Happy Weekend!

This work by Lauren DiCioccio makes me feel like I’m galloping cross-country. I can practically hear the wind in my ears and feel Ellie’s hooves pounding underneath me. This weekend will be full of summer afternoons at the beach and early mornings in a shady dressage ring.  I hope yours is filled with horses wherever you are.

Thanks to the  Chronicle of the Horse for the heads up that Eventing gets “air time” in The New York Times

WEG short-lister Will Faudree in the news: The loss of a sister and the hope of the future

The WEG dressage team, with wit

Dressage at Richland Park Horse Trials

PRO rider Doug Payne direct from Richland with a dog named Bacon

Get your American Eventing Championships Patrons pass before they sell out!

As per usual some Three Days Three Ways posts, this time from some of your WEG candidates!

Boyd Martin: How he Proposed to His Wife, Getting Fit without Going Fast, and an Olympic Legacy

Phillip Dutton Ends 2009 on Top, Wins Coach of the Year, and the Horse Who Changed his Life

Buck Davidson: The Horse That Broke His Heart, That “It” Thing, and Fierce Friendships

Amy Tryon Balances Olympic Medals, Losing Le Samurai, and Paradise in the North West

(image by Lauren DiCioccio)