Crummy dressage test? More spills than thrills cross-country? Your horse went bowling for stadium jumps? If at any point you should desire some comic relief this weekend, and fast, check out the artistry of Morgane Schmidt, equine illustrator extraordinaire. Morgane posts a brand new comic each Wednesday on Horse Nation, and you can view her entire collection on website The Idea of Order. And now, for the news at hand:
Events This Weekend:
Middleburg HT: [Website] [Ride Times]
Colorado Horse Park HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]
Meadow Creek HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]
Jump Start HT: [Website] [Status/Times/Results]
University of New Hampshire HT: [Website] [Status/Times/Results]
Flora Lea HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
Tryon HT: [Website] [Ride Times]
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Caitlin Silliman, who suffered a skull fracture earlier this week in a riding accident, has been released from Intensive Care. Wear your helmets, kids!
Derek di Grazia has done a substantial redesign of his cross-country course for the Woodside International Horse Trials, which will take place on Oct. 5-7.
Five hundred trees have been planted in preparation for the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event on Nov. 1-4.
Michael Pollard wrote a thoughtful piece for COTH concerning the future of equestrian sport in America.
Mary King will be the Keynote speaker at this year’s USEA Annual Meeting, to be held wDecember 5-9 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO.
Get your 2013 Burghley calendars and limited edition bags here.
The IDHSNA/USEA Future Event Horse Central Championships scheduled for Oct. 11 at Willow Draw Farm in Weatherford, Texas, have been canceled due to lack of entries.
An investigation of a spike in horse fatalities last winter at New York’s Aqueduct racetrack concludes that it was the result of a “perfect storm” of factors.
Ten horses perished in a North Carolina barn fire on Thursday night.
