USEA Stuff
Amy Tryon and Jude’s Law finished atop the pack in the CCI1*, besting 20 other starters to take the win. Tryon dropped only a single rail this afternoon to add to her dressage score of 42.1 and galloped cleanly around the cross-country course on yesterday afternoon. Kelly Pugh and Copycat Chloe jumped up from third to finish the event in second, swapping places with yesterday’s second place holders Karen O’Neal and TC Royale. Check out the photo gallery of all the riders during yesterday’s cross-country! Photos by Emily Daily
Heather Morris and First Mark (pictured left) jumped up from fourth to first after incurring only six time penalties across the Advanced cross-country course and finish their day with a 53.5. They can’t afford a rail to stay at the top of the leaderboard, as Anne Carr and Safari are close behind with a 53.8. Emily Daily photos.
Kelly Prather and Ballinakill Glory were able to gallop cleanly around the CIC3*-W cross-country course at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, and remain atop the leaderboard heading into tomorrow’s show jumping. Prather & Andrea Pfeiffer’s Irish Sport Horse mare picked up only 9.6 time faults over the course, designed by Capt. Mark Phillips. Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and The Good Witch leapt up one placing to second, and Sara Mittleider and her seasoned partner El Primero rounded out the top three. View complete results. Emily Daily photos.
It was Robyn Fisher’s time to shine, as she took home two wins aboard talented young warmbloods at the Spalding Labs/USEA Young Event Horse competition at the Event at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana on Wednesday afternoon. Check out the latest press release, video, and complete scores. Photos by Emily Daily
The USEA travelled to the Waredaca Horse Trials in Unity, Maryland. Check out these great pictures of the fantastic competitors. More information on the horses and results available here. Photos by Emily Daily and Leslie Mintz.
(Left: Leslie Law and Timothy & Cheryl Holekamp’s Trakehner mare Amarna competing at the Waredaca Young Event Horse competition. )
By Dan Starck, co-chair of the USEA Eventing Course Designers/Builders Committee & Member of the USEA Safety Committee
Many people are wondering, "What is the new rule for frangible fences and how will it affect me?" We are all looking for ways to make our sport safer and this is a way the USEF and USEA are moving toward safer competitions.
In the USEF Rules For Eventing, EV 140, line 8, the rule concerning frangible jumps reads:
“Obstacles constructed after December 1, 2008, for which approved frangible technology is appropriate, shall be constructed using this technology. Obstacles constructed prior to December 1, 2008 and for which the use of approved frangible technology is appropriate shall be retrofit using this technology prior to December 1, 2009. All open oxers at the Preliminary level and above must be constructed using approved frangible technology. Information on the appropriate applications of frangible technology in cross-country fence construction is available in the USEA Cross-Country Obstacle Design Guidelines. Frangible Technology may be installed only by or under the supervision of Course Designers/ Course Builders who have attended a USEA Seminar on frangible fence construction.”
Eventing Radio Is Live
Author: Emily Daily
Welcome to the first episode of the Eventing Radio Show on the Horse Radio Network. In this episode hosts Glenn the Geek and Chris Stafford talk about the show, the format and what you can expect in the future. The next 15 weeks will be exclusive coverage of the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event. Listen in as we deliver all the Rolex news and interview the top riders, event organizers and officials. Listen in…
We hope you enjoy the photo gallery from this year’s USEA Convention down in New Orleans - it will certainly be fondly remembered for many years. If you haven’t already seen it, be sure to check out the Lucinda Green videos from her speech at the Meeting as well. Click here to see it! (Photos by Josh Walker)
(Left: Ralph Hill accepts his Ironmaster Trophy from USEA President Baumgardner.)
Lucinda Green: Are We Missing Out On The Greatest Safety Belt We Have On Cross-Country?
Lucinda Green spoke frankly and with great passion to a convention room filled of diehard eventers, officials, organizers, and friends of the sport on Saturday December 13. Those attending the USEA Annual Meeting and Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, stood and applauded Lucinda at the conclusion of her relevant, direct, and emotional discourse, which was tastefully peppered with comedic relief when appropriate.
We’ve extracted some of the key points below which we hope you will find enlightening and engaging. You will also find the full “almost uncut” (minus technical malfunctions) audio file for your perusal.
I wanted to share with you one of my favorite speeches at this year’s USEA Annual Meeting & Convention. Carol Kozlowski, incoming VP of Safety, Board of Governors member, longtime rider and trainer, and recipient of a Governor’s Cup trophy for her dedication to the sport, spoke of some of the important issues and mindsets facing our sport today, which I think many of you will take to heart.
Enjoy Carol’s speech below!
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