The happy couple!
Good Morning EN! Today I have the honor of telling you all to break out the champagne, because last night at an Olympic fundraiser Tik Maynard and Sinead Halpin formally announced that they are engaged! Sinead and Tik have been dating for several years and got engaged earlier this week on vacation in the Bahamas. They are a wonderful match and everyone at EN is so proud and overjoyed for the both of them. Now we just have to get John to stop tearing up long enough do to a live blog of the wedding. Big congrats to Sinead and Tik! Watch the video below to hear Tik’s announcement.
This is an exciting morning, as the riders at Samur head out onto the cross country course at 10am, which equates to 4am EST with the six-hour time difference. Even more exciting is that there is a live feed of the cross country that can be accessed from the Samur home page. Luckily for US viewers, the CIC** will ride first, and the first CCI*** pair, Jules Stiller and Enjoy Me, doesn’t leave the start box until 2pm, or 8am EST. US rider Tiana Coudray, who is sitting in second place after dressage, goes at 3:48 (9:48 EST) and Jules goes on her second ride, Chaple Amble, at 5:08 (11:08 EST). A link to a PDF of cross country times can be found on official leader board. [Dressage Results]
There are a lot of events happening at home this weekend: good luck to all riders, whether at home or abroad!
NWEC May Classic [Website] [Times/Scores]
Chattahoochee Hills [Website] [Scores]
Otter Creek [Website] [Scores]
Feather Creek [Website] [Times/Scores]
Greater Dayton Horse Trials [Website] [Times/Scores]
Kelly’s Ford [Website] [Scores]
CCC Spring Gulch HT [Website]
Hitching Post Farm HT [Website] [Times/Scores]
Kent School May HT [Website]
And the rest of your links:
Nicholson is the best Kiwi after dressage at Samur.
But Laura Collete beat him (and everyone else) to take the lead after dressage.
Blyth Tait will probably not go to the Olympics
The USEA has relaunched the Ride Share Program.
British events are still being cancelled due to rain
Get a “Keep Calm and Carry On Riding” sweatshirt from Horse and Hound
Insane link of the day: An Arabian spooked during a California beach photo shoot and swam over two miles out to sea. He was rescued by the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol and coastguard, and is reportedly uninjured.
And here is the video of Tik’s announcement:
Thanks for reading EN, enjoy your Saturday!
