Zara and HRH Princess Royal talk about how eventing attracts big-name sponsors in England, among other things.
The CDCTA horse trials changed their date from Easter to April 3rd because of issues finding enough volunteers, which, frankly, says something nice about central VA that everyone will be busy celebrating Easter.
3D3W: Mara Dean Part II
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Greenwich Park has been approved for London Olympic XC use, despite strong opposition.
Galway is featured in our latest installment of 'local media writing about eventing'. Gina has an interesting quote:
"I see the addition of the CCI3* in California as similar to when Rolex Kentucky upgraded from a CCI3* to a CCI4* in 1998. Prior to that, riders had to make the huge commitment to travel to England to compete...Riders who didn't have the means to travel to the East Coast to contest a CCI3* will now have that opportunity, and we'll see many more three-star riders on the West Coast."
The world record for a 160km endurance ride was just broken in Dubai. The rider averaged 27.7 kilomoters an hour and completed the race in 5 hours and 45 minutes, but The Carrot thinks the race was rigged.
You know obesity in ponies is a problem when they keep getting stuck between tress.
TJR has an interesting article on the folks who save horses from perilous situations.
Best of the Blogs: Laine Ashker returns to VA
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Hmm... seeing that most north american 100 mile endurance races are won in 9-10 hours... something does seem a little fishy about finishing 3-4 HOURS faster than that in the Dubai weather conditions. I certainly hope the course was just "measured" short, otherwise I feel pretty sorry for those horses.