Developing rider sessions are ongoing in Middleburg. Photo via USEF High Performance Facebook Page.
Everyone down in Texas is drowning in rain, but up here in the Northeast we are begging for it! The forecast continues to tease us with glimpses of storms, but despite a good soaking this weekend, the ground is still quite hard. If everyone could just do a rain dance so that the storms leave the south and head up here, we’d all be very grateful.
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Mystic Valley Hunt Club H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]
Virginia CIC, CCI & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]
Flora Lea Spring H.T [Website] [Entry Status]
Paradise Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]
Feather Creek Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
The Spring Event at Woodside H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
May-Daze at the Park H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Coconino Spring H.T. [Website] [Ride Times]
Thinking about entering the Great Meadow International CIC3*? Clarifications have been posted regarding the entry process on the Omnibus listing, and event organizer Darrin Mollett has released the following statement: “The CIC3* is open to all qualified competitors and is not an invitational. Entries will be accepted until the maximum of 25 entries are received in the order in which they are received by postmark. Riders are limited to two horses. In the case of excessive entries, the entries from the top 10 athletes on the USEA Overall Leaderboard as of June 1, 2015 will receive priority over all other entries, regardless of entry postmark date. Non-US based athletes will be chosen based on FEI horse/rider ranking as of June 1, 2015 rather than US national ranking ( i.e., non-US based compared to US based using the FEI horse/rider ranking). If you have any questions about your qualifications, please contact Steve Symansky at 540-687-6333 or [email protected].
Tickets are available for the Gala Dinner at Woodside. Woodside is holding their seventh annual Preliminary Challenge this weekend, culminating in an evening of show jumping on Saturday night. Offering $15,000 in prize money for the Preliminary Challenge divisions, and another $15,000 for other divisions, Woodside has created an annual banner event. The Gala Dinner is held during the final portion of the division, with full views of the competition ring. [Buy Tickets to the Gala Dinner]
This week in Horse & Hound’s Numbers: The lowest dressage score of the weekend in Britain was a 13.3, set in a BE100 division. Not one pair made the time at the CIC3* at Chatsworth, but two made the time at Advanced. [Eventing in Numbers]
Zara Phillips is hoping High Kingdom will be back for the autumn. Not only did High Kingdom cut himself in the stall before dressage at Kentucky, he cut into the joint, which required flushing the capsule. He’s expected to make a full recovery, and Zara is trying to keep it all in perspective. [Zara Phillips on High Kingdom’s Injury]
Two event riders are recovering after a car accident in England. Aaron Miller and Dan Sibley are both recovering after serious injuries sustained in the car accident that killed event groom Louiza Covey, as well as another unnamed person. Aaron Miller is recovering from a hematoma on his bowel, while Dan Sibley broke both his legs and his sternum. [Event Riders Recovering Well]
Pippa Funnell won the Chatsworth CIC3* with Sandman 7 this weekend. In doing so she set a record, becoming the first three time winner of the event. Pippa previously won Chatsworth in 2000 with Primmore’s Pride and 2004 with Supreme Rock. Mary King’s daughter Emily finished third aboard Brookleigh, just behind Irish rider Sarah Ennis and Horseware Stellor Rebound. [Pippa Funnell Sets New Record]
SmartPak Product of the Day: I’m pretty rabid about buying the safest product on the market, so it drives me crazy when I see people using a standard T-tap instead of the Safety Spin Tee Tap. Designed specifically to allow a horse to stand on it, I no longer have to worry about a horse pulling his foot away from me while tapping his stud holes. [SmartPak]
For Wayback Wednesday, we go way back to 2006 at Morven Park.
