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At 18.2 hands Colleen Loach’s Advanced horse, Vermont, has got to be one of the tallest event horses competing right now. He’s a cool dude and you can tell he’s a big boy just at a glance when he’s under saddle with Colleen, but this is the side-by-side comparison I’ve been waiting for. That’s Colleen’s 2019 Pan Am partner, 16.1-hand FE Golden Eye, on the right, who looks looks like a pony in comparison to Monty!

Black History Bit of the Day:

In the early 1970’s, Cheryl White became the first African American female jockey to win a Thoroughbred race in the U.S. In 2008, Sylvia Harris became the second — and she did it as a rookie at the age of 40. Sylvia has an incredible story of overcoming obstacles on the way to becoming a jockey, including but not limited to managing bipolar disorder, a stint of homelessness, and never having ridden a horse until age 35. You can learn more about her story in the New York Times article, this NPR segment, and her autobiogrpahy: Long Shot: My Bipolar Life and the Horses Who Saved Me.

U.S. Weekend Action

Full Gallop Farm February I H.T. (Aiken, Sc.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]

Ocala Winter I H.T. (Ocala, Fl.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Live Scores]

Pine Top Intermediate H.T. (Thomson, Ga.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Live Scores]

Saturday Links:

Pratoni, Here We Come!

Medina Spirit Necropsy Finds No Definite Cause of Death

Kirsten Green Named Executive Director of the Retired Racehorse Project

Announcing the New Format for the 2022 USEA FEH 3-year-old Championships

Three-Legged Quarter Horse Stallion Thriving With New Prosthesis

Saturday Video: One of our favorite girl power duos is out and about enjoying some pre-season training in Spain!

 

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