The arrival of the Irish horses and my departure to London

Undoubtedly this would happen, my exciting new Irish horses (Cross and Conquer) will arrive approximately 3 hours after I depart for the London test event. So I leave it in Gabby’s capable hands to receive my precious cargo. You know I want to get playing with my new toys! On the upside, it will be to their benefit to not have me pestering them as they acclimatize. On that note, I am looking forward to getting many pictures from Gabby while I am away.

Moving on to the London test event. It should be quite interesting, since I am sure most of you have read on Eventing Nation that there is a planned protest of the competition venue by the people of Greenwich. From what I understand, the Dressage and Show Jumping is to be done on a platform to protect the ground. This should be quite interesting as I am not sure if this has been done before. The Cross Country is said to have a large hill, needing an extremely fit horse, so naturally that is why it is so important for all of the countries to see for themselves. I look forward to meeting up with my fellow Americans which should be interesting as I will be wearing the Thai Coach Hat instead of being a U.S. long listed rider.

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Kim