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Ocala, FL World Equestrian Center Ocala hosted its latest USEF/USDF-rated dressage competition on July 13-14, sponsored by Hampton Green Farms. The event featured classes from Training Level to FEI Grand Prix and served as an official qualifying competition for the 2024 Great American/USDF Regional Championships. Karen Lipp took full advantage of the spectrum of classes on offer and won all four tests she[...]Read MoreThe post Karen Lipp Spans the Spectrum at Hampton Green Farms World Equestrian Center Ocalas July Dressage Show appeared first on World Equestrian Center.

In a brief aside from the Olympic fever that has well and truly taken hold at EN (seriously, we are chinchilla-ing away behind the scenes getting ready to bring you all the Paris content you can possibly handle), today wed like to bring your attention to a cool schooling opportunity in Area II.Entries are open for the Windchase Derby, which is happening on August 24th. Its a fun, informal kind of day where you get to to gallop (or trot) over the gorgeous rolling hills of Loudoun County, at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Whats more, you can bring a friend to compete with as a pair, or if you prefer to go it alone, enter as an individual. And yes, there are prizes!Find out more and enter here.Go eventing!U.S. Weekend PreviewApplewood Farm YEH & Mini Event (Califon, NJ) [Website] [Ride Times]Course Brook Farm Summer H.T. (Sherborn, MA) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]Full Gallop Farm July H.T. (Aiken, SC) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer]Horse Park of New Jersey Horse Trials II (Allentown, NJ) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]Silverwood Farm Summer H.T. (Trevor, WI) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Scoring]The Event at Rebecca Farm (Kalispell, MT) [Website] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Volunteer] [Scoring]Wednesday News and ReadingOur very own boss lady, Sally Spickard, caught up with Paris-bound Boyd Martin to talk about the sad circumstances that saw him take the ride on his Olympic mount, Fedarman B. Boyds no stranger to Olympic teams and knows a thing or two about prepping horses to peak at the right time. Hes taken a bit of a different approach this time around, with both Bruno and his reserve horse Commando 3. Its not always been plain sailing with Bruno, a ride he acquired after his owner was sadly fatally injured in a fall. But the pair have got it together and booked their flight to France, and Boyd will be riding Bruno in Versailles with Annie Goodwin in his heart. Read more about their journey, from a devastating start and some sticky moments along the way, to getting it together in time for the biggest ride of Brunos career.Call out to artists from the Work to Ride initiative. Submissions are open for art work in a range of mediums to be considered for the 2024 Philadelphia Polo Classic official poster. Entries close on August 1st and the winner will be announced on the 15th. Find out more.BreyerFest took over Kentucky Horse Park last weekend and to celebrate this years event, they made some special additions to their collection. Enter Alan, the jumping mule, whos been instrumental in the rule changes allowing mules to compete in the hunter ring, and who has been immortalized by Breyer for his efforts. In other Breyer news, submissions are open for the Why My Favorite Horse Would Love to Be a Breyer Model essay competition, and, you guessed it, the prize is your very own Breyer horse. Entries close on July 31st, so get scribbling.Shes a great female jockey, but the way I see it, shes a great jockey, period. Emma-Jayne Wilson has become the highest-earning female jockey, surpassing the $90,126,584 record previously set by Julie Krone. Wilson acknowledged Krone after the win that bumped her into first place: This is to show how well the industry has come since she started to show what equality and sportsmanship is and what it means.In non-horsey Olympic news (although dressage and show jumping do get a brief mention), Paris is on a mission to deliver the greenest Olympics yet heres how theyre doing it. And ICYMI, heres a look at how things are shaping up in Versailles as they get ready for all the equestrian action. Eek!Video BreakIt cant be easy wrangling Boyd Martin but Steph Simpson is a woman on a mission, getting not one but two horses ready for their trip to Paris. In a #packwithme offering, heres how to do it like an Olympic #Supergroom: View this post on InstagramA post shared by Boyd Martin (@boydmartineventing)

Equestrian legends from opposite sides of the world have been getting into the Olympic spirit ahead of the Paris Games. Andrew Hoy and Carl Hester discussed the highs and lows of their impressive careers and what motivates them to stay at the top of their game for so long.The event and dressage rider met at Burghley House to share their stories. Carl, 57, heads to his seventh Olympics this month to represent Team GB, while Australian eventer Andrew Hoy, 65, has been to eight Games for his country. Both have won Olympic gold though individual medals have as yet eluded Carl.The pair met at the home of Defender Burghley Horse Trials to learn from Miranda Rock, who lives at Burghley, about the houses own Paris Olympic history. Mirandas grandfather, Lord David Burghley, was himself an Olympian who competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics a century ago. He then won gold for hurdling four years later, and helped bring the 1948 Olympics to London before starting the Horse Trials in 1961.Building a partnershiphttps://www.yourhorse.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/07/burghleys_legendary_olympians_-_cut_down_version-720p.mp4Another Olympic year, the dinosaurs are back,' joked Carl. I remember after London thinking, Ive finally got a gold medal, I wont go again, but here I am [on the Paris team].Carl and Andrew said the key to their longevity was the enduring fasciation of working with horses and trying to take that horse all the way through building a partnership.Both riders will be attending Defender Burghley Horse Trials (5-8 September) and a programme about their meeting and memories can be found on Burghley TV here.Burghley has amazing Olympic connections and a whole Olympic corridor in the house that celebrates them, added Martyn Johnson, Event Director of Burghley Horse Trials. So to welcome two legendary athletes with strong Burghley links ahead of Paris was very special for all of us.Lead image by LBHTFurther readingImprove your flatwork with Carl Hesters progressive dressage training planAndrew Hoys six ways to work on your horses suppleness out hackingAndrew Hoys groundwork exercises to improve your horses balance, mobility and core strengthThe post Carl Hester and Andrew Hoy share Olympic memories and secrets to longevity ahead of Paris 2024 appeared first on Your Horse.