Hey EN, a quick note before today’s news:
On Saturday, July 18, two statements from British Eventing were posted informing us that two serious incidents had taken place at competitions — one at Swalcliffe in Oxfordshire and one at Penrith in Cumbria. Both events were abandoned for the remainder of the weekend, and live scores were removed from the scoring platform out of respect for those affected. The full statement released by British Eventing can be found here.
Following other losses in our sport, EN has undertaken the following protocol:
These incidents represent incredibly dark days within our sport. We understand that the news cycle is cruel, particularly in cases like this. To help keep the cycle from perpetuating in the light of such loss, EN will continue to publish stories and news on an as-needed/timely basis, but we will refrain from sharing these updates on our social media platforms for the next few days. We feel as powerless as anyone in these situations and feel that the least we can do is not move on lightly. We will also not speculate on the circumstances of the incidents, nor will we allow this to take place in the comments sections.
We also know that there’s a World Championship (two of them — one this weekend at Millstreet for U25 riders and one next month at Aachen for Seniors) right at our doorstep. We’ll be covering these events to honor our commitment to our sponsors as well as to continue to provide coverage of the sport’s key competitions. However, we hope you’ll understand that we don’t feel it appropriate to approach these with our usual happy hype. Our content will be quality, but out of respect to all of those we have lost, we hope to offer this as a time of reflection.
Our thoughts are with all of those affected by these losses and we work for a safe sport in everything we do. We thank you for your understanding.
As Tilly Berendt reported on Saturday, cross country shook things up quite a bit at the inaugural FEI U25 World Championships as a championship track will do. We thought we’d catch you up on a few missives from on the ground since our coverage has been on the lighter side this week.
You can catch up with all of our Millstreet coverage here.
Here’s a look at Alice’s leading round:
We also have other divisions running at Millstreet:
- Sam Ecroyd currently leads the Connolly’s RED MILLS CCI4*-L after cross country aboard Bloomfield Manuscript after securing the sole double clear round on Saturday. For the USA, Grace Taylor moved from 13th into eighth after cross country with Bandito van Polderzicht.
- USA World Championships alternate rider Hallie Coon leads the Horse Sport Ireland CCI3*-L with Boleybawn Oliva, moving up from ninth into the lead. It wasn’t the day for the other USA riders in this division, with all three (Kaylawna Smith-Cook, Savannah Gwin and Tommy Greengard) opting to retire on cross country. Hallie also sits in 11th in the CCI3*-S with Tykillen Tango.
- Irish World Championships squad member Ian Cassells leads the Carr Day Martin CCI2*-L with MGH Roja. Ian is also sitting first and second in the Foran Equine CCI3*-S with Cooley Capri Sun and Rutland Flamenco, respectively.
- Tom McEwen leads the Noel C Duggan Structural Steel CCI4*-S with the exciting Brookfield Future News, a horse certainly embodying his name at the moment. Tommy Greengard is in the top-15 for the USA here with Balladeer Kilbrickens Lad after a solid cross country round that continues to show this developing horse’s class.
You can view full results here.
Today (Sunday), the Final Horse Inspection will take place for all divisions beginning at 8:00 am local time / 3:00 am EST. The U25 World Championships division will kick off show jumping at approximately 1:30 pm local time / 8:30 am EST, but you can tune in to the finale for other divisions live on ClipMyHorse.TV here.
Major International Events This Weekend
FEI Eventing World U25 Championships for U25 Riders & Millstreet International HT CCI4*-L (IRL): [Website] [Schedule] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [CrossCountry App XC Map] [Live Stream] [EN’s Coverage]
Hamm-Rhynern International CCI4*-S (GER): [Website] [Schedule] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [Volunteer] [CrossCountry App XC Map] [Live Stream]
US Events This Weekend
Millbrook HT (NY): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer] [CrossCountry App XC Map] [Live Stream]
Hunt Club Farms HT (VA): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer] [CrossCountry App XC Map]
Links & Reading
- Aharoni and Cooley Baltic Sea Make Easy Work of Millbrook’s Advanced Cross-Country
- Feeding Behaviour and Overnight Rhythms in Horses
- Do you suffer from a fear of failure? What it means and how you can beat it
- Training in the Right Way: The Need for the Trained Lesson Horse
Training Tip of the Day
Some post-cross country care tips from 5* groom Adam Short:
Go Eventing
Volume up for this moment from Millstreet:
