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Second Gold for Werth in Special at WEG

Germany’s Isabell Werth showed why she is the most decorated rider in the history of equestrian sport claiming the Grand Prix Special title with Bella Rose.
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No Country for Old Women

I had a tour of the WEG cross-country course this morning. I say “tour” and not “course walk” as the entire thing was conducted from the relative comfort of a golf cart. The course is long, winding, and runs over undulating ground, with a punishingly steep, lengthy climb to the finish dubbed “Heartbreak Hill”. In […]
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Eventing Dressage Wraps Up at WEG Tryon

The second flight of eventers took to the dressage arena at TIEC this morning, trying to better Julia Krajewski of Germany and Chipmunk FRH’s astounding score of 19.9pp posted yesterday. Canada’s third team members, Jessica Phoenix and the international veteran Pavarotti, had a pleasant, steady test marred only by a couple of over-exuberant changes of […]
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WEG Endurance: cluster**** of the century

A few days before WEG, I shared a current aeriel video of Tryon on Facebook, saying it looked rather more finished than all the images we’ve been seeing from the ground.  An American friend promptly posted a picture of Earth taken from Outer Space – Tryon looks even better and more finished the further away […]