Horse Nation’s illustrious illustrator Morgane Schmidt busted this one out last week… ah-mazing! Look for a brand new comic from Morgane each Wednesday on Horse Nation, and you can view her entire collection on website The Idea of Order.
Events Opening Today
Riga Meadow Combined Test (A-1, CT), MCTA H.T., Inc (A-2, MD), Heart of the Carolinas 3-Day Event (A-3, SC), Poplar Place Farm May H.T. (A-3, GA), CIC2*/CIC1* Weatherford and Greenwood Farm, Inc. H (A-5, TX), Penny Oaks H.T. (A-8, IN)
Events Closing Today
The Fork CIC3*/CIC2* & HT (A-2, NC), Chattahoochee Hills H.T. (A-3, GA), Sporting Days Farm Horse Trials (A-3, SC), Spring Bay H.T. (A-8, KY)
Training Sessions: Another round of High Performance Training Sessions are underway today at Stable View Farm in Aiken. Here are the times for today’s flatwork sessions (or jumping where indicated):
8:45 Will Faudree/Andromaque
9:30 Becky Holder/Can’t Fire Me & Erin Sylvester/No Boundaries – Jump
10:15 Jennie Brannigan/Cambalda
11:00 Doug Payne/Crown Talisman
11:45 Lunch Break
12:00 Boyd Martin/Trading Aces
12:45 Boyd Martin/CrackerJack
1:30 Boyd Martin/Master Frisky
2:00 Phillip Dutton/Mighty Nice
2:45 Phillip Dutton/Fernhill Eagle
3:30 Allison Springer/Copycat Chloe
4:15 Susan Beebee/Wolf
Auditors are welcome but encouraged to be respectful of the lessons and mindful of the facility rules. Please bring a chair and follow the instructions on the website NOT your GPS: www.stableviewfarm.com
[USEF Eventing High Performance Facebook page]
Easter at Galway: Need help convincing your family that eventing is a fine way to spend Easter weekend? Galway Downs International Horse Trials (March 28 – 31) is blowing it out with live music, a fabulous trade fair, cross-country “oasis points” featuring gourmet food, draft beer and wine from local vineyards, and even an Easter egg hunt for the kids after show jumping. [US Eventing] [Galway Downs] [Entry Status]
Weekend Wrap-up: The Chronicle‘s Molly Sorge recaps everything that went down in the worlds of eventing, dressage, hunters and jumpers. [COTH]
Win Stuff: Badminton’s title sponsor Shearwater Insurance is giving away a prize package that includes four tickets, access to the hospitality tent and parking for two cars. Go get it. [Shearwater’s Facebook page]
Brain Drain: Finally, science has discovered why so many eventers, present company included, are a little… off. (We kid, we kid. Concussions are serious business.) A new study reveals that a single concussion may cause lasting structural damage to the brain, possibly resulting in long-term brain atrophy. [Horse Talk NZ]
SmartPak Product of the Day: Savvy shoppers know that end-of-the-season sales are the best time to score a deal. Spring may be upon us, but I’ve got my eye on the Alexus Hipster Puffy Jacket By SmartPak, (1) because it’s totally gorgeous and (2) because it’s marked WAY down (as are lots of other items–check out SmartPak’s Spring Sale here). On other fronts, stay tuned for the launch of “SmartPak Mystery Product” later today at 11am (Eastern)… intrigued? You should be! [SmartPak]
Video: Meg Kep, I don’t know if you’re going to be at Southern Pines II this weekend, but if so we’re going to need a 2013 edition of THIS.
