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German Depth on Display at Poland’s Baborówko Horse Sale Show
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CCI4*-S winners Nadine Marzahl (GER) and Valentine 18. Photo by M&R Photo courtesy of Baborówko Horse Sale Show. German riders accounted for eight of the top 10 CCI4*-S finishers at Poland’s Baborówko Horse Sale Show over the weekend, with Nadine Marzahl topping the leaderboard on Valentine 18. Germany’s Leonie Kuhlmann and Hidalgo 179 led the CCI3*-S from start to finish, and Stephanie Böhe won the CCI2*-S with Ashanti de la Ribiere.  
The CCI4*-S was a dynamic competition with lots of scoreboard movement from start to finish — for our international readers, here’s a summary of the action. 
Yoshiaki Oiwa (JPN) with Bart L JRA. Photo by M&R Photo courtesy of Baborówko Horse Sale Show. On Friday Japan’s Yoshiaki Oiwa and Bart L JRA claimed the dressage lead on a score of 24.5, followed by Nadine Marzahl with Vally K on 29.6 and Valentine 18 on 30.1 respectively. 
Nadine Marzahl (GER) with Vally K. Photo by M&R Photo courtesy of Baborówko Horse Sale Show. The tides turned on cross country day, across the course designed by Lars Christensson. Yoshiaki picked up 20 on course, dropping down to 24th position, leaving the door open for Nadine to take the lead, which she did with her third-placed horse Valentine 18 thanks to a double-clear cross country round, one of only four in the 31-strong division. Germany’s Sophie Leube with Jadore Moi had just 0.4 time to move from 6th into 2nd, and fellow countryman Dirk Schrade with Dajara 4 had 2.8 time to hop from 4th into 3rd. 
Nadine Marzahl (GER) with Vally K. Photo by M&R Photo courtesy of Baborówko Horse Sale Show. Nadine kept the lead through show jumping on Sunday, posting a clear round. Nadine had three horses in the class and finished 5th with Vally K and 18th with Victoria 108. Nadine and Valentine 18, a 12-year-old Hanoverian mare (Valentino x Vienna, by Varus) owned by Martina Paulus and Heike Kikuth, particularly, are a competitive pair who represented Germany as an individual at last month’s FEI European Eventing Championships at Luhmühlen — unfortunately, they missed a jump cross country and were thus eliminated, so their win at Baborówk was surely a welcome redemption. Sophie retained second with Jadore Moi, and another German, Beeke Jankowski, finished third with Tiberius 20. Visit the website here. View complete results here. 
Photo by M&R Photo courtesy of Baborówko Horse Sale Show. In addition to the competition, the fourth annual Baborówko Sport Horse Auction took place on Sunday. The catalogue included 19 horses from stables across Poland, 12 of which found new owners. The most expensive horse sold was Little Cartier, a Polish-bred gelding (Cartier II x Landwind II) who was purchased for 95.000 PLN (about 24,000 USD). “Although we did not break the record this Saturday, we are very pleased with the auction results,” Henryk Święcicki Jr., the director of Baborówko Horse Sale Show, said. “Many horses found new homes in foreign stables. We also received a lot of positive feedback from Final CCI4*-S Top 10:
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Clare’s Road to the Makeover: An Ode to the Ammies
https://ift.tt/2obKpTY For 673 accepted trainers, the 2019 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover has entered the homestretch! From the beginning of the year until the Makeover, to take place Oct. 2-5 at the Kentucky Horse Park, four of those trainers have been blogging their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks, successes and failures, for Eventing Nation readers. Read more from EN’s 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover Bloggers: Lindsey Burns, Hillary McMichael, Clare Mansmann, Jennifer Reisenbichler. 
