Santa Ponies’ Friday News and Notes from FLAIR

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EN initials, aptly captured at TGI Friday’s. Thanks to Jess for the photo.

In the interest of spreading holiday cheer, today’s news and notes are dedicated to the Santa Ponies.  Also known as the Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, they dress up as Santa during the holidays to visit sick kids in the hospital and spread Christmas cheer to those who need it most. I can’t think of anything that excited me as much as Santa and ponies when I was seven, so a combination of the two would have been positively overwhelming. Each horse even has an iPod attached to their costume so that music follows them from room to room. My question is if they’re accepting applications. Thanks to Cindi for the tip. [Discover Horses]

Everyone’s favorite Jimmy Wofford has proved himself to be the coolest guy in the horse world yet again in his most recent Practical Horseman column. In about one thousand words he manages to discuss American politics, horse politics, the “F” word (by that I mean fat, get your mind out of the gutter), and last year’s internet rumor that he died. He also reveals that he has an identical twin (Well, had…see previous sentence re:internet rumors of death). His sense of humor and quick wit are tough for us mortals to compete with. Just click already. [Practical Horseman]

Young eventing superstar Laura Collett, who finished third at Barbury this year behind Pippa Funnell and Piggy French, is looking like an outsider for London. Seriously, this girl is my idol. [Wiltshire]

Horse and Country TV asked top equestrians what they wanted for Christmas. The answers range from an “all-singing, all-dancing horsebox” to a diamond ring and are worth a read. [Horse and Country]

War Horse is already generating Oscar buzz. I wonder how they’ll get the horse on stage…. [Horse and Hound]

Best of Blogs:

A couple of days ago the Chronicle posted a story about the current lack of top American horses in the show jumping circuit. The Retired Racehorse Blog has written an interesting response. For all you young’ns: did you know Gem Twist was a thoroughbred? [Retired Racehorse Blog]

A letter to Santa.

Finally, Equestrian Australia has done a cool PR video recapping everything that happened in 2011. Are you watching USEF?

That’s all for now folks, Merry Christmas Eve’s Eve!

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