United States Eventing Association

When I contacted Becky Holder late Tuesday, she thought she’d be able to talk about Ollie the following morning. “Can we do it tomorrow when I have my emotions more in control?” Holder wrote in an e-mail Tuesday night. Of course, I wrote back, I understand completely.

Check out this great article about Will Faudree in The Pilot, a Southern Pines, NC, newspaper, written by Stephanie Diaz (who’s authored a number of articles in our very own Eventing USA). And check out the shout-out for the AEC!

Eventing enthusiasts who have seen Lizzie Snow ride cross-country would say she has a good eye for reading a course. And they’d be right. A recent graduate of The O’Neal School, Snow, 18, is one of the nation’s top young event riders, and the recipient of the United States Eventing Association’s 2009 Junior Preliminary Rider of the Year award.

He arrived at Kingsway Farm on a typical California day that should have been completely forgettable, precisely because of its lack of originality: Sunny. Warm. No chance of showers.