Out and About at the American Eventing Championships

Take a walk with Three Days Three Ways around the grounds of the American Eventing Championships at Chattahoochee Hills. Enjoy your favorite eventing ponies, canine friends, and a special stunt by top 3-day eventer Nate Chambers.

Haflinger ponies are the cutest. Especially “Toby Twinkle Toes” shown here with his rider Emily.  Good luck you guys!

Besides for planes, trains, and automobiles, golf carts are the name of the game as mode of transportation.  I was hoofing it to cross-country when Sarah and Liir stopped to pick me up.  Wasn’t that awfully sweet and thoughtful? Love to the community of eventing for being the best.

The Patron’s tent is comfortable, shady, and scores the best view of the main arena.  But it’s also stylish thanks to the designs of sponsor Anna Deese of Idee Design. There’s so much to see all of which make me want to lounge around with you drinking iced tea and watching the horse canter beautifully by. More on that later!

I fell in love with this ‘Three Dogs Farm’ sign for its bright and cheery charm and for its pack of adorable pooches. Owner Carlin Vickery must have her hands full with her trio including Lila, Tulsa, and Sarge!

I didn’t think that the “Three Dogs Farm” sign could be improved upon but having a matching director’s chair takes it up a notch. Do you think it would be terribly obvious if I sat in it? Somehow the sign and chair put a smile on my face.

Chattahoochee Hills really is a premiere equestrian facility from its rolling cross-country course to it’s exquisite main barn.  But somehow it’s the competition stabling that really made my jaw drop. The first thing that popped out of my mouth was “Who gets to stay there?” Answer: Everyone! Beautiful. I think my sweet Ellie would quite agree.

I promised you a special stunt by eventer Nate Chambers and here you go!  I first noticed how Butters (that’s our Golden Retriever friend pictured here) followed Nate around.  Then when I went to take her picture I noticed how sweet she was literally resting her chin in my hand. Then Nate hopped right up on his big-time eventer ‘Rolling Stone’.  As you can tell, ‘Rolling Stone’ never missed a beat.  What a trio!

I mentioned earlier how supportive the eventing community is and that holds true for Mary and Walt.  When Nate hopped up on ‘Rolling Stone’ we needed to get Butters up to him.  All 70 pounds of her! Walt stepped him and took care of the job.  Go team! Mary rides her trusty eventer ‘Gandalf’ in the Jr. Training Division this championship weekend.  Good luck!

We’ll have lots more from the 2010 American Eventing Championships coming up. See you soon then!