Tuesday News & Notes from Kentucky Performance Products

 

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The Cheltenham Festival starts today in England, and for eventing fans who are also jumps racing fans, there’s no one in the world who’s currently living the dream more than Laura Collett. The Badminton winner has long been involved with racing, supplementing her income by jump schooling racehorses throughout the off-season, and today, she got the chance to do so over the real deal fences when she rode out at Cheltenham for trainer Gordon Elliott. The cross-country race is always my favourite part of the week and I can only imagine the buzz and thrill she got from tackling those fences!

Events Opening Today: University of New Hampshire Spring H.T.Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Spring H.T.Horse Park of New Jersey Spring H.T.

Events Closing Today: Chattahoochee Hills H.T,, Morven Park Spring H.T.Jumping Branch Farm H.T.The Event at TerraNovaGalway Downs International H.T.

Tuesday News & Notes from Around the World:

Speaking of Cheltenham, if you want to have a (responsible) bet this week, you’ll want some tips. To save you from wading through endless pages of the Racing Post, Horse&Hound has done their own quick fire tips with help from some expert pundits. I’ll be keeping this on hand for when I chuck my obligatory fiver on something. 

It’s Carolina week! We’re going to have a big EN team on site this week (including me — I’m boarding a plane from Heathrow tomorrow morning and I can’t wait) and we’re so psyched for a packed week of sporting action. We’ll be bringing you a tonne of content today, but for now, if you want the fast facts, here they are. 

A number of lucky riders recently gathered for a clinic with William Fox-Pitt in Virginia. Hosted at Zaragoza Acres, the clinic’s cross-country day focused on nailing the basics — rhythm and balance, namely. As always, Lanky Will imparted some absolute pearls of wisdom, and even if you missed out on taking part, you can benefit from what he taught his students with this clinic report. 

Some positive news for Canadian jumpers: CAN Jump is a new fundraising initiative that’s been set up to help contend with the huge costs of competing internationally. It was created after a number of Canadian jumpers had to turn down spots on the Canadian team due to financial barriers, and although it’s discipline specific at the moment, hopefully we’ll soon see a trickle-down effect to eventing. 

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We’re just about at that time again, where the spring grass peaks through one day and then rampages through the next, sending our horses a bit loopy and our ponies, if we’re not careful, a bit laminitis. Here’s how to manage the transition safely and sensibly with some great advice from KPP.

Watch This:

I love these icons videos from the FEI, and this one, on Pippa Funnell’s exceptional Supreme Rock, is a cool, short watch to start your day!

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