Thursday News & Notes from Nupafeed

WHY CAN’T I WEAR SWEATERS YET. It’s supposed to be sweater weather right now, and yet here I am. Wearing tank tops. Sweating. I know talking about the weather is boring, but guys, the time of year when I can wear jeans out in public and it’s totally normal is the best time of the year. I can finally hide my ghostly pale legs, and pretend to be normal again for several months. Get it together Indian Summer, I’m over you!

National Holiday: Drink Beer Day (I can get behind this)

U.S. Weekend Preview:

University of New Hampshire H.T.  [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Larkin Hill H.T. [Website]

Morven Park CIC & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]

ESDCTA H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]

Stable View Advanced Oktoberfest H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]

Woodland Stallion Station H.T. [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

Spokane Sport Horse Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]

Jump Start H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]

News From Around the Globe:

Over the past five years, Rebecca Farm’s effort help fight breast cancer has contributed more than $400,000 to national breast cancer research and to help local people fighting their own battles against the disease. Applications for this year’s round of local grants are due Monday, Oct. 2. [Halt Canter at X]

Susan Coert and Eneya Jenkins were awarded the Charles Owen Technical Merit Adult Amateur and Junior awards for their display of safe and appropriate riding across the country. The Shepherd Ranch SYVPC Horse Trials, held at Shepherd Ranch in Santa Ynez, Calif. on August 25-27, 2017, hosted the Area VI leg of the Charles Owen Technical Merit Award. Coert piloted Lauren Smith and Penny Russell-Smith’s 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding to a second-place finish in the Senior Training Rider division on a score of 34.8, adding just 3.6 cross-country time penalties to their dressage score. Jenkins and her own Americana, a 9-year-old Holsteiner mare, picked up 6.8 time penalties on cross-country to finish in fourth place on a score of 47.5. [Charles Owen Technical Merit Award Winners]

What’s it like trying to get horses to model for a photo shoot? In my experience, it involves a lot of waving your hands and throwing grass in the air to get their ears up, but these photographers had a bit more going on. Top British riders Laura Wenwick and Spencer Wilton used some of their top horses to shoot photos and video for an Olympia 2017 promotion, and the behind the scenes video is fascinating. [Top British Riders Photoshoot]

Jumper Nation Jamz: Who Jumped it Best: Creepy Roman Artifact

Hot on Horse Nation: Just 6 Cows Jumping Like Horses

*Hearts In Eyes*