We’re underway with one of the last few qualifiers for next month’s US Equestrian Open of Eventing Final at Morven Park (October 8-11), with The Fork at Tryon’s CCI4*-S and 16 hopefuls vying for the top honors en route to their various fall destination events.
Today will be show jumping for the top level, and things will wrap up with cross country on Sunday. There will be a live stream of some of the competition available on Horse & Country; you can find the link to the live stream here.
To view the current US Equestrian Open leaderboard rankings, click here.
U.S. Weekend Preview
The Fork at Tryon International (NC): [Website] [Schedule] [Entries & Ride Times] [Live Stream] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Otter Creek Fall H.T. (WI): [Website] [Entries & Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Aspen Farm H.T. (WA): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Flying Cross Farm H.T. (KY): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [Volunteer]
GMHA September H.T. (VT): [Website] [Entries & Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Marlborough H.T. (MD): [Website] [Entries & Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Links & Reading
- Five Horses to Follow at The Fork at Tryon
- World medallists, a clone and the Burghley winner’s brother among Blenheim entries
- Connors Advances First at Cornbury House H.T.
- Equestrian sport in The New York Times‘ The Athletic: The successes and sacrifices of balancing equestrian sport and motherhood
- Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Right off the Track Protocol, a Refresher
- Which Teams Qualified in Aachen For LA28?
Sponsor Corner: Morven Park International is Just Around the Corner!
The best way to take in top-level eventing action is to give back! Volunteering is the backbone of our sport, and there are plenty of positions currently open for the Morven Park International CCI & H.T., October 8-11 in Leesburg, VA!
In addition to the chance to win wonderful prizes, Morven Park provides all assigned volunteers with lunches, drinks, and snacks as well as a Morven Park Mansion Pass and a Cross Country Schooling Pass. As of publication, positions like Dressage Scribe, XC Timing, Jump Judging and much more are still available. The volunteer coordinators can work around your schedule and you’ll be getting the best seat in the house to all of the competition action.
To sign up for your shift, click here.
Training Tip of the Day
Four cavaletti or ground poles are all you need for this simple adjustability exercise:
Go Eventing
Ride around Defender Burghley with Simon Grieve and Autograf!
