Georgie Campbell’s friends and family have made an incredible gesture in her memory, creating The Georgie Campbell Foundation with a goal of supporting young, aspiring, and professional event riders throughout their careers. Georgie sadly passed away in a cross country accident while competing at Bicton earlier this year.
“The Georgie Campbell Foundation will support young, aspiring, professional event riders,” the announcement reads. “It will provide support and mentoring in the areas that would have made it easier for young Georgie to set up and run her eventing business, including financial management and attracting and retaining staff, owners, and sponsors.
Created by a collection of people who love and deeply miss Georgie, the foundation will enable us to give back to the sport Georgie loved, while providing a positive channel for our pain, and helping to keep Georgie’s memory alive.”
U.S. Weekend Preview
MARS Maryland 5 Star: [Website] [Entries] [Tickets] [Volunteer] [EN’s Coverage]
Hagyard Midsouth Three-day Event (KY): [Website] [Entries/Timing/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Ram Tap National H.T. (CA): [Website] [Entries/Timing/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Windermere Run H.T. (MO): [Website] [Entries/Timing/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Willow Draw Charity Show (TX): [Website] [Entries/Timing/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Major International Events:
Mondial Du Lion – FEI WBFSH Eventing World Championship for Young Horses (France): [Website] [Timing & Scoring] [Live Stream]
News & Reading
Eventing Nation and Horse Nation are pleased to present our upcoming Holiday Gift Guide series! A series of gift idea lists aimed at everything from the Organizational Freak to the Tech Nerd in your family or barn group, this series will launch in mid-November to help all of the hapless gift givers out there with a gift you’ll ACTUALLY want. If your brand would like to place a product into a list or even obtain full ownership of an exclusive list just for you, visit this link to fill out our interest form. Placements in these lists start at $250, and insertions are being taken until November 11.
You may have picked up one of Natalie Keller Reinhart’s books in her series that focuses on the eventing world, and now Amazon has picked up the story for a forthcoming show on Prime! Originally self-published by Reinert beginning in 2014 with the first book, “Ambition,” and now set for a re-release through a seven-figure deal with publisher Flatiron, the novels follow an interconnected universe set in the equestrian community of Ocala, Florida, and touch on themes of female friendship, self-determination, romance, and upstairs-downstairs class lines. [Read more here]
Get to know the field competing in this year’s USEA East Coast Young Event Horse Championships at MARS Maryland 5 Star. The USEA has gathered all the stats and need-to-know information here so you can be fully in the know about these young rising stars. [Fast Facts]
The field in this year’s Maryland 5 Star features several veteran campaigners. Practical Horseman did a deep dive on these seasoned horses, and you can get to know them a little better here.
New on your favorite podcast platform! Award-winning host Caroline Culbertson returns to the airwaves with a brand new project in the Horse People Podcast, a show where she dives deep with riders and other professionals and touches on subjects pertinent to us all. The Apple podcasts link is here, or you can search for Horse People Podcast on your platform of choice.
Sponsor Corner: TerraNova Equestrian Center
Lauren Nicholson (USA) and Larcot Z. Shannon Brinkman Photo
The Event at TerraNova is officially OPEN and taking entries! Don’t miss out on your chance to compete at one of the most stunning venues in the U.S. Entries are open until October 29, and you can view more information in the event’s omnibus listing here.
Video Break
Just a little moment of cuteness from yesterday’s Horse Inspection at Maryland:
