Goodmorning from beautiful Arizona. Halfway through the 2010 USEA Convention, I think the defining theme so far is head protection. From the helmet rule change proposal to the many safety discussions, everyone is focusing on concussions and their prevention. Oliver Townend speaks at 2PM local time and I, for one, hope he has a few drinks over lunch to make things interesting. We’ll have a report on the morning sessions around noon and here are the beloved Saturday morning links to tide you over until then. Get it?…links…never mind.
Bromont has applied to host the 2018 WEGs. Bromont is competing with Sweden, and Wellington
VIDEO: Sports psychology at the USEA convention
COTH has published the funny rider fall survey responses that were handed out at Friday’s Safety Forum
Rioting students in London have been attacking police horses. JER sent a link to this Guardian photo
How to change a flat tire on your trailer
Chelan has had great success with a sacrum injection
Zenyatta is adapting well to farm life
Ecogold and Cavalor will be sponsoring the Area II convention
UK vets are warning horse owners to watch out for cold weather colic
Last, but not least, Ecogold has uploaded some video of the Friday Training Solutions from Top Riders forum. Warning, a few words are NSFW and the video covers the early quesitons, many of which were not included in my write-up of the discussion:
Go eventing.
