farm is some of the best you will find anywhere in US eventing. With over 20 horses, including WEG horses Gin N’ Juice, Exponential, Ballynoecastle RM, and Madison Park, the CIC3* division is stacked. Four horses have scratched from the CIC3* entry list, including Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda, who did not make the flight out to Rebecca Farm. Jennie wrote in her blog this morning that she decided to give Ping more time after Luhmuhlen to build his confidence. She plans to do intermediate at Millbrook, then the CIC3* at Richland.
Here’s a look at the 2010 CIC3* course, filmed with a remote control helicopter. Hopefully they will make a similar video this year, during the competition, while Buck is riding.
That’s all for now. Samantha will be around throughout the weekend with reports that include photos of every single horse trials competitor in every phase and a lengthy recap of each ride. Go eventing.