Kim O’Donnell with Roseau, yours truly with Make It Right, and Ellen Dry with Walk Away Slow (aka the only adult in the bunch). Photo by Allison Howell. A client once asked Tom how he learned to control show nerves, to which Tom responded something like, “You do this a few thousand more times.” #helpful The journey to the Makeover is very different for professionals and amateurs. We’ve had a slew of horses come and go this year alone, we changed horses and divisions, and we’re driving as I write this with three horses behind us, 11 shoes (don’t worry, Soft Rides and Animalintex are Many people have had to opt out of competing this week for a variety of reasons, but more are actually en route to Kentucky, and THAT IS AMAZING. Let’s be honest, to get any horse to anyWHERE at any TIME you choose is a feat in and of itself. Our background in eventing has certainly taught us this, particularly in the long-format days, when you’d work all year for that one three-day with no other option, only to have your horse abscess two days before shipping, sending you into a well of despair and tears, only to have your farrier work magic so then you’re happy crying and you spend the next week of your life in a blurry glass case of emotion and thank goodness there’s video footage because otherwise you remember nothing. Just me? Ah, teenage angst… I digress… Anywho, we learned from those experiences, and what we learned is that drama is unnecessary and unfun. The world has enough problems of its own, and there’s no need to add to that. So this morning, while Tom pried my horse’s sprung shoe off at 4 a.m., I gathered the bandaging We strive to live in such a way as to impart this attitude to all of our clients (*most* of the time we do okay), but especially to the two who have been training for the Makeover with us all year. They’re amazing, but they will not brag about themselves, and so I must brag on them. There’s a big commitment to horses when you make them your career, but it’s no less of a commitment when you do it for fun, it’s just different. Horses are humbling creatures who take our time, our money, a bit of our bodies, and a lot of our minds, but we have a responsibility to care for them, and a large part of that is, of course, their training. When Kim got Rose (Roseau), she knew she was head over heels for the horse, and she knew her own preferences, and she knew she wanted help with the process. But she didn’t know how much sass was in those twinkle toes, and she didn’t know the mare had a firecracker for a tail. She didn’t know that she’d be taught how to add to her fences, emphatically. She didn’t know that she’d have an extremely capable jumper, and she didn’t know there was a hidden hunter in there (if the jumps got big enough). She didn’t know that she’d learn a new position, but she also probably didn’t know how just strong she was (Kim, not Rose). She also didn’t know that the mare would hack on the buckle like a sedated donkey. When Ellen got Hank (Walk Away Slow), all she knew was that she wanted a horse to do the Makeover, and she knew she was attracted to the war horse type, and and she knew he’d need a great farrier, and she knew (from us) that Sarah Hepler had a knack for finding horses with great brains. What she didn’t know that Hank actually did have a great brain (fortunately). She didn’t know that he’d go through an awkward balancing stage that felt like he actually was Hank the Septopus, but she also didn’t know that his lanky limbs would learn to snap up over fences. She didn’t know that they’d learn to nail their leads. She didn’t know that he’d get even bigger, and she did not know about the droopy lower lip. She didn’t know how challenged she would be, but how capable she is. When you make a commitment to do right by a horse, whether it’s a horse you keep forever or one you are preparing for someone else, you might be surprised by what you learn, and not just about riding. And so, once again, in true sappy-Clare fashion, I present the Year One journeys for Kim and Roseau, and Ellen and Walk Away Slow. Please enjoy these video peeks into their processes, and join me in congratulating these teams, and all those working their way to the Kentucky Horse Park. It has been a tremendous amount of focus, development, and hard-earned but very rewarding accomplishments for everyone involved. We have been honored to be a part of it, and we are looking forward to Year Two as much as they are! Here’s Rosita! And here’s Hank! We’re here in Kentucky and we’re here for the pictures and the parties (which are, evidently, all in barn 9), ‘cause we’ve all already won. Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV October 1, 2019 at 01:11PM Friesian Breeds Esteemed IFSHA World and Grand National Championship Horse Show Gets Underway10/1/2019
Friesian Breed’s Esteemed IFSHA World and Grand National Championship Horse Show Gets Underway
https://ift.tt/2ocjPdc Lexington, Ky. – The International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA) is set to host the 2019 World and Grand National Championship Horse Show at the Champions Center in Springfield, Ohio, from October 2-6. Spectators will have the opportunity... Steedread News via US Equestrian News Feed https://ift.tt/32yJsDT October 1, 2019 at 10:09AM
Weekly OTTB Wishlist from Cosequin: Shop ‘Til You Drop at the Thoroughbred Makeover!
https://ift.tt/2oegMkY It’s Thoroughbred Makeover week! Competition will begin this Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY for the 2019 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover where over 500 off-the-track Thoroughbreds will strut their stuff for the title of America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred. The Thoroughbred Makeover is also a fantastic place to shop for your next equine partner as around one-third of the horses competing are also for sale via the ASPCA Makeover Marketplace — a one-stop-shop where you can watch, meet, and trial multiple horses all in one place. A few weeks ago we featured three horses available via the Marketplace and now that the Makeover is upon us we’re featuring three more. Get shopping! 
Untethered. Photo via ASPCA Makeover Marketplace. Untethered (CONGRATS – KLONDIKE KITTY, BY STORM BOOT): 2009 16.0-hand Florida-bred gelding If you’re looking for the been-there-done-that warhorse type, ‘Ty” could be your guy! Ty sold for $200,000 as a two-year-old and by the age of 10 won a total of $282,778 in 94 career starts. Ty last raced in February of this year and seems to have taken to his new life like the true professional that he is, with a particular affinity for working outside the ring on the cross country course, the trails, or hunt field. Ty has already been to his first event here his finished on his dressage score. His trainer thinks he could be a great adult amateur horse as his level-headedness imparts confidence to his rider. View Untethered on the ASPCA Makeover Marketplace. 
Titanico. Photo via ASPCA Makeover Marketplace. Titanico (MARCAVELLY – ALKMENE, BY SLEW CITY SLEW): 2012 16.0-hand Ontario-bred gelding Titanico (who is funnily enough also called “Ty”) is a fabulous prospect who’s already transitioned seamlessly to his new life as an event horse after having last raced in June of 2018. Ty has competed up to the Novice level and have placed in the top 5 and finished on his dressage score at every event he has competed at. His trainer thinks he has serious upper-level potential as he is a sensitive, yet trainable ride and is very brave but careful over fences. After 26 career starts and $65,958 in earnings, Ty is now schooling 1.10 m fences (with plenty of scope for more) plus lateral work and counter canter on the flat. View Titanico on the ASPCA Makeover Marketplace. 
Semore Smoke. Photo via ASPCA Makeover Marketplace. Semore Smoke (SASHA’S PROSPECT – ANOTHER WILD THING, BY WILD ZONE): 2013 16.3-hand Oklahoma-bred gelding This handsome grey is a tall drink of water at almost 17-hands and he’s lovely well-mannered gentleman to go with his good looks. Odie has fabulous ground manners as well as super athletic potential to move up the levels in eventing. His trainer calls him a good mover who’s very balanced an has a great canter. He has a solid flatwork foundation and is schooling Beginner Novice over fences with plenty of extra scope. View Semore Smoke on the ASPCA Makeover Marketplace. 
