Accepted in Montana! Photo by Cali Johnson.
One of my oldest horse friends has made her way to Montana with Sir Lightening Bolt Lyles and will be contesting the 4* this week. I am very jealous but also full disclosure I will be rooting for her and nobody else with full bias. Also, no lightening bolt action in the dressage please, sir, only on Saturday, okay? Her groom, Cali, has to be the best groom for grey horses that has ever existed, so I wish her little to no poop stains for this moments occasion, but I realize that’s probably reaching for the stars. Good luck everybody!!
U.S. Weekend Preview
The Event at Rebecca Farm (Kalispell, MT) [Website] [Ride Times/Scoring] [Live Stream] [EN’s Coverage]
Applewood Farm YEH & Mini Event (Califon, NJ) [Website] [YEH Ride Times] [Mini Ride Times]
Course Brook Farm Summer H.T. (Sherborn, MA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer][Scoring]
Full Moon Farms H.T. (Finksburg, MD) [Website] [Entries] [Volunteer] [Scoring]
Horse Park of New Jersey Horse Trials II (Allentown, NJ) [Website] [Entries] [Volunteer]
Silverwood Farm Summer H.T. (Trevor, WI) [Website] [Scoring]
Major International Events
CCIO4*-NC-S (Nations Cup) (Avenches, Switzerland) [Website] [Entries] [Program] [Live Stream]
News From Around the Globe:
Almost ten years ago, Camille Sarah picked up a four-year-old paint saddlebred/trakehner gelding. He’d been bred to be a driving horse, but didn’t like the job, so his owners gave up. When Mia Valdez first met Perfect Storm, he was meant to be a lesson horse at her barn, but “Tempe” didn’t take to the lesson horse life, and after a few rides together, Valdez knew he was meant to be hers. The pair have been together for four years and made their Preliminary debut this year, but when Valdez first got Tempe, neither had any eventing experience. [Rescue Horse to Prelim Master]
This is a story about your butt. It’s also a story about horses racing humans. But mostly it’s a story about how you got your butt, why you have your butt, and how your butt might be one of the most important and essential things for you being you, for being human. In this podcast episode, Heather Radke and Matt Kielty talk to two researchers who followed the butt from our ancient beginnings through millions of years of evolution, all the way to today, out to a valley in Arizona, where our butts are put to the ultimate test. [Man Against Horse]
Competing in a long-format three-day event is the ultimate test of preparation, conditioning, stamina, and determination for horse and rider. Recovering your horse from the rigors of a Classic Series Three-Day Event, both during and after the event, is a critical component to your overall success. Recovery is a simple yet complex process that requires a lot of planning and effort from the horse owner, and it doesn’t just begin and end in the vet box on endurance day. [Recovering from a Classic Three-Day]
