Madeline DiNicola and Vinny. Photo via Metz Equine LLC.
Here at EN we can’t resist a game face and a stinking cute pony! Madeline DiNicola competed in her very first horse trial this weekend at FENCE H.T. She and Vinny finished fourth in the Starter A division after adding just a sprinkle of time in the jumping phases. Well done you two!
National Holiday: National Milk Chocolate Day
Events Opening This Week: GMHA September H.T., Blue Ridge Mountain Horse Trials at TIEC, Flora Lea Fall H.T., USEA MDHT FEH/YEH/NEH Qualifier, CDCTA Fall H.T., Ocala Summer H.T. I, Otter Creek Fall H.T., Flying Cross Farm H.T., Stone Gate Farm H.T., The Event at Skyline
Events Closing This Week: Genesee Valley Riding & Driving Club H.T., Waredaca Farm H.T., Full Gallop Farm August HT, Ocala Summer H.T. II
Tuesday News:
With less than a month to go before the American Eventing Championships, the USEA has released some key information on the COVID-19 protocol that competitors can expect. All staff, volunteers, competitors, support staff, and officials will have their temperatures taken daily before entering the facility. Masks will also be mandatory unless mounted. [30 Days to AEC: COVID-19 Measures in Effect During the Event]
If it’s been a hot minute since your Pony Club days, you might not remember all the plants that could be toxic to your horse. There’s no time like the present for a little reminder. Peep these pictures and descriptions before you go out and walk your paddocks. [5 common plants that could kill your horse]
Grab the tissues, Noelle Floyd’s Letter to My Horse series will make you ugly cry. [To the Horses Who Shaped Us, Loved Us, and Left Us Forever Changed]
Two five-star riders are looking to add to their team. Caroline Martin and Liz Halliday-Sharp each want to add a working student to their team. For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected] to apply.
Olympic show jumper Flor Isava Fonseca passed away on July 25 at the age of 99. Fonseca founded the Venezuelan Equestrian Federation in 1947, and she was one of the first two women to be elected as an International Olympic Committee member in 1981. [Olympic jumper, writer, and IOC member Flor Isava Fonseca dies at 99]
Horses, but make it fashion. [Meet the Argentinian brand making equestrian chic the trend of 2020]
Hot on Horse Nation: National Disability Independence Day: Equestrian Version
Just in on Jumper Nation: From Apple to Passion Fruit: Why Producing Horses is like Fruit Salad
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