U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team Wins Gold Medal at FEI Jumping Nations Cup Youth Final CSIOY9/29/2019
U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team Wins Gold Medal at FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY
https://ift.tt/2mbg7ju Opglabbeek, Belgium – The U.S. Young Rider Jumping Team put in a dominant performance to finish atop the podium for the gold medal in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY on September 29, in Opglabbeek, Belgium. Led by Chef... Steedread News via US Equestrian News Feed https://ift.tt/32yJsDT September 29, 2019 at 04:44PM
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The Future Looks Bright: USEA Crowns Newest FEH Champions
https://ift.tt/2nCygqT Who run the world? Baby horses — those four and younger, to be exact. They’ve taken the spotlight over the past week with three USEA Future Event Horse Championships being held across the country. To keep the evaluations consistent from coast to coast Peter Gray and Chris Ryan have judged each competition. Read on to meet your champions, and make sure to check out the USEA’s coverage for more stories and even more gorgeous photos. USEA FEH West Coast Championships Twin Rivers kindly hosted the USEA FEH West Coast Championships in Paso Robles, California. The coolest part about these winners is that they are all U.S. bred with dams who are successful event horses in their own right. 4-year-old Champion: Nite Life, a Thoroughbred gelding (Blaur Vogel and out of Happy Hour) owned by Chloe Smyth and bred by Linda Paine. Nite Life won on a score of 78. 3-year-old Champion: Iluminada, an Irish Sport Horse (Mighty Magic x La Patrona) mare owned and bred by Ann Patton. Iluminada was also the 2-year-old Champion last year, and this year won on a score of 74.1. 2-year-old Champion: Nsf Bye The Way, an Oldenburg Mare (The Twain x R-Star) owned and bred by Randy and Kristi Nunnink. She’s the product of an eventing dynasty with a five-star eventer for a dam and Earl and Jen McFall’s increasingly sought after stallion for a sire. Yearling Champion: Ferao DFEN, a Hanoverian cold (Flexible x Bella Patriot) owned by Sarah McCarthy. He had the highest score of the day: 78.1. [FEH West Coast Championships Crown the Next Generation] USEA FEH Central Championships The baby horse championship parade moved next to Haras Hacienda in Magnolia, Texas, where once again all victors were U.S. bred. 4-year-old Champion: 5o1 Kiva Han, and Oldenburg (Soprano x Adelaide) gelding owned by Erin Jameson and Jacob Fletcher who scored 81.25. 3-year-old Champion: Dark Shadows d’Avalon, an Oldenburg mare (Dracula d Avalon x Chanel d’Avalon) owned by Marcella Pinell and bred by Avalon Equine. She earned a score of 81.69. 2-year-old Champion: AMP Chantilly Lace, a Trakehner filly (Platinum vom Rappenhoff x Cast a Glow) owned by Anna Pierce who scored 75.6. Yearling Champion: At The Moment, a Thoroughbred (Saketini x Shezagreatgal) colt owned by Audrea Dyer. He scored an 81. [The Future Looks Fine at the 2019 USEA FEH Central Championships] USEA FEH East Coast Championships The grand finale of the FEH Championship tour takes place this weekend at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown, Maryland. 4-year-old Champion:Revel In Soul, a Holsteiner/Anglo-Arab gelding (Riverman x Shadais China Moon) owned and bred by Andrea Manley. 3-year-old Champion: Wise Lolita Linda, an Ango-Arab/Belgian Warmblood filly (Caraminal Del Jaral x Kwin Wise Christine), owned and bred by Ronald Zabala-Goetschel. She earned a score of 82.9. The 2-year-olds and yearlings are competing today. This post will be update to reflect those results. [Wise Lolita Linda Wins Big at the USEA FEH East Coast Championships] Click here to learn more about the USEA Future Event Horse Program. Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 29, 2019 at 01:29PM News Flash: U.S. Young Rider Team Wins Gold in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Youth Final CSIOY9/29/2019
News Flash: U.S. Young Rider Team Wins Gold in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY
https://ift.tt/2ooMv2Z Opglabbeek, Belgium – The U.S. Young Rider Team has secured the gold medal in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final CSIOY on Sunday. Under the direction of Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski, the team of Natalie Dean (Palo Alto, Calif.)... Steedread News via US Equestrian News Feed https://ift.tt/32yJsDT September 29, 2019 at 12:42PM
#EventerProblems Vol. #197, Presented by Haygain: Started From the Bottom… Now We’re Here?
https://ift.tt/2olUOwm The lower levels are the heart and soul of eventing. This is where people get their first taste of our sport, where they leave the startbox for the first time and where they fall in love with eventing. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have issues, from baby horses to five-star veterans we all have #EventerProblems. Let’s keep ’em coming! Share yours with the hashtag #EventerProblems for a chance to be featured in the next edition.
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Who Jumped It Best? Stable View CCI3*-S Edition
https://ift.tt/2nHVP1a It’s time for another edition of Who Jumped It Best? Where you, our dear readers, get to play judge and decide which of the selected pairs below present the best overall picture. These three-star riders are all seen clearing fence 16b, a brush corner which immediately followed a beefy double brush table at 16A. You know the drill: use your best judgement and vote in the poll at the bottom of the post for who you think deserves to win EN’s coveted Who Jumped It Best? Stable View CCI & HT: Website, Schedule, Entries, Times, Live Scoring, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram
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Sunday Links from One K Helmets
https://ift.tt/2ogunYT Yesterday was a super day of competition at Stable View’s Oktoberfest. The track spreads some distance, but you could watch so much just from the comfort of shade from the Pavilion. If you were on the fence about spectating, put this one on your calendar for next year — I would also personally recommend their signature drink! National Holiday: National Coffee Day Major Weekend Events: #Stable View: Website, Schedule, Entries, Times, Live Scoring, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram U.S. Weekend Action: FEH East Coast Championships [Website] [Live Scores] Jump Start H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores] University of New Hampshire H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores] Surefire Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores] Sundance Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores] Larkin Hill H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores] ESDCTA New Jersey H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores] Sunday Links: The Future Looks Fine at the 2019 USEA FEH Central Championships The Power of Strength Training with Shelley Thomas Z Brings His ‘A’ Game To Win Stable View CCI4*-S How ‘Cooley’ Became One Of The Most Desired Prefixes In Eventing Sunday Video:
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Phillip Dutton Dominates Stable View Oktoberfest CCI4*-S
https://ift.tt/2munZgd Phillip Dutton and The Z Partnership’s Z came full circle today at Stable View Oktoberfest. They won the inaugural Advanced together here in 2016, and today they were winners once again in the CCI4*-S, but with a partnership transformed by years of practice. “We know each other really well now so it’s pretty nice – I know how he’s going to think and I think he anticipates what I want as well,” he said. The Z Partnership’s 11-year-old Zangersheide (Asca X Bellabouche, by Babouche VH Gehucht Z) moved into second place after a clear show jumping round before galloping to the win on a double clear cross country result that secured a final result of 30.6. “Today was probably his best cross country round ever. He was really good and it couldn’t be a better prep for him for Fair Hill. I didn’t actually know that I was in first and second going into cross country. I knew Singapore was in the lead, but I didn’t that Z had come up,” he said. “They’re both horses that galloping wouldn’t be their natural strength so getting them fit, and getting them hard and learning to go fast is something that I have to work on so I wasn’t planning on just going round and going really slowly, no matter where I was sitting.” Lynn Symansky and Under Suspection’s hot streak continues with a second place finish at Stable View. Mary Ann Ghadban’s 15-year-old Holsteiner (Contender x Naomagic I, by Exorbitant xx) joined Z in coming home inside the time across the Captain Mark Phillips designed track. “Pippy’s” only faults this weekend were 1.6 time penalties in the show jumping phase, which ultimately cost her a second four-star win this season, to finish on a score of 32. “I had a marathon few rides before that (3 in the three-star!), so I didn’t get to walk her show jumping track. Some of the lines were the same and some were different, but I did have the advantage of at least riding in the ring already today,” Lynn said. “Because of my schedule I didn’t get to pre-ride her either. I thought she was a bit more on the muscle, so I went a little quieter than normal to make sure she had a clean ride. In hindsight, I gave up a few costly penalties for the win, but I thought she went well in there.” Lynn admits she’s not as familiar with Stable View, but after visiting for the Pan American Games team training sessions, she made it her plan to return. “I saw everything they were doing with the facility and track. I was so impressed with their commitment, which is why I decided to come back,” she said. “A track like this is harder for her to make time with all the trees than at Great Meadow, which is quite open, so you have to be very good at finding the most efficient line possible and using her where she’s good: opening up and running.” Sydney Conley Elliott was focused on achieving a successful final outing before Fair Hill next month, and she achieved that goal today, finishing third with QC Diamantaire, a 9-year-old Oldenburg (Diarado x Lantana, by Sandro Hit) owned by Carol Stephens. Benefiting from team training sessions as alternates for the 2019 Pan American Games, the pair added only 3.2 time penalties for a final result of 34. “He was full of fire today, which was great. I’ve been waiting to feel that and get him out in front of the leg. He’s a horse that would rather be in the ring for his job, so we when get out on cross country I’m not always sure what’s going to be leaving the box that day. But today was great. He was forward and ready to do the job,” Sydney said. Today was a big fitness test for “Cube” as he prepares for his first CCI4*-L, and he passed with flying colors. “We have completely revamped his fitness. It’s been in the works for about a year now — he’s almost doubled the fitness work. I am feeling really positive about Fair Hill. I think he showed me today he can put all the pieces together,” she said. Will Faudree and Caeleste, a 12-year-old Holsteiner (Contender x Happygolucky, by Lucky Lionell) owned by Jennifer Mosing and Sterling Silver Stables, settled into fourth place, adding only 4 cross country time penalties for a final result of 37.1. Overnight leaders Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Singapore kept control of the class after show jumping, performing a clear round across Chris Barnard’s track, but 8.8 cross country time penalties dropped them down into fifth place. He and the 10-year-old KWPN (Singapore x Riedellia, by Animo) owned by Ann Jones, Thomas Tierney and David Vos had a final score of 38.2. “We misjudged our entrance into the startbox and I had a little trouble with him there so we wasted a bit of time, but his cross country was good,” Phillip said. “When I walked the second water I misjudged his stride length so I added too much there but apart from that it felt like a perfect round. I could have gone a bit quicker I but overall I was really pleased.” Only one rail marred the weekend for Clark Montgomery and Caribbean Soul, who finished in sixth place. The Caribbean Soul Syndicate’s 12-year-old (Cimarron Secret x Ogygian’s Desire, by Ogygian) was the third and final horse to produce a double clear result in the final phase to finish on his dressage score of 38.9. Despite falling from Cooley SOS late in the course, Hallie Coon was on her next horse, Celien, in time for a clear cross country round with 6.4 time penalties. They finish in seventh place on a score of 42.2. Coming home just one second too slow, Waylon Roberts and Lancaster finished in eighth place on a score of 43.5. Kate Brown and Victor Z 54 jumped from 18th to 9th place over the course of two days, finishing with a clear cross country that added 4.4 time penalties. Leslie Law and Voltaire De Tre’ earned 10th place on a result of 44.1. Doug Payne was the big winner in the CCI3*-S class with Vandiver, who is getting back on track after falling at Burghley. They finished on their dressage score, a 27.6, before they reroute to Fair Hill. Jacob Fletcher and 5o1 Mischief Managed follow in second place after picking up 2 cross country time penalties for a final score of 29.2. Will Faudree was third with FRH Ramona, finishing on his dressage score of 29.4. Chinch is off to take an ice bath after a sweltering day on site. Many thanks to Stable View for all their efforts to keep the grounds, the horses and the people happy at Oktoberfest this weekend. Go eventing. Stable View CCI & HT: Website, Schedule, Entries, Times, Live Scoring, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 28, 2019 at 06:54PM
Stable View Midday Report: Leslie Law Wins CCI2*-S
https://ift.tt/2mCpkl2 Stable View Oktoberfest is firing on all cylinders today with show jumping and cross country running simultaneously through most of the day. We’re right in the heat of it now, but here’s your fast-and-dirty recap of the action so far. Lynn Symansky and RF Cool Play are still leading the CCI3*-S division after a double clear round over Chris Barnard’s show jumping course. The Donner Syndicate’s10-year-old German Sport Horse (Condors Champion x Roxana, by Radscha) was first to go, making the track look deceptively easy as he sailed around bang on the time allowed to remain on a score of 24.8. They’ll be the first out on cross country at 12:03 p.m., but Lynn says she’s looking for a positive run in their first outing since the Pan Ams, so she doesn’t have plans to chase the clock. Phillip Dutton also kept his second place position after jumping clear with Carlchen, an 11-year-old Oldenburg owned by Caroline Moran. They’ll carry 26.9 points to the final phase. We’re only a little over halfway through the three-star show jumping, so the top two are decided, but all the rest is still up for play. Leslie Law secured a win in the competitive CCI2*-S class with Tout De Suite. Beatrice Rey-Herme’s 12-year-old British Sport Horse (Catherston Liberator x Welton Edwina, by Welton Crackerjack) added nothing to his dressage score across either jumping phase for a final result of 23. Doug Payne earned second place with Baymax, both still on their dressage score of 23.9. Will Faudree moved up one spot after cross country with Hans Dampf, ending the weekend on a score of 24.3. The CCI4*-S division will show jump at 1:17 p.m. and their cross country phase will begin at 2:47 p.m. We’ve got much more coming at you from Stable View, so keep it locked on EN for all the latest. Stable View CCI & HT: Website, Schedule, Entries, Times, Live Scoring, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram
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Best of HN: 9 Small Things That Equestrians Find Oddly Satisfying
https://ift.tt/2nreOxa This week Horse Nation’s #TBT takes us back to simpler times… Because it’s the little things in life, right? The little things that give us the most pleasure … or remind us that we’re totally, completely insane. We as equestrians already know that we’re special, set apart from the rest of the world for our love of horses (and therefore our ability to spend huge sums on their upkeep, health and happiness while wearing the same ratty old barn clothes for years at a time). But while we’re all aware of the unique joys of a great canter, the little nicker your horse gives when he sees you coming down the barn aisle and the velvety touch of a muzzle, there are a few other tiny aspects of our lifestyle that might be a little harder to explain to your Muggle friends and family. 1. Grabbing a fistful of grain and letting it run through your fingers. Who does not do this? (You can also sub in new arena footing for grain.) I worked at a Wyoming ranch that fed oats and out of all the grains and pellets I’ve ever played with in my life the oats were probably the most satisfying. Imagine our joy when we started soaking them in hot water — it was a like a hand spa. 2. Sweeping. Cleaning your own house — forget it, but if you don’t get some kind of buzz in the pleasure center of your brain when you do a really good barn sweeping and get all the nooks and crannies in the corners, there might actually be something wrong with you. 3. When the compressed disc of dirt and manure pops out of your horse’s shoe in one piece with just one flick of the hoof pick. I don’t know if I even have anything else to say about this. It is legitimately the greatest thing that can happen when grooming. 4. Creating exactly the right size duct-tape square for an abscess (and cutting the darts in just the right places). I’ll confess that I’m personally actually really bad at this but my sister-in-law is some sort of duct-tape genius and can bang out a cross-taped square custom-sized to the horse’s foot in about three minutes and it’s just right every time. While I’m fighting with the vetwrap and poultice pad, she cuts her darts and hands me a beautiful patchwork of duct tape at exactly the right moment. We make an excellent team. 5. Pulling the mane. This is probably much less satisfying for the horse, but that rip-tear and the slowly accumulating pile of excess mane hair makes one feel SO accomplished. If that doesn’t do it for you, the sight of a neatly-pulled steed giving you the hoof as he runs away from you after being turned out when you’re done will definitely make you grin. 6. When your butt settles into its spot in your nicely-broken-in saddle. Some people have a favorite armchair. We have our saddles. Same tushie, different location. 7. The slippery feeling when you get mane detangler on your fingers. This is actually hell if you’re about to mount up without gloves and go for a ride (and don’t even get me started on driving the draft horses out to hitch to the forecart when I can’t hold onto the lines for the life of me), but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to run your fingers over each other in glee like a child. 8. Finding the bean. No comment. 9. Getting home from the barn, washing your hands and watching all the dirt flow down the drain. Don’t take this to mean I don’t love accumulating the dirt in the first place, but it is one of my tiny joys when I get home and get to at least scrub my hands (if not immediately jump in the shower). This might not be ideal for the health of my house’s plumbing, but it is wildly satisfying to watch. What weird small pleasures would you add to the list? Let us know in the comments! Go riding. Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 28, 2019 at 11:23AM
