42 SIDELINES JANUARY 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Continued from page 40
Mason Phelps,
Kiki Umla and
Pedro Cebulka
at the Taylor
Harris Club at
the 2011 Alltech
National Horse
Show
the surface is tested for a third time later this year, at a private
venue. It will be again tested on a raised platform to replicate the
Games conditions.
At the offcial
Olympic test event in Greenwich Park
in July,
show jumpers complained that the surface was “heavy” and
“pudding-like” and
at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS)
in October
the surface was tested again, this time by eight top show jumpers
— who LOCOG declined to name — where the feedback was
similar.
A new color scoreboard appeared one night at the Las Vegas
National horse show.
Chris Nolder
teamed up with
Larry Langer
to provide scoreboard services to the West Coast horse shows.
Not only does it boast to have 58 billion colors, but it will also show
up to 30 second color video clips.
There is big news on the West Coast horse show horizon for
the year end.
It seems that
Blenheim Equisports and Langer Equestrian
Group
have teamed up to create a
West Coast Indoor Circuit
by
moving some of their shows around. The last three weeks before
Thanksgiving will boast the
National Preview
, the
Los Angeles
National
, and the
Las Vegas National
, in that order. It’s a great
way to fnish the year out west to the beneft of all the Hunter/
Jumper competitors.
Following on the heels of the very successful
NAJYRC
at the
Kentucky Horse Park in July, the USHJA Children’s and Adult
Championships are being created to provide a team experience
for those who jump a little
lower. Zones will be asked
to send Children’s and Adult
Amateur teams to compete
for National Championships