May 26, Woodstock, VT—The GMHA Cross-Country Upgrade committee is pleased to announce several opportunities to learn more about the just-launched project. In conjunction with Denny Emerson’s book signing at the June Horse Trials on Saturday, June 4, committee members will be on-hand to provide an overview of the project and answer questions, including how to donate. The informational session will take place at the Youth Center following the book signing party, which begins around 5:30 at the conclusion of stadium.
Another opportunity to learn about this exciting project and how money raised will be allocated is on Saturday night, August 13 at the August Horse Trials. We know Eventers love a good time, so to get you in a giving mood (and tell you a bit about upgrade plans) we’re hosting a competitor’s party including extensive hors d’oeuvre, wine and beer. More details about the party will be posted on the GMHA and Area I websites as we get closer to the event.
Current information about the project can be found here:
http://www.gmahinc.org/assets/files/Eventing/Crosscountryupgradeproject.pdf
GMHA Cross-Country Upgrade Committee Wants Your Photos!
If you got your start, learned the ropes, made your mark or just plain love competing at the GMHA Horse Trials, we want your picture! We’re putting together a slideshow for this August’s event as part of our Cross-Country Upgrade competitor’s party and are looking for pictures of GMHA’s cross-country, past and present. Please submit photographs or digital images along with your name, address (physical for photographs, e-mail for digital) and phone number to Molly Hutchins at GMHA, [email protected], P.O. Box 8, S. Woodstock, VT 05071. Images should include photo credit if known and permission for use from photographer.
Even though this is his fifth time winning the CCI5*-L in Kentucky and the 12th five-star win of his career, Michael Jung still thinks luck plays a factor in every competition.
Phillip Dutton couldn’t refrain from laughing as William Coleman described the start of his partnership with the now 16-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Off The Record (VDL Arkansas x Drumagoland Bay).
It was a somewhat uneventful morning in the final horse inspection for both the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S and Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L, which is always a great testament to the exemplary horse care that these top athletes receive and the horsemanship exhibited by their riders.
And just like that, it's the final day of the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event and it's a full one in terms of the schedule. Before moving on to the final phase, competitors in both the CCI4*-S and CCI5*-L divisions will have to undergo the final horse inspection at High Hope Lane which will kick off with four-star competitors at 8 a.m. EST and be followed immediately by the five-star contingency.