Winter wonderland. Photo by Steph Rhodes Bosch Jenkins.
To all of our readers in the North: I’m sorry. I know you guys spent your weekend shoveling show while we shared photos from lucky eventers who are wintering in Aiken or Ocala. Hang in there you guys. It will be spring before you know it!
National Holiday: National Hat Day
Events Opening This Week: Full Gallop Farm February II H.T., Rocking Horse III H.T., Sporting Days Farm March H.T. II, Chattahoochee Hills H.T., Twin Rivers Winter H.T.
Events Closing This Week: Stable View Winter Horse Trials, Three Lakes Winter I H.T. at Caudle Ranch, Sporting Days Farm February H.T. I, Galway Downs Winter H.T.
Tuesday News:
Tickets are now on sale for Grand Prix Eventing at Bruce’s Field. LiftMaster Grand Prix Eventing at Bruce’s Field $50,000 Invitational Aiken’s Inaugural Eventing Showcase will take place March 1-2, 2019. The top 40 riders in the world have been invited. [General Admission Tickets]
The USEA has announced the Intercollegiate competition calendar for 2019. The first one comes up in February at Ocala I, and it’s followed by venues around the country. The big one will be the Intercollegiate Championship at Chatt Hills May 18-19, 2019. [Study Up on the 2019 Intercollegiate Team Challenge Calendar]
Jennie Brannigan has returned to competing after her suspension in 2018. She shares what it was like leaving the start box and an invaluable piece of advice she once got from Phillip Dutton. [Don’t Let This Moment Define You]
Tuesday Video: Here’s Joe Meyer and Clip Clop, winners of the Intermediate-Prelim division at Majestic Oaks Horse Trials in Ocala, Florida over the weekend. They completed on a score of 34.4. Many thanks to David Frechette, AKA TheHorsePesterer, for video!
