Rolex mystery knickers
The only lingering question I have about Rolex 2013 is this: Who left their sparkly blue panties beside the Head of the Lake? Surely I am not the only one who noticed them. Was a spectator trying to throw them at their favorite rider, rock star groupie-style? I guess we’ll never know (unless someone wants to own up to it in the comments section below, which would be AWESOME).
Keep it classy, Eventing Nation. Or not.
Events Opening Today: Midsouth Pony Club H.T. (Kentucky, A-8), Great Vista H.T. (New York, A-1), Fox River Valley Pony Club H.T. CIC1* and CCI1* (Illinois, A-4), Encore H.T. (Michigan, A-8), Abbe Ranch H.T. (Colorado, A-9), Seneca Valley PC HT (Virginia, A-2), Shepherd Ranch SYVPC H.T. I (California, A-6)
Events Closing Today: Hitching Post Farm Horse Trials (Vermont, A-1), Kent School May Horse Trials (Connecticut, A-1), Kelly’s Ford Horse Trials (Virginia, A-2), Fair Hill International H.T. (Maryland, A-2), CHC International at Chattahoochee Hills (Georgia, A-3), Otter Creek Spring H.T. (Wisconsin, A-4),Greater Dayton H.T. (Ohio, A-8), CCC Spring Gulch H.T. (Colorado, A-9)
RIP Supreme Rock: The horse that Pippa Funnell rode to a legendary Rolex Grand Slam in 2003 has been put down at age 25. Supreme Rock won back-to-back Badmintons in 2002 and 2003 and consecutive European titles in 1999 and 2001, as well as a team silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2002. He was happily retired to the hunt field in 2005. [Horse & Hound]
Rolex Recap: Several local and national news outlets reported on the results of the event, including the Lexington Herald Reader, Louisville Courier-Journal, New Zealand Herald, WUKY, and Radio New Zealand.
More Rolex Honors: Buck Davidson was the top U.S. rider to complete the cross-country course closest to optimum time, winning the “Land Rover Best Ride of the Day” and a 2013 Range Rover Evoque lease. [USET] Meghan O’Donoghue won the HSBC Training Bursary, worth $1,000, for her brilliant CCI4* debut. [Horse Talk]
Best of the Blogs: Talking Horse crowns the three kings of eventing, discusses the prospect of a Grand Slam, and notes that at Badminton, anything can happen. “This year’s Badminton is unprecedented, and we will probably never see another Grand Slam double header in our lifetime. The entire line up includes almost all of the full cream our sport has to offer. It is the mother of all eventing competitions – a field of dreams.” [TalkingHorse.net] More on the Grand Slam here. [British Eventing]
Found on Facebook: Rolex hangover edition.
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Video: In addition to Rolex, the FEI World Cup Finals for dressage and show jumping took place in Gothenburg, Sweden over the weekend. America’s big winner was Beezie Madden aboard Simon, who won the show jumping title after a heart-pounding jump-off against London Olympic gold medalist Steve Guerdat on Nino des Buissonnets (Switzerland). Steve’s pedal-to-the-metal, turn-and-burn round resulted in two costly rails; Beezie took a more conservative approach and kept all the rails up for the win. [Results]
