Tuesday News and Notes from Pennfield

Good morning Eventing Nation.  This post-Rolex feeling is a lot like that ringing dull feeling in your ears when you leave a loud concert–it’s been two straight weeks of sensory overload.  Nonetheless, we have an exciting week planned on Eventing Nation and I am looking forward to settling down and focusing on horse trials for the next few weeks.  Here are a few quick Eventing News and notes to get your Tuesday started off right:    

–The barns at the Kentucky Horse Park are nearly vacant after such a busy weekend.  Sandhills Tiger and Be My Guest left yesterday.  Grass Valley, Neuf de Coeurs, Sonas Rovatio, King’s Temptress, and Fernhill Urco head home today by way of Atlanta.  We wish them a happy and safe journey after a very successful Rolex.  [Samantha’s blog]

–A bunch of fun USEA summer events open today: Silverwood Farm (WI), Great Vista (NY), Bucks Country Horse Park (PA), Round Top (CO), Seneca Valley (MD), Golden Spikes (UT), and Lost Hounds (PA).

–After Rolex, the other advanced horses in the US have their sights set on either Jersey or Bromont.  Some horses will look to run Jersey with Bromont as a backup, some will look to get their CIC3* qualification at Jersey and then go to Bromont, and others will just target Bromont.

–One important Rolex award that we haven’t mentioned yet is the highest placed OTTB.  There were 16 OTTB horses that competed at Rolex: Parker, Exploring, Icarus, Gryffindor, Gaelic Marriage, Shiraz, Anthony Patch, Hollywood, St. Barths, My Sedona, Our Questionnaire, Prowler, Sandhills Tiger, Wonderful Will, Titanium, High Society.  St. Barths won the higest placed OTTB for his 8th place finish with Hannah Burnett.

–Researchers in France recently looked into the question ‘do horses recognize their people?‘  The researchers are famous for their previous seminal studies on whether getting kicked in the face by a horse hurts and whether abscesses are annoying.  In the study, they took 16 horses who had had limited human interaction and a researcher taught them to stay on command.  Then they tested how the horses responded to the command from the researcher who taught them or a complete stranger.  From the study: 

The horses showed much greater monitoring behavior with the stranger (i.e., they kept more of their attention on the unfamiliar individual), turning their heads toward the individual when he appeared to be distracted, closed his eyes, or faced away from the horse. While most of the horses (10 of 16) remained still when the stranger looked at them, only three and four remained still when the stranger looked at the ceiling and had his back turned, respectively.

[TheHorse.com]

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–Pennfield is running a contest on their Facebook page this week.  Beginning yesterday to Friday May 6th, people need to email a picture of their horse to [email protected], tell their friends to like their picture, and the most likes by Friday, May 6th wins 2 bags of feed.  Simple, fun, and free feed, I like it.

VIDEO: R-Star’s fall and Hollywood’s breaking of the frangible pins.  Kritsi dislocated her elbow but everyone will be fine. 

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for all of your eventing news and ridiculousness and, as always, thanks for making Eventing Nation part of your day. Stay classy Eventing Nation. 

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