A perfect bed! Photo by Kate Samuels.
At the beginning of every summer, I have to clip my miniature donkey slash farm mascot, Pepé, because #virginiasummer and also like many of his kind, he doesn’t shed out until much later and he hates the hot sweaty heat. First of all, there is a shocking amount of hair that comes off such a tiny little man. Second of all, because I do lots of clipping in the winter for folks around here, my dog Lyle has discovered that fluffy hair beds are perfectly to his liking. He hops right in during the middle of clipping and lies down almost directly under the equine, which may not be his best idea, but it seems to work.
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Aspen Farm H.T. (Yelm, Wa.): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Cobblestone Farms at Revel Run H.T. (Chelsea, Mi.): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring]
Golden Spike H.T. (Ogden, Ut.): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring]
Middleburg H.T. (The Plains, Va.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]
Queeny Park H.T. (St. Louis, Mo.): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring]
River Glen H.T. (River Glen, Tn.): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Live Scores]
Unionville H.T. (Unionville, Pa.): [Website] [Entry Status] [Volunteer]
Major International Events:
MARS Bromont International (Quebec, Canada): [Website] [Entries] [Dressage Ride Times] [Volunteers] [Scoring] [EN’s Coverage] [EN’s Instagram]
Bramham International (West Yorkshire, England): [Website] [Schedule & Orders of Go] [Live Scoring] [Saturday XC Live Stream] [EN’s Coverage] [EN’s Instagram]
News From Around the Globe:
Do your hands tend to wander apart when you ride? Does one hand drift more than the other? Do you lean to one side to turn instead of remaining upright? Here’s an easy exercise to find out just how much your need your hands to steer. [Cross Your Thumbs]
Coming back to the tack after an injury is challenging for any rider, but pushing yourself to head back to the start box in a championship setting following a serious concussion and a year out of the saddle definitely adds a whole new level of challenge to the mix. For Grace Montgomery, this is the challenge she had to overcome when loading up her gear and her 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Fernhill Wonder in the trailer to represent her college Auburn University at the 2022 USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championships. [Focusing on Fun: How Grace Got Her Groove Back]
Best of Blogs: Road to the Makeover — Will We Make It?
Warwick Schiller is a horseman I’ve been following closely for a few years now, and he’s changed a lot of how I interact with my animals. He has traditional horse-training credentials, having represented his home country of Australia at the 2010 and 2018 World Equestrian Games plus earned a National Reining Horse Association reserve world championship, among other achievements. More importantly, he’s also known for his ability to explain horse training in a way anyone can understand—a fact reflected by his growing fan base among riders interested in a kinder, more horse-centric method of training. His approach, which is ever-evolving, focuses on solving horse problems by changing the rider’s perspective. [Reaching the Next Level in Effective, Humane Horse Training]
For your podcast of the day, learn more about rising star Mia Farley on Major League Eventing. Mia is a Eventing 25 Training list member and is currently #11 Ranked rider on the USEA leaderboard. Mia works for David & Karen O’Connor and is their rider and manages the operation when David & Karen are off coaching. Listen in to hear the great story of hard work and sacrifice which is paying off for Mia. [Mia Farley Eventing 25 Rider]
Sponsor Corner:
Did you miss out on closing day for the Stable View H.T. June 24-26? Never fear — the event is still taking entries but get them in soon!
