Justine Dutton's pair of FEI horses made an early appearance at the Carolina stabling. Photo via Justine Dutton's FB page.
Because I’m assigned to Wednesday’s N&N, I rarely ever get to say that a big event is starting; the most we might get is jogs for a big CCI in the afternoon. For the first time in a year and a half that I’ve been with EN, I get to announce that we are live with both scores and steaming from Carolina today with dressage! You can thank the 225 FEI entries for the fact that Carolina had to alter their schedule and are now allowing you to procrastinate from doing work as early as hump day!
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Carolina International CIC & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Schedule] [Ride Times] [Live Scores] [Live Feed]
Poplar Place Farm CIC & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]
Stable View Winter II H.T. [Website] [Live Scores]
MeadowCreek Park H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
If you’re looking for an awesome gift idea, Jumper Nation has you covered. Custom brushes seem to be all the rage over in jumper land these days, and I have to admit that it’s a trend I could get on board with. I know that I personally have been using the same set of brushes for eons, and despite not being terribly expensive to replace, there has never seemed a need to. Which makes these custom brushes all the more desirable; an item that’s both affordable and thoughtful, and you’ll never lose another brush! [Custom Brush Sets]
Sometimes the horses tell you they just aren’t ready to retire. Such is the case with Maven, a 20-year old Cleveland Bay/Thoroughbred cross owned and ridden by Lauren DeNeve. In the fourteen years Lauren has owned Maven, they’ve come back from OCD surgery, two sinus surgeries, a tendon injury, a hip fracture, and having two foals. Originally planning to do an Advanced with her in 2007, plans got delayed. Thought to be retired, Lauren decided to play a little at Preliminary last fall, and now plans are to cap off Maven’s amazing competition career with an attempt at an Advanced finally[Maven, The Comeback Queen]
Andrew Nicholson doesn’t do anything by halves. That includes his comeback to competition. This past weekend, Andrew returned to competition for the first time since his fall from Cillnabradden Evo at Gatcombe. He competed three horses in the Novice (equivalent the Preliminary) and three in the Intermediate, taking the win with one of his Intermediate entries. Welcome back, Andrew! [Andrew Nicholson Returns to Competition]
Behind the Stall Door with Icabad Crane. As a racehorse, Icabad Crane placed third in the 2008 Preakness Stakes, just one race in a career that spanned 33 starts. With a resume like that, Icabad was bound to be a bit of a celebrity even before he entered Phillip Dutton’s barn. After completing his first CCI1* last fall, he’s as popular as ever, even more so than some of Phillip’s Olympic prospects. [Behind the Stall Door]
SmartPak Product of the Day: It’s abotu to get warm again, which means it’s time to add electrolytes back into our horses’ diets, if they aren’t on them year round. SmartLyte Pellets are one of my favorites, because they are primarily made of potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, and best of all, no sugar added. Also the pellet form keeps those picky eaters from rooting around and avoiding the powers. [SmartPak]
Let’s take a rewind back to the days when Carolina was known as Southern Pines II and they only ran national levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqpQFmmY0M
