The Rolex entry list now contains 55 horses. The entry list will undoubtedly change over the next few weeks, and we are now into the phase where the list will only shrink. My guess is that around 45 horses will jog on Wednesday at Rolex. I have included the current Rolex entry list at the bottom of this post with the new names in bold. [Rolex entries]
It’s getting late and it’s an early morning here at The Fork, so here are a few quick notes:
–[The Fork Live Scores, Entries, Weather] Note: Sometimes the live scores can take a while to get going on the first day of competition. This situation might be exacerbated by the fact that the ride times were reshuffled a bit on Wednesday. An updated list of times is not available on the Fork’s website as of the time of writing this, but we will try to keep everyone updated on scores and ride times throughout the day. The CIC3* dressage starts this morning at 9am.
–For much more from The Fork, check out [Samantha’s blog, Samantha’s Twitter feed]
–New Zealand has a big event this weekend, with the first leg of the FEI World Cup at Kihikihi this weekend. 2 Australian riders will do battle with 15 Kiwis in the CIC3*. Derssage starts on Friday. [Horsetalk]
–Speaking of New Zealand, they named their 2012 Olympic and 2014 WEG squads for all of their Olympic disciplines on Thursday. This isn’t any new information for eventing because New Zealand already named their 5 rider London squad in December and in January they announced that they would all be moving to England. Here’s the squad once again [Stuff.nz]:
Andrew Nicholson – Nereo, Avebury, Mr Cruise Control, Armada
Mark Todd – NZB Grass Valley, Major Milestone
Jonathan Paget – Clifton Promise
Clarke Johnstone – Orient Express
Caroline Powell – Mac MacDonald
—Yogi Breisner visited a barn in England for a clinic on retraining racehorses
—The horse show without horses
–A look at the Badminton entries [SportingLife]
—Eventing Radio Show 132 features Holly Hudspeth
–Holly has written in her blog that she is excited about her new Cavalor sponsorship. It’s great to see how fast Cavalor is growing (no doubt due purely to their sponsorship of EN) and it feels like every weekend I see more and more riders wearing Cavalor hats and feeding their horses in Cavalor buckets. Holly has been a good friend to EN for a long time and it’s good to see her reaping the orange and blue. [Holly’s blog]
—Best of the Blogs: “Jimmy, are you sure I’ve got all my teeth?!”
–Stay tuned to EN throughout the day for more from The Fork. Samatha will be checking in with behind the scenes coverage, I’ll be keeping you up to date on the competition, Coren will be arriving with her horse to ride in the advanced, and Hannah Burnett will be checking in with a guest blog.
–As promised, here is the updated Rolex entry list, with the new names in bold:
James Alliston/ JUMBO’S JAKE
James Alliston/ PARKERLaine Ashker/ ANTHONY PATCHKristin Bachman/ GRYFFINDORPeter Barry/ KILRODAN ABBOTT
Susan Bebee/ PROWLER
Hawley Bennett-Awad/ GIN N JUICEKate Brown/ MOJITODiana Burnett/ MANNYHannah Sue Burnett/ ST. BARTHSHamish Cargill/ SANDHILLS TIGER
Will Coleman/ TWIZZEL
Tiana Coudray/ RINGWOOD MAGISTERSarah Cousins/ TSUNAMI
Buck Davidson/ BALLYNOECASTLE
Phillip Dutton/ FERNHILL EAGLE
Phillip Dutton/ TRULUCKWilliam Fox-Pitt/ SEACOOKIEWilliam Fox-Pitt/ NAVIGATORWilliam Fox-Pitt/ NEUF DES COEURSWilliam Fox-Pitt/ IDALGOClayton Fredericks/ BE MY GUESTHeather Gillette/ OUR QUESTIONNAIRESinead Halpin/ MANOIR DE CARNEVILLE
Jessica Hampf/ HIGH SOCIETYRebecca Howard/ RIDDLE MASTERMary King/ KINGS TEMPTRESSMary King/ FERNHILL URCO
Olivia Loiacono/ SUBWAYBoyd Martin/ REMINGTON XXVMartha McDowell/ GAELIC MARRIAGEJoe Meyer/ SNIPHeather Morris/ SLATE RIVERKristi Nunnink/ R-STARKaren O’Connor/ QUINTUS 54Jessica Phoenix/ EXPONENTIALJessica Phoenix/ EXPLORINGMichael Pollard/ ICARUSMichael Pollard/ WONDERFUL WILLKelly Prather/ BALLINAKILL GLORYMissy Ransehousen/ CRITICAL DECISIONDebbie Rosen/ THE ALCHEMYSTKatie Ruppel/ SIR DONOVANColleen Rutledge/ SHIRAZKim Severson/ TIPPERARY LIADHNANJane Sleeper/ UN
Karl Slezak/ KACHEMKA BAYAllison Springer/ DESTINATION KNOWNAllison Springer/ ARTHURPolly Stockton/ WESTWOOD MARINERKelly Sult/ HOLLYWOODFrankie Thieriot/ FRIC FRAC BERENCEMark Todd/ MAJOR MILESTONEOliver Townend/ ODT SONAS ROVATIOJil Walton/ MY SEDONA
