Archive for May, 2009
From EventingNews.com
Just to add to add to what is already a poor financial situation at the Florida Horse Park, the facilities were burglarized earlier this month. In a hard blow to the park, the thieves stole over $40,000 of equipment. As you can imagine, it has seriously impacted how the park are able to maintain facilities on a daily basis as well as prepare for shows.
Yesterday evening, on the Chronicle of the Horse Forums, well-known eventer Denny Emerson put out an idea to encourage riders to take a crack at completing a long format event.
“I don’t have any miraculous ideas,” Denny wrote on the forum. “If I did I’d have shared them long ago, but there’s one little thing I can do, which is to give lessons for half price to any riders, in any year, who have finished a full format 3-day, half-star, one-star, any star you want, in that calendar year.”
(Left: For his accomplishments in the eventing community, Emerson was inducted into the USEA Hall of Fame three years ago, and now spends his time coaching students, hosting educational camps and clinics, and training young horses. Photo courtesy of Tamarack Hill Farm.)
Mark Hart, Chairman USEF High Performance Event Owners Task Force joins hosts Glenn the Geek and Chris Stafford to speak about the role of horse owners in the sport of eventing. Plus, hear from the voice of Radio Badminton, Harriet Harrison, about the new Point Two Inflatable Air Jacket that was worn by many riders at Badminton. Listen in… Read the rest of this entry »
Doug Payne, 27, of Pottersville, New Jersey galloped cleanly around the steeplechase phase last weekend at the Virginia CCI1* long-format three-day event in Lexington, Virginia with Stone Hill Farm’s seven-year-old Irish Thoroughbred gelding Running Order, finishing the challenging event on their dressage score of 53.5. Complete results available on the Virginia Horse Trials website. Emily Daily photo.
The USEF High Performance A List, B List, and Developing Riders Training Lists have been updated following the spring competition season. Check out the press release for more information. (Photo: Tiffani Loudon-Meetze and her Thoroughbred gelding Above ‘N’ Beyond were named to the USEF High Performance B List. Josh Walker photo)
from Equestrian Victoria
The 2009 Australian International 3 Day Event looks set not to proceed this November, thanks to a squeeze on corporate sponsorship and a $100,000 budget shortfall.
The event has been scheduled to be held in Adelaide’s parklands on November 13 to 15, but according to Event Director – dual Olympian - Gillian Rolton, it now appears the event will not be able to go ahead.
“It’s a bitter disappointment, but faced with the financial realities of 2009 we’re being forced to make an extraordinarily tough decision. Unless an extremely generous benefactor - or naming rights sponsor - is prepared to come forward with significant financial support, we will have no option other than cancelling this year’s event.
In this episode, hosts Glenn The Geek and Chris Stafford focus on the major horse trials. Kate Green shares the thrills of Badminton CCI 4* and what an exciting event it was; plus we get a reaction from the winner, Britain’s Oliver Townend. Amber Heintzberger fills us in on how the Jersey Fresh Horse Trials unfolded in New Jersey. Listen in.
Here are a few photos from yesterday’s cross-country of all the riders in the CIC2* at the Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials in Fairburn, Georgia. The CIC2* at Chatt Hills is part of the 2009 Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series where top horses and riders across the country compete for cash, great prizes, and points towards becoming the year-end champion and recipient of $10,000! Mike Winter of Canada and Unsteelable were the winners of the division, with Kelli Temple and Axel Rose in second, and Dorothy Crowell and Radio Flyer II in third.
Canadian Mike Winter and Jim Walker’s nine-year-old Thoroughbred Unsteelable had a fantastic weekend, clinching the win at the Chattahoochee Hills CIC2*, part of the Adequan/USEA Gold Cup Series. Despite the soggy weather, ‘Steel’ didn’t put a foot wrong all weekend at the event in Fairburn, Georgia, and finished on his dressage score of 54.6. Emily Daily photo.
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