Photo via MidAmerica Eventing Association.
This direction sign from Heritage Park Horse Trials in Overland Park, KS was too creative not to share! On this sign, you’ll find the directions and distances of some famous events and Kansas City-area landmarks. Competitors at Heritage Park are always treated to a local flair among the show jumping and cross country fences, all in homage of Kansas City, its home football team the Chiefs, Taylor Swift and more.
U.S. Events Opening Entries Today
Horse Trials at Majestic Oaks (FL); River Glen Fall H.T. (TN); Fleur de Leap H.T. (LA); Full Moon Farm’s Fall H.T. (MD)
U.S. Events Closing Entries Today
Morven Park Fall International & H.T. (VA); Poplar Place Farm October H.T. (GA); Pine Hill Fall H.T. (TX); Redefined Equestrian H.T. (CO); The Event at Isaacks Ranch (NM)
News & Reading
We’re teaming up with Sentinel Horse Nutrition to give away a year’s worth of Sentinel Horse Feeds! This sweepstakes is accepting entries until 11:59 p.m. ET on October 6. You can full the full terms and conditions + enter for your chance to win a big break for your bank account here.
“Although training a horse always involves repetition, it has to be done in the right way at the right time for it to actually further the training.” So writes Horse Nation‘s Gwyneth McPherson in her latest column. Repetition is a skill every rider must cultivate, as it’s the best way for both horse and rider to learn. But there exists a line between repetition and drilling, and perhaps the first part of developing this skill is to recognize when you’re nearing that line. Gwyneth provides more perspective here.
If you’re in the area, you might want to pick up a ticket for an Ingrid Klimke Masterclass during the iconic Dressage at Devon show. This event takes place this Thursday, September 25, and there are still some tickets remaining as this publishes. Ingrid will also being doing an autograph and book signing session, and riders like 5* eventers Jennie Brannigan and Hannah Sue Hollberg, as well as Grand Prix dressage rider Silva Martin, are slated to appear as demos for this Masterclass. You can find more information and sign up here.
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Video Break
Ride the Preliminary track at Florida Horse Park / Ocala’s Summer Horse Trials with Elisa Wallace and Rick Wallace’s/Briggs Surratt’s Booming Bodhran:
