Eventing Competition Coverage: November 2009 Archives

Originally posted Saturday: The only event this weekend was the Florida Horse Park Fall Event.  Earlier this year, there were questions about whether eventing at the FHP would continue due to funding and organizational issues.  Jon Holling and Peter Gray demonstrated their dedication to eventing by taking the incredible responsibility of organizing events at the FHP this year.  Great job guys, eventing in Florida would not be the same without you.  The website for the FHP events is here. Next time you see Jon or Peter, be sure to tell them thanks.  That old rogue and good friend of Eventing Nation, Kyle Carter, won the intermediate.  Results, eh?  Major props: Jon and Peter

Update: In talking to several of the riders at the competition, the event ran really really well, and everyone was extremely impressed with the job done by the organizers.  I should also mention that Jon's wife, Jen, played a critical role in the organizing.  As always, Jon and Jen are a dynamic duo.

On a show jumping day with only three double clears, Stuary Tinney and Vettori posted just that to win the Adelaide CCI****.  Tinney had just 11.6 jumping penalties for the competition, which was half that of any other rider in the field, and moved up from 14th after dressage.  So, next question: who is Stuart Tinney?  Well, for one, he is an Olympic Gold Medalist after riding for Australia in the 2000 Sydney Games.  For more information on Stuart, check out his website.  

Looking at the bigger picture, Adelaide seemed to have mixed results.  On one hand, just having the competition seems like an achievement after sponsorship funding concerns earlier this year nearly derailed the entire event.  On the other hand, mother nature did not play nice, with extremely hot temperatures for eventing throughout the weekend.  Event organizer Gillian Rolton said "The weather has been against us but both horses and riders have coped extremely well with the heat and although crowd numbers have been lower than anticipated, we're thrilled that the grandstand sold out, corporate sales were 30% higher than last year and more than 16,000 people have braved the unseasonable weather to see their heroes in action."  Article, and another Good Recap, Cross-Country Photos Update: Horse and Hound Recap from Tuesday

Finally, here is some video of Stuart at a CCI*** earlier this year. Go eventing.

With a double-clear show jumping round, Danica Moore and Dunlavin's Token win the CCI2* at Poplar Place.  Danica withdrew from the muddy Fair Hill CCI2*, where she was in 55th place after dressage.  This obviously worked out well for Danica and the other riders who pulled from FHI and entered Poplar Place because the weather was excellent this weekend in Georgia.  The three CCI2* jog spins seems a little high for an eventing field of 23 horses, but perhaps this is just a statistical outlier or maybe increased sensitivity by the ground-jury that a source mentioned to us from Galway.  Also of note, Kelli Temple had a strong CCI2*, with three horses in the top seven.  Go eventing.

Great job to Coree Reuter of the Chronicle for a full weekend of coverage.  I'm glad to see that the chronicle is committed to providing current coverage on their new website, especially because this gives us more content to link to.  We get visits every weekday from the COTH headquarters IP address, and we appreciate having them as members of Eventing Nation.

Eventing at Las Cruces HT (NM): Live Scores, Homepage

Rocking Horse HT (FL): Ride Times, Weather, Homepage

Rbicon HT (VA): Ride Times, Homepage, Weather

River Glan HT (TN): Ride Times, Homepage, Directions, Weather

Pine Hill Farm HT (TX): Ride Times, Homepage, GPS coordinates:  29-57-22 N   96-14-13 W

Here are two stories from the Chronicle from a few months ago that were just posted on their website.  The Cardiovascular Task Force and Tildren

Finally, check out Germany's hottest new sport horse breed.  

Full results from VHT.