Wishful thinking of what might have been- photo by Samantha taken at Badminton in 2011.
Good morning EN! There are a lot of events going on this weekend, and most start today. Yesterday the Greenwood CIC**/* kicked off with the FEI dressage. Kadi Eykamp leads the CIC** on Double Rivers Really Cool, followed by Heather Morris and Sportsfield Maisie Grey. Lynne Partridge and Zoe lead the one star by .3 over Taylor Wood and On Eagle’s Wings. Susan Sulentic and Just Do It are tied for the lead in the Open Preliminary with Audrey Figari and Land Des Feuers. Rebecca Brown and Belafonte d’Avalon won the YEH 5 Year Old division. Today the junior divisions and beginner novice will do dressage, and the FEI will do cross country. In addition the FEH divisions (3 year old, 2 year old, and yearling) will compete. [Scores] [Website]
Other events running this weekend:
Southern 8ths Heart of the Carolinas [Scores] [Website]
Poplar Place [Scores] [Website]
Catalpa Corner Spring Charity HT [Scores] [Website]
Difficult Run PC HT [Times] [Website]
Will O’Wind HT (Sunday) [Scores]
University of New Hampshire Spring HT [Scores] [Website]
Ridge Meadow CT [Scores]
Good luck to all competitors! Onto your links:
The top spot on today’s links goes to Claire Lomas, who walked past her 18.8 mile marker on her quest to walk the entire London Marathon course. Her guest-walkers today included Mark Todd, Bettina Hoy and Blyth Tait. She also received a visit from head of the London Games, Lord Sebastian Coe, during her lunch break. [Go Claire]
Claire will receive a special trophy upon completing the course.
Want to support Claire’s cause, Spinal Research? Buy British Eventing merchandise this weekend.
The inaugural FEI Sports Forum, which opened on April 30, has moved online and is open to all.
Boyd is featured on a Rock Center with Brian Williams video segment
William Fox-Pitt is aiming for Badminton 2013
Bramham has a packed program for 2012
It’s also the last chance for Olympic hopefuls
Barbury Castle hopes to provide solace after Badminton’s cancellation
Mark Todd may be down, but he’s certainly not out
The clones of ET and Gem Twist, both colts, have produced their first offspring this season.
Best of Blogs: Team CEO’s Young Event Horse Challenge Contestant #2
That’s all for now EN, enjoy your weekend!
