Rebecca Howard and Roquefort moved into the lead right before the lunch break in the two star divsion, and I caught up with them after a quick jump school directly afterwards,
Will Coleman was the one star leader during the lunch break on the lovely young horse Zipp, who I got to watch warm up earlier and admired his supple, elastic paces and forward way of going.
Also impressive in the warm-up, but slightly more tense in the ring was super-vet Dr Kevin Keane on yet another nice Carol Gee import, Fernhill Flutter,
Peter Gray, as if he didn’t have enough to do coaching three Young Riders of his own, one slightly older rider, and the Ontario Young Riders, as well as some Technical Delegate Assistant Exams, also found time to show us how it’s done, riding on the flat on a training horse I believe. Diana Burnett’s Shigatzi who goes in the 3* looks ready,
and Buck Davidson also found time to give Titanium a school in between his other rides,
Carl Bouckaert schooled Raphael, also in tomorrow’s 3*, under Clark Montgomery’s watchful eye, after taking care of some business first! Which brings me to another point, more to love about Bromont..the men are representing! You’ll hardly find two more stylish men in eventing than Clark or Carl, but if you can, they’re here in Quebec I’m sure! Fashionable men are everywhere, which is a somewhat unusual but very welcome change! Christian Landholt is rocking the slightly formal shorts look again today, EN John’s personal favourite.
Real men can definitely wear pink,
and I like purple trainers too,
or for a more formal look,
but it all depends on how you carry it off, as demonstrated by the supercool Zoolander Doug Payne
Not to be outdone, Kyle Carter can also carry off a necklace; he told me it’s a gift from New Zealand; you should be given them and they bring you luck on your travels, and his was a present from Eric Dierks.
Although I think you have to be South American to get away with the long hair, where is my favourite Argentinian Jose Ortelli, I miss him!
Federico Daners for Uruguay rides SVR Ron in the CCI 3* tomorrow.
Still loving Bromont, the scores are up quickly, and these are decorating the officials’ office, so pretty!
The competitors seem happy, the food is fantastic. Can’t wait to bring you more, thanks for checking in with us, Go Canucks and go eventing.
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