Anyone up for a game of chess in this cold weather?? Photo via Smartpak's FB page.
I am at the Virginia Horse Trials this weekend coaching a student and grooming/cheering for a friend in the CCI*. I am trying to type with frozen fingers, and it is just not working out well for me. Currently, the jumper classes are going on in the colesium. Bonnie Mosser was the judge in the first class, and I got to sit in as scorer and announcer. What fun! Of course, I’ve got nothing on Brian O’Connor or Brian Ross, but I still had a lot of fun with it. The CCI* has a stacked field, so it should be fun to see how things go. Mara DePuy is in first with Alimit sitting on a 41.6 with Sharon White following closely on Severn Sky with a 41.9. Will Coleman sits in 3rd on McLovin’ with a 44.4 who is a catch ride for him. Now on to the links!
Events this Weekend:
Virginia CCI* and HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Results]
Galway Downs International 3-day and HT: [Website] [Status/Times/Live Scores]
Rocking Horse Classic 3-day and HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Live Scores]
Pine Hill Fall HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
Links:
USEF Galway Friday Recap — Michael Pollard and Schoensgreen Hanni own the CCI3* dressage lead
Watch the Royal Winter Fair live feed
Badly burned Northstar receives skin grafts
Discounted iPad version of Black Beauty
Ireland seeks team managers for show jumping and eventing
USEF and Georgetown University announce scholarship
Chris Stafford interviews Jon Holling
Another horse found butchered in Miami-Dade County
Horses for Christmas are a bad idea–says the BHS
The merits of stem cell repair in tendon injuries being explored
I leave you with a video of the great WFP from Rolex this year. Since he recently had a baby, I figured he deserved another nod.
