Saturday was the 79th running of Warrenton Hunt’s Point to Point. Leading up to the event, I was watching their facebook page to see if they would cancel the event due to the coronovirus, and it seems others were too, as they eventually posted that the race was still on. I’ve never been to this […]
Cheltenham Festival
If you follow British horse racing, then you already know the Cheltenham Festival is going on. If you don’t, well, the Cheltenham Festival is going on! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guardian Sport (@guardian_sport) on Mar 11, 2020 at 9:36am PDT The Cheltenham Festival is four days of jump racing, with […]
Preparing for the Foxhunt
For someone who lives in Virginia hunt country, I haven’t been out much to experience the actual fox hunting part of it. Frankly, I’ve been missing out, and I should have gone foxhunting a long time ago. I was told by nearly every horse friend in the area how much they love foxhunting. But sadly, […]
Great Meadow International 2019 Show Jumping Video
The compilation video of all the show jumping.
Great Meadow International 2019 – Cross Country
To continue on from yesterday’s Show Jumping post, we move right on into cross country. Except today I took B and the husband! And then ended up spending most of the time taking care of B, so really, it was a bit difficult to get the pictures and videos that I wanted. Really though, wouldn’t […]
Great Meadow International 2019 – Show Jumping
Ah, another year, another Great Meadow International. I believe that’s the saying. I love that Great Meadow hosts so many events, primarily because it’s minutes away from my house. It really makes it convenient when world class competition and events literally come to me. Now that I have B, getting out of the house is […]
2018 Spring Gold Cup
Springtime is Virginia Gold Cup time! One of the best excuses to day drink, ever! Gold Cup attracts about 100,000 people from the DC area to our little area of Virginia. We joked on the way over there that for some of the people who come, this is likely the only time they leave the […]
The 3rd Inspection
The second day was the free jumping. The dressage horses went first, followed by the jumpers, although the format was the same. First, they were run around the arena in a figure 8 to show those lead changes, then they were sent down the chute. Sadly my battery wasn’t charged (dang confusing foreign outlets!) so […]
The 2nd Inspection
The afternoon of the first day was the 2nd Inspection. First, all the jumping stallions were led into the ring and then free lunged. After they got a chance to strut their stuff, they were collected and strutted their stuff out of the ring. The DJ would put on an up-tempo song, the audience would […]
The Westfalen Facility
After a very wet morning, the rest of the inspection was inside. Thank goodness! There was a lunch break which allowed for some time to explore and marvel at the facility. I’m very upset with myself because I failed to get pictures of the door handles, which were the “W” inspection brand. But, maybe you […]