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Top Western Dressage Combinations Return to Lazy E Arena for WDAA World Championship Show
https://ift.tt/2oU4deI Lexington, Ky. – The Western Dressage Association of America (WDAA) is set to host the 2019 Western Dressage World Championship Show from October 2-6. The championship returns to the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., bringing together top... Steedread News via US Equestrian News Feed https://ift.tt/32yJsDT October 1, 2019 at 09:08AM
Tuesday News & Notes from Legends Horse Feeds
https://ift.tt/2oPFoAJ That’s a (partial) dream team right there. The Pan American Games gold medal winning team was celebrated over the weekend at Stable View Oktoberfest. Unfortunately Boyd Martin and Tamie Smith were unable to attend, but teammates Doug Payne and Lynn Symansky made sure they didn’t “miss” any of the action. National Holiday: National Homemade Cookies Day Events Opening This Week: Fresno County Horse Park Horse Trials, Events Closing This Week: Hunt Club Farms H.T., Tryon Riding & Hunt Club H.T., Pine Hill Fall H.T., Fresno County Horse Park H.T., Hagyard Midsouth Three-day Event & Team Challenge H.T. Tuesday News: Mark your calendars: Tickets for the 2020 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event go on sale October 15th. The event will be held April 23-26, 2020 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Don’t miss out on the best weekend all year. [Tickets] The deadline for the USEA Worth The Trust Scholarship is creeping up. If you’re interested, make sure you’ve got all your information submitted by October 5th. [Deadline Approaching: Apply for the 2020 Worth the Trust Scholarships] British Eventing took a beating over the weekend with rain forcing cancellations. Some events were able to run Saturday, but by Sunday all were abandoned. Next weekend’s events are keeping a keen eye on the ground as further rain is expected. [Ground conditions ‘great’ but further rain expected as BE resumes after washout weekend] Tuesday Video: If little ponies can just 2* and 3* fences, what excuse does YOUR full-sized horse have? [Crickets.] Exactly. Here’s a recap video from the FEI European Pony Eventing Championships from Team Great Britain’s Freya Partridge and Master Macky, who earned team gold and individual fourth. Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV October 1, 2019 at 12:07AM
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words: Bobby Meyerhoff and Fortuna
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Bobby Meyerhoff and Fortuna. Photo by JJ Sillman. Bobby Meyerhoff has learned a lot from the smallest horse in his barn. Perhaps one of the greatest lessons a horseman or woman can learn is that of empathy. Without this all-important skill — one that doesn’t always come naturally, at that — it can be difficult to tap into the deepest, most locked away talents a horse possesses. There is no handbook for empathy and horsemanship. All we have is the concept of feel, our own instincts, and our knowledge of how horses operate. Sometimes, we learn the most valuable lessons when we’re least expecting them. This idea is what made Bobby chuckle to himself as he galloped through the finish flags aboard Fortuna, a 9-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare he’s produced from the ground up. The diminutive mare, who stands just 15.2 hands, had just completed her first CCI4*-S at Plantation Field. And while the pair came away with perhaps the most memorable photo of the event, artfully captured above by JJ Sillman, the story behind the photo is one that speaks volumes — if we’re willing to listen and dig deeper. Fortuna (Nova Keur x Balou de Rouet) was feisty and hot-headed when Bobby first acquired her as a two year old. Right away, it was a lesson in patience for Bobby, who knew that he would need to listen to the mare in order to obtain her trust. Somewhere under that tough exterior was a careful and freakishly talented horse. “It’s been a lot of slow and steady like a turtle,” Bobby explains. “I just have to keep telling her the same things: everything is ok, work your body side to side and let go, trust me. I’ve come to realize that she can be a little insecure — she has all this bravado and attitude, but underneath it she’s got some insecurities.” Trust is something we all strive to achieve with our horses. Fortuna is “crazy brave and bold”, but sometimes this creates a potential for trouble out on a cross country course. We often discuss at length the shape a horse’s body should take over a jump. The distance we find to an obstacle dictates the shape and the efficiency of the jump. Bobby’s learned how to ride Fortuna forward to the base, which helps her tame the careful exuberance she displays. This carefulness and exuberance makes for an awesome photo, Bobby says, but the important thing to learn here is that this type of jump needs to be treated with caution. “I had a sense that she would jump super high over that oxer at fence six,” Bobby recalls. “When she sees something she doesn’t know — and that was one of the bigger fences she’s seen — her instinct is to jump crazy high. And sometimes that power doesn’t carry over because she dedicates her inertia to getting up in the air but not necessarily over.” By moving slowly with the mare, Bobby’s been able to smooth out her jumping technique over time. But it’s a constant question of balance for Bobby, who at 5’11 says he’s really had to fine tune his own balance in order to allow Fortuna to do her job. “If I move my upper body an inch, she moves,” he says. “So it’s actually made me have to ride better. I know she’s a super quality and has a lot of jump and scope, but I also know she’s giving me her all. So I know I have to be right there with her and everything has to be that much tighter.” A newly minted Advanced horse, Bobby knows that with more time and experience Fortuna will continue to develop her jump. After that bold jump at the open over on Mike Etherington-Smith’s course last weekend, Bobby knew he needed to pay attention to his mare during the remainder of the course, which is certainly no slouch for even the most seasoned horses. “The pictures are impressive, but they also mean she’s harder on herself,” Bobby explains. “I want her to be more efficient, and I think with more experience she’ll learn to use her talent more positively. You just have to be careful with horses like this and take your time with them.” “She wasn’t scared, but she was impressed,” he continues. “I had to ride carefully at the next few fences after that just to make sure she hadn’t lost confidence after that big effort. And she really started to get better — she let me ride her to a better distance and listened to and trusted me rather than just looking at the size of the jumps and reacting on instinct.” Bobby knows he’s sitting on a star. He knew it before he set foot out on Plantation’s cross country. And over the last seven years of creating a bond with the sensitive Fortuna, he’s been able to fine tune his sense of empathy and of knowing exactly what type of ride his horse needs on that day. That day, Fortuna grew up a little, and Bobby felt that much closer to cracking the code. “Walking to the cross country warm-up, I had a little chat with her,” Bobby says with a laugh. “I said, ‘Ok, I’ll make you a deal. I’m going to trust you and go with you out there, but you have to trust me too. So let’s meet in the middle.’ And she went out, she got a bit impressed, but she listened to me and she took that and got better and better.” Crossing the finish flags, Bobby was overcome with an emotion that elicited a chuckle from him. “It was something like, I can’t believe we just experienced that together.” Bobby says he’s not concerned with ticking off goals at a specific point in time with his and his wife, Danica’s, talented mare. “I think it’s easy to say ‘Ok, they’ve done this level, now it’s time to move up,’ but I think that’s where you can get into trouble. If you don’t take the time to look beyond the qualifications on paper and ask yourself if the horse is truly ready for the next challenge, you may end up with a horse or a rider that has lost confidence.” They say that if you can get a mare on your side, the sky may just be the limit. Even though Fortuna hasn’t been easy to get close to, he says every bit of this journey has been worth it and a testament to the idea of patience and empathy for the horse and what it needs. Horses, after all, aren’t so complicated, at the end of the day. They just need someone willing to listen. Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 30, 2019 at 04:35PM
Monday Video: The Tiniest Photo Finish
https://ift.tt/2o1UJNX You know we love a good pony race here at EN, so we can’t help but share what might have been the most exciting finish in pint-sized racing history. The Shetland Pony Grand National is always a highlight at any event it’s held at and this weekend’s race, a charity event at Newmarket Racecourse, certainly did not disappoint. The two-and-a-half furlong race came down to a photo finish to determine the winner. Watch and see what happens! Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 30, 2019 at 03:35PM
Nupafeed Weekend Winners: Area VIII Championships, FEH East Coast Champs & More
https://ift.tt/2oBFknT While I spent my weekend moving (highly do not recommend), many of my friends were out and about doing much more interesting things like rocking it at the Area 8 Championships or tackling move-up courses elsewhere. As we wind down into the tail end of the 2019 eventing season, it’s time to start thinking about what we’ll be working on over the winter and what we want to accomplish next season. Congratulations to all competitors from this weekend, and a special shout-out to Emily Brooks and Lord Darby, our lowest scoring finishers this weekend who earned a 22.4 in the Novice Rider A at Jump Start! Major Weekend Events: #Stable View: Website, Final Scores, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram U.S. Weekend Results: FEH East Coast Championships [Website] [Final Scores] FEH 4 Year Old: Revel In Soul and Andrea Manley (81.4) Jump Start H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
Intermediate Championship: Jackie LeMastus and Indian Mill (50.9) University of New Hampshire H.T. [Website] [Final Scores] Open Preliminary: Adrienne Iorio and FH Bea Tastick (48.1) Surefire Farm H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
Open Intermediate: Lisa Takada and Wishbone (39.5) Sundance Farm H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
Open Preliminary: Todd Wulf and Kilcannon Max (46.4) Larkin Hill H.T. [Website] [Final Scores] Many thanks are in order for Joan Davis and Flatlandsfoto for providing more win shots from Larkin Hill this weekend! Visit the Flatlandsfoto website to place your show photo orders. Prelim/Training: Heidi White and Captain Fernhill (26.3)     
ESDCTA New Jersey H.T. [Website] [Final Scores]
Open Preliminary A: Hannah Sue Burnett and Capitol HIM (31.2) 
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Product Review: Banixx
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Photo by Jimmie Schramm. Everyone is always looking for the best product to kill fungus, scratches, and the dreaded crud on our horse’s legs. We are also always searching for a cream or salve to heal our horses wounds and scrapes as quickly as possible. How nice would it be if these products existed and we knew they worked? Enter Banixx! Let’s just start with the Banixx Medicated Shampoo. There is a long list of what this shampoo can treat: rain rot, scratches, sweet itch, cannon karatosis (cannon bone crud). The beauty of this medicated shampoo is that there are no detergents in the ingredients, which is what leaves your horse’s skin dry and flakey. Instead it uses surfactants, these lower the surface tension of water which makes the molecules less likely to stick to themselves and more likely to interact with oils or dirt and grease. The shampoo is also infused with sea-sourced amino acids that repair damage to your horse’s hair and are also gentle on the skin. Banixx Medicated Shampoo is non-toxic; you will not find paraben, sulfate, alcohol, or soap. This is a very healthy option to try when tackling the crud! Next the Banixx Wound Care Cream is safe and is an effective skin infection and wound treatment. This cream is good for scratches, wounds, cuts, rashes, ringworm, sweet itch, and dermatitis. Not dissimilar to the medicated shampoo, the wound care cream also contains sea sourced amino acids and is non-toxic. One thing I like most about this wound cream is that it is very light in feel, not think or heavy, this helps keep the wounds clean and creates an invisible cover to protect the wound. I have included two examples from my own testing. The first is from a horse that got properly kicked in the field, he ended up needing staples and was incredibly sore and banged up. I used both the Banixx Medicated Shampoo as well as the Banixx Wound Care Cream. The vet told me I would need to have the staples in for 10 days. After using the Banixx products every day we were able to take the staples out 3 days early because of how well the wounds looked. Needless to say, I am very happy with these results. 
The kick wound after using Banixx products. Photo by Jimmie Schramm. The second example is from a horse that is currently on stall rest and has been getting a little bit of crud not the fronts of her legs. For this horse I used the Banixx Medicated Shampoo and the Banixx Bacterial and Fungal Spray. This was sorted in literally three days. Now this case was not as bad as some are, but I can see that with how fast and how well this worked for this particular horse that it would be brilliant with tougher cases.  
If you weren’t already sold on using the Banixx products here is some other cool information. All of these products can be used on dogs and cats as well! Considering that most of us horse people are multi pet homes, it is nice to have products that can be used on all of our animals. I know that we all hear this often, “try this product it will change your life,” but seriously, TRY these products! They will change your life, as well as make for happier, healthier pets! Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 30, 2019 at 12:04PM |
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we had one rail that was totally my fault, as I turned too shallow and didn’t have her straight soon enough. The XC course was very hilly, if you weren’t going up and You were going down. Between that and the uncharacteristic heat, it took a lot out of the horses. I’m proud to say that Twig went double clear likE a boss. She did they a bit tired at the end but she powered through and we were double clear to finish 4th!!! I am so happy and proud of her. She’s getting her well deserved pampering. A huge thanks to Christina Stamos Johns and Michael Johns for their help today with Twig after XC and getting video and pics. 
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