Weekly OTTB Wishlist from Cosequin: Lexington’s Map to the Stars
https://ift.tt/2lX8JYW We have to give a big bravo to the marketing team at Visit LEX, which promotes tourism in the Horse Capitol of the World: Lexington, Kentucky. Their newest promotion had the EN team chuckling and we knew we needed to share this with our own Thoroughbred-loving readers. From Visit LEX: “You may not know this, but like Los Angeles, California there’s a large population of celebrities living here in beautiful Lexington, Kentucky. They lay low but live the good life, enjoying Lexington’s fresh air and beautiful landscapes. Our pals at VisitLEX are tasked with increasing tourism…so in an effort to do just that, we’ve come up with a fun way to expose and leverage these celebrities to help bring in more visitors to Lexington. That said, we’re excited to introduce the all-new Map to the Stars. It’s complete with real names and actual addresses for Lexington’s most rich and famous. So, what makes Lexington’s new Map to the Stars so damn special and unique? -Well for starters, Lexington’s celebrities have four legs instead of two. -They say “neigh” instead of “hey.” -They eat grass instead of smoking it. -If you haven’t already guessed it, we’re talking about famous horses and their horse farms. -And unlike Hollywood’s Map to the Stars, visitors can actually book tours through Horse Country to visit these beautiful horse farms and meet these famous horses. How cool is that? The beautifully designed Map to the Stars can be found at the VisitLEX Visitors Center, the Blue Grass Airport and the Kentucky Horse Park inside various eye-catching newspaper boxes. To help raise awareness for our new Map to the Stars we’ve also created a fun (and really misleading) video.” Personally, I’ll take Lexington over Los Angeles any day. After you visit the stars, here are three off-track Thoroughbreds looking for new careers who available in Lexington or the surrounding area that you can take home as a souvenir: Cooptado (EQUAL STRIPES (ARG) – COORDINADA (ARG), BY RIDE THE RAILS): 2010 16.0-hand Argentinian-bred gelding Chances are this horse has done more traveling than you have. Born in Argentina and after competing in the Argentinian Triple Crown where he won the first and third races, Cooptado went on to race in Singapore, Dubai, and the US where he’s been competing since 2017. His last race was in March of this year and after a career total of 46 starts he earned a total of $1,193,150. His racing connections sent him to the Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center (MMSC) specifically so that he could find a loving forever home and a second career. At nine years old, Cooptado has more than enough left in the tank to show just how classy and athletic he is al over again in a second career. He retired soundly from the track and has simply spent the summer enjoying downtime at the MMSC facility. Located in Lexington, Kentucky. View Cooptado on Makers Mark Secretariat Center. Tweezer (SOCIETY ROCK (IRE) – DEEDAY BAY (IRE), BY BRAVE ACT (GB)): 2016 15.3-hand Irish-bred gelding Want the heartiness of an Irish Sport Horse with the full blood of a Thoroughbred? Meet the Irish bred-and born Tweezer. Tweezer never raced in Ireland, however — he was imported and made his first start in Louisiana earlier this year. He made five starts with no remarkable placings before arriving at the New Vocations facility to get a shot at another career. His lovely uphill build would lend itself nicely to a career as a sport horse and he’ll need a more advanced rider to bring him along. He’s never displayed any naughty behavior under saddle, but he is a hotter ride who will require some finesse from his rider to teach him how to be balanced and help him develop new musculature. Located in Lexington, Kentucky. View Tweezer on New Vocations Racehorse Adoption. Dee’s Ronnie (BRAVE CAT – GEE HONEY, BY MATTY G): 2014 16.2-hand Minnesota-bred gelding They can’t all be world travelers, but Dee’s Ronnie comes to Kentucky by way of his homeland of Minnesota. The now five-year-old began racing just last winter and has made eight total starts, with the latest being earlier this month. Overall, he’s simply lacking the talent to succeed as a racehorse, but this kind gelding looks like he’d really thrive being someone’s best friend and maybe event partner. Dee’s Ronnie has a super sweet face and a kind eye to match. His veterinary exam upon arrival at Second Stride was clean and the staff describe him as smart and willing. Located in Prospect, Kentucky. View Dee’s Ronnie on Second Stride Inc. Steedread News via Eventing Nation https://ift.tt/2YdaaQV September 28, 2019 at 09:22AM |
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