We can’t wait to get underway with the $100k Stirling Venture Capital Grand-Prix Eventing Showcase at Bruce’s Field, presented by Taylor Harris Insurance Services this weekend in Aiken! Alongside the competition each year, a Ride for Charity team competition occurs to raise money and awareness for local charities in the area. You can check out this year’s Ride for Charity teams and begin voting here.
U.S. Weekend Preview
$100k Stirling Venture Capital Grand-Prix Eventing Showcase at Bruce’s Field (SC): [Website] [Schedule] [Entries] [Scoring] [Live Stream] [Tickets] [Volunteer] [EN’s Coverage]
Full Gallop Farm February II H.T. (SC): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Rocking Horse Winter III H.T. (FL): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Scoring] [Volunteer]
Twin Rivers Winter H.T. (CA): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times/Scoring] [Volunteer]
Sporting Days Farm March H.T. (SC): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times] [Volunteer]
News & Reading
🏆 Area X’s VIP Volunteer of the month, Brian Murphy, began volunteering out of a desire to have something to do while his wife competed. That decision turned into 60 hours of volunteering in 2024 alone and receipt of the 2024 USEA Governor’s Cup award. Read more about Brian and his volunteerism here.
🧠 Will Coleman stopped by the EquiRatings Eventing Podcast to chat about mindset, mental fortitude, his plans for 2025, and how he plans for Olympic cycles and championships. Listen to his interview here.
🎙️ Speaking of podcasts, the debut episode of EN’s The Go Eventing Podcast is live on your favorite podcast platform! Listen to our sit down with Will Faudree here.
💸 We all know and feel the burden of rising costs, especially when it comes to horses. Can equestrian sports become more financially tenable? How much responsibility rests on all parties to ensure this aspect of sustainability? In a recent opinion piece, The Chronicle of the Horse dives into the “cost conundrum”. Read it here.
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Some horses just never age… 😂
