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Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
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Penny and Brian Ross of The Virginia Horse Trials in Lexington, Virginia are proud to announce the formation of the inaugural College Team Challenge (CTC) for Eventing at the fall competition scheduled to run on October 31st, November 1st and 2nd 2008.
We are inviting any college to put together a team of four riders to compete at any level that we are offering which is Beginner Novice, Novice, Training, Preliminary and Intermediate. The four team members may be at the same level or four different levels or any combination of levels (e.g. 2 novices and 2 Training).
The competition will run in accordance with the 2008 USEF Eventing, general and drugs/medication rules. All team riders are subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to all competitors of the VHT.
The winning team is the one with the lowest penalty points from their best three riders at the end of the competition. In the case of a tie the team with the highest third place score will win. A team member that fails to finish the competition will score 1000 penalties.
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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All corners of the equine world were shocked yesterday to hear that Theodore 'Teddy' O Connor was humanely euthanized after a barn accident at David & Karen O'Connor's farm in The Plains VA. Teddy had captured the hearts of not only Eventers but horse lovers all over the world. More information can be found on the USEA website . Fly high Teddy, we will miss you. |
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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Phillip Dutton finally got the opportunity to slip on that coveted Rolex watch after winning the Rolex Kentucky Three Day event for the first time this past weekend. Dutton riding Connaught had personally finished second at Rolex an amazing five times before, but with a perfect stadium performance Sunday he and Connaught overtook the early leader Becky Holder finishing on 41.7 penalty points to win the only **** 3 day event in Nth America. Holder on Courageous Comet who received 8 jump penalty points in show jumping finished in second place on 47.3 Connaught is owned by Bruce Duchossois and had finished second last year with Dutton on board and with this being the horse's fourth start at the event there were many people who thought it was only a matter of time the combination were successful. Dutton also claimed tenth place on another of his favorite horses Woodburn. |
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Saturday, 05 January 2008 |
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 "This will be the most people we will ever ride in front of," said Melanie Smith Taylor to Beezie Madden as they rode down Colorado Avenue in the 119th Rose Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California, as part of the 12-member all-Olympian squad representing the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation.
Indeed, more than a million spectators lined the five-and-a-half mile route for the two-hour parade that featured floats, marching bands, and 300 horses, including for the first time in history, a squad representing the U.S. Equestrian Team. "It was just a sea of people," noted Smith Taylor, a show jumping veteran and team gold medallist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. "I was so amazed that for the whole length of the parade, just wall-to-wall people came out to watch and all of them were smiling and waving. It just made you feel so good to be a part of it. If you could just bring extra joy to their day - because they certainly brought joy to us being out there waving to us. It was quite spectacular." |
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Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
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Local rider Eleanor Brennan, 21, died Saturday when her horse fell in competition. Brennan rocketed to the upper levels of the eventing world three years ago when she became one of the youngest riders ever to compete at Badminton, England. The Badminton three-day event is one of the top five international competitions in the sport. At 17 and just shy of her high school graduation, she had moved to England to compete, where she had extended family. Recently, however, she had returned to the Scottsville area. She was killed while competing at the Mane Event at the Florida Horse Park in Ocala. |
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
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The Commonwealth Dressage and Combined Training Association will sponsor a series of lessons entitled "Eventing 101," aimed at the beginning, or hopeful, event rider. The clinic series beginning November 12th 2007 is set up for riders in other disciplines (trail riding, pleasure) to learn about eventing in a progressive series with seasoned teaching professionals.
There will be Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions at two locations, at indoor arenas near Aldie and in Culpeper. Start times are 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each day. The cost is $320 for the session. Clinicians will be Jenn Simons & Deana Vaughn in Aldie and Julie Williamson in Culpeper.
Visit http://www.cdcta.com for more info or simply download the flyer here. |
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