Josh Walker
USEA Multimedia Editor and Marketing
Michael & Natalie Pollard are the guests this week as part of the Eventing Radio Show’s popular Couples Series and they share some exciting news. Host Chris Stafford discusses with Jennie Brannigan the importance of staying fit in the off-season and what some of the top riders do to keep in shape. Listen in…
Jennie Brannigan and Emma Ford join Glenn the Geek this week to share the story of Cooper’s injuries and illness that has hospitalized him since Fair Hill International Horse Trials in October and the lessons that we can learn from a veterinary emergency. Listen in…
Classic-format first-timer Mackenna Shea said she’d definitely be embarking on phases A, B, C, and D again after finishing her weekend at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event on her dressage score in the long-format CCI*. Aboard Landioso, she finished on a score of 40.0 over fellow Area VII Young Rider Teammates Tessa Becket and Sound Prospect. Josh Walker photo. Complete results from all divisions.
More than 60 horse and rider combinations experienced the thrill of “The Chase” on Saturday at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Fiona Graham of Portola Valley, California, blazed through the endurance phase of division A of the SmarPak Equine USEA Training Three-Day Event aboard Isengart to finish double-clear and maintain her lead on a score of 30.1. Gina Miles still leads division B of the T3D, while long-format first-timer Mackenna Shea remains atop the classic-format CCI*. Josh Walker photo. See more results here.
Sixteen-year-old Mackenna Shea made the 25-hour trip from her home in Tacoma, Washington to Temecula, California to compete in her first long-format CCI* at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. Aboard her own 7-year-old Bavarian Warmblood, Landioso, the pair earned a 40.0 in the dressage arena to lead the division by 9.1 points. Josh Walker photo. Complete Results.
Though the Spalding Labs USEA Young Event Horse West Coast Championships ran until the sun set at the Galway Downs International Three-Day and Horse Trials, spectators were treated to performances by some of the best young event prospects in the country. Robyn Fisher rode Rose Sullivan’s Clair de Lune SE, a Holsteiner Stallion by Contendor and out of L’Vienna Z, and scored an 83.90% to win the 5-Year-Old Championship, while she also rode her own Dutch Warmblood gelding, Artesian (Judgement—Shannondoah) to a score of 87.00 to earn the 4-Year-Old Championship. Josh Walker photos. Full results. Read the rest of this entry »
It was all Robyn Fisher once again in the Spalding Labs USEA Young Event Horse Series as she galloped away with victory in both the 4- and 5-Year-Old divisions of the West Coast Championships at the Galway Downs International Three-Day and Horse Trials. Aboard Rose Sullivan’s Clair de Lune SE, a Holsteiner Stallion by Contendor and out of L’Vienna Z, Fisher scored an 83.90 for the 5-Year-Old Championship (pictured). She rode her own Dutch Warmblood gelding, Artesian (Judgement—Shannondoah) to a score of 87.00 to earn the 4-Year-Old Championship. Josh Walker photo. Full results.
Boyd Martin joins the Eventing Radio Show this week as guest and host after a successful weekend at the Fairhill CCI3* where he won his first CCI in this country since taking up citizenship. Listen in as Boyd talks about the rides at the rain soaked Dansko Fair Hill International Horse Trials.
Boyd Marin claimed his first CCI3* win as a United States rider at the Dansko Fair Hill International Horse Trials aboard Neville Bardos on Sunday. They caught one rail in show jumping but managed to pull off the victory on a score of 55.0. Karen O’Connor and Mandiba also pulled a rail to finish in second place on a score of 59.2. Kelly Sult and Hollywood jumped from fifth place into third after a double-clear show jumping round. Complete results. Josh Walker photo.
Boyd Marin and Neville Bardos became the only pair to post a double clear cross-country round in the CCI3* division at the Dansko Fair Hill International Horse Trials in Elkton, Maryland, to take over the lead on a score of 51.0. Overnight leaders Karen O’Connor and Mandiba dropped to third place after adding 15.6 time faults, while Phillip Dutton and Kheops Du Quesnay jumped into second place from 17th after adding only 4 time faults on cross-country. Complete results. Josh Walker photo.
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