Valerie Vizcarrondo, and Groom Lara Chance scope out the Pine Top Intermediate course
Good morning Eventing Nation! If you are not eventing today, hopefully you are enjoying those Sunday Cheerios and cartoons. If you are eventing today and your name is either Ellen Doughty, Victoria Frey, Karen O’Connor and Mandiba, Hannah Burnett, or Leslie Law, then the pressure is on because you are leading an intermediate division in Ocala going into the XC. Our very own Samantha Clark has a great report from Saturday at Ocala posted on her blog (see below). [FHP Live Scores]
Several hundred miles north, Julie Wolfert, Kerry Torrey, Boyd Martin with Remington, and Peter Barry with Kilrodan Abbott lead the four Pine Top intermediate divisions going into the XC. Tipperary Liadhnan, Cambalda, Fernhill Eagle, Gryffindor, Vaunted, and UN are all also competing in the Pine Top open intermediate divisions. For many horses, today is the first XC run of the year so the idea will be to just get in a solid round. [Pine Top Live Scores]
One other note from Saturday is that the USEA’s blog was apparently hacked [Screenshot via SM] The website was rerouting people to other sites and strange messages appeared on the blog. The good folks at the USEA appear to have sorted it out, and, as someone who deals with technological challenges on EN all the time, I sympathize with them for having their Saturday ruined by some idiot hacker. As always, I am left wondering ‘why can’t people just find something better to do with their Saturday than sitting in their basement eating Cheetos and hacking websites?‘
Now for your Sunday morning Lynx:
*Samantha’s Ocala HT Saturday report
Morning Update: UK competition entries decline as fuel prices rise
Horse Sport Ireland thinks the plight of Irish horses has been overstated
The Eventing Radio Show talks New Zealand
If eventing doesn’t work out, you could always start a beauty clinic in Ireland
Jack and Jill were on Horses in the Morning
Happy Birthday to longtime EN reader and friend of a friend Cindy Wood
Eventing A Gogo got a new horse
If you are bored today, try this, or not:
That’s all for now, I’ll be around throughout the day including a report from Tiana at the California training sessions. Until then, check out the Horse Quencher website for info on how to get free stuff.
