The best kind of Valentine. Photo via Sagmae FB.
Happy Day After Valentines Day!! Also known as, 50% off chocolate day!! There are only two times a year that this kind of candy bonanza presents itself (with the other being November 1st), so be sure to take advantage of it! I personally spent Valentines Day the exact same way as per usual, and maybe forced Nyls (who is quite grumpy around the barn) to endure a smooch or two. But now, for chocolates ….
National Holiday: Singles Awareness Day (hahahahahaha sorry but I’m single so I can laugh at this)
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Rocking Horse Winter II H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Results]
Paradise Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Live Results]
Fresno County Horse Park H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Results]
News From Around the Globe:
Want to virtually ride with Andreas Dibowski? You can! With this video from the USEA, you can see an excerpt from the end of a cross-country clinic with Andreas Dibowski, watch the riders demonstrate the results of having spent the clinic riding forward and straight to the fence, and watch as Dibowski coaches a rider through lengthening her rein slightly to encourage the horse to find his own balance and to keep the rider from getting pulled forward. [Video Break: Andreas Dibowski]
Hot on Horse Nation: Helmet Cam: The Perfect Gallop
If you’re anything like me, you’re an audiobook addict. Long trot sets? Winter legging up boring you out of your mind? Lots of driving in your future? Good thing Horse & Hound has rounded up nine top horsey audiobooks to get you started. Just sayin, Jilly Cooper is highly entertaining. [9 Equestrian Audiobooks]
Fancy getting your OTTB critiqued by an upper level eventer? The USEA has partnered with Athletux to bring you a new series that brings together Thoroughbreds hoping for a second career in eventing, and upper level riders who have knowledge to spare. They look at your horse’s conformation, videos of them free and ridden, and analyze their bloodlines and racing performance to give you a professional opinion on their future prospects. Click to read this one, and then submit yours for the future! [OTTB Critique]
Christina London is the big winner in EN’s Valentine’s Day Giveaway for SmartPak Hadley Full Seat Breeches! Congrats to Christina, and thank you to all who entered. 💕
Lil jumper TBT for you:
