I had no choice but to fill today’s post with my favorite Olympic champion — USA’s newest mascot ✨Snoop D-O-Double-G✨
After virally losing his mind over Steffen Peters’ “rave horse” dressage during the Tokyo Olympics, Snoop has been nothing but vocal about his excitement over “the horses” — and as an official commentator and correspondent for NBC in Paris, of course he had to go all out. Calling in friend, cohost, and Friesian owner Martha Stewart, they took to Versailles dressed in full kit, including custom shadbelly, Samshield helmet, gloves, white breeches, and even half chaps over his black sneakers. I love him, I’m obsessed, we’re all obsessed, we need more, someone get Snoop on a horse. And honestly, this might be one of the best things that could’ve happened to dressage these days.
Thanks Snoop ✌️
U.S. Weekend Action
Area VII Young Rider Benefit H.T. at Caber Farm (Onalaska, WA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Bayou Gulch H.T. (Parker, CO) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Catalpa Corner Charity Horse Trials (Iowa City, IA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Cobblestone Farms H.T. II (Dexter, MI) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Hoosier Horse Trials (Edinburgh, IN) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Huntington Farm H.T. (South Strafford, VT) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]
Olney Farm Horse Trials (Joppa, MD) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
River Glen Summer H.T. (New Market, TN) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Scoring]
Links to Start Your Sunday:
Laura Collett: ‘I felt like an outsider but I was determined to win gold’
A very good Gold Medal Boy — Laura and London are home and posing…
Morning Viewing: Last week, Japan had only one Olympic medal hanging in its equestrian cabinet — a Gold belonging to show jumper Takeichi Nishi from the 1932 Los Angeles Games. After a surprise qualification last year due to China’s Team disqualification, Japan knew they needed to step up. After a mass purchase of top horses by the December 2023 deadline — three of which are owned by the Japanese Equestrian Federation themselves — the team of “middle-aged Japanese” men met up in the UK to hold a pre-event training camp before loading up for France. Little did they know that they’d soon be making history to win the first eventing medal for their country.
