There will be around 600 eventers vying for the top spot on the leaderboard across 28 division at The Event at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana this week with competition kicking off on Wednesday, July 20. This iconic event is a destination for many eventers with horse and rider pairs shipping in from all across the country, many thanks to funds received through grants such as the Rebecca Broussard Travel Grant and the inaugural Ocala Horse Properties Rebecca Farm Flight Grant. The Event at Rebecca Farm features CCI4*-L, CCI4*-S, CCI3*-L, CCI3*-S, and CCI2*-L international divisions in addition to offering Novice, Training, Preliminary, and Intermediate national divisions and a USEA Classic Series event at both the Novice and Training levels.
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Wednesday, July 20
Thursday, July 21
Friday, July 22
Saturday, July 23
Sunday, July 24
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This month we’re going to begin a three-part series on how to create positive riding experiences by making sure the words you say to yourself and the thoughts you think to yourself are positive. Referred to as self-talk, internal dialogue, or brain babble; the words you say to yourself can have a huge impact on your performance. In fact, your thoughts and voice are actually considered behaviors, and just like how positive physical behaviors (i.e. a balanced transition) can create success, your verbal behaviors can also accomplish the very same thing. So let's spend the next few months talking about how to talk to yourself!
Being spontaneous has paid off for Kevin Keane and Sportsfield Candy. “I bought him on a Wednesday and showed him on a Thursday,” Keane recalls about his first event with his Irish Sport Horse gelding, then 9 years old, at Plantation Field Horse Trials (Unionville, Pennsylvania) in September 2016. “I owned him for part of a day, and the next morning I showed up at a CCI and jogged him up for a two-star, and we went clean and clean and clean.”
THANK YOU to everyone who has already entered the USEF/USEA Recognized CDCTA Spring Horse Trials scheduled for Sunday, April 9 in Berryville, VA. We will continue to take late entries through Friday, March 24 using USEA’s Xentry system. If you still want to come compete, please enter! The late fee has been waived through Friday, March 24.
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announces the appointment of long-term US Equestrian employee Hallye Griffin as Director of FEI Sport. Griffin will assume the duties of former Director of FEI/High-Performance Sport, Graeme Thom, who has chosen to step away from his role to attend to personal matters.