Want to make your own mark on tomorrow’s first horse inspection at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event? Then make sure you give Liz Halliday’s latest reel a watch and make your vote count in the comments, because this stylish gal needs some help narrowing down her outfit choices. (I’d like to raise my hand and ask very nicely if she’ll be discarding the second, third, and fourth-place options, but I guess being blocked by Liz for solicitation before the competition has even begun probably isn’t my wisest move. Also, though, Liz…I’m here. And I like shoes.
Events Opening Today: Mill Creek Pony Club Horse Trials, Middleburg H.T., Cobblestone Farms H.T. I, Golden Spike H.T.
Events Closing Today: Winona Horse Trials, River Glen Spring H.T., Queeny Park H.T., Majestic Oaks Ocala H.T., Unionville May H.T., Galway Downs Spring H.T., Tryon International Three Day Event
Tuesday News & Notes from Around the World:
Find yourself spending the majority of your time in the arena? Obviously, in a perfect world, you’ll be able to add lots of variety to your horse’s life, because hacking, or finding new places to school, gives him exposure as well as preparing him for variable terrain, which is an essential innate skill for cross-country. But sometimes, you are a bit stuck, whether that’s for lack of access to riding space or because you’re on a very green horse. Here’s some tips for making sure he doesn’t get sour in the school.
Sometimes, articles are worth a read almost entirely because they created such a maelstrom of split opinion and conversation online. This piece, published in the Chronicle of the Horse, is certainly an example of a conversation-starter: when I last checked, the Facebook comments were popping off with thoughts and opinions. The subject? Electric vehicles, and whether they’re the future of towing horses. It’s well worth a read if you’re interested in making your rig a bit more environmentally forward-thinking, but also if you, too, want to spend some time with your popcorn in the comments (where, it’s got to be said, a few fair and valid points are also being made). Give it a read here.
It’s an interesting time for the FEI’s Nations Cup series, across the three disciplines. Over in the showjumping world, we’ve seen the series rebrand this year as the Longines League of Nations, with mixed feedback so far, and in dressage, a couple of key venues have decided to follow Aachen in switching to a team competition format but outside the bounds of the Nations Cup. Horse & Hound has more on this.
And finally, need a good listen to start your day? Tune into the latest episode of the USEA Podcast for an Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Eventing special, as a team of brilliant ladies gets together to chat through Championships, opportunities, a whole heaping helping of excitement for a whole lot of riders, and more. Listen here.
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