Friday August 24 2012
A few photos from vet in day at the World Endurance Championship at Euston Park in Great Britain.
A future Uruguayan endurance rider!
Trotting out for the vets.
A friend Miguel, riding for Argentina
Sad news for the US team: early on Friday, it was decided that Becky Hart and No Repeat would not participate, and instead, alternate Meg Sleeper and Syrocco Reveille would in her place. At the afternoon vet in, Nicki Meuten's Not Tonight did not pass the vet check because of lameness. Due to FEI rules, it was too late for Becky and Pete to try and vet in. So the US goes with 5 riders instead of six.
It looks to rain at times tomorrow and rain hard... should make the course tough. Will be an interesting ride, with over 150 horses starting, to say the least!
Lots more pictures, and you can follow the race more or less live by tweets here:
Nobby is the second oldest horse in the feild. He's also one of the smallest. Gotto love that.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Thank you for your report! Also it's fun to think that you're (relatively) close compared to the Owyhees! (I live in the Netherlands), I believe that regrettably only three of the six dutch horses passed the vet in.
ReplyDeleteJanneke
Sounds like the US team will be "under the gun" yet again. Wishing them well!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the news Merri!
ReplyDeletethank you soooo much!!!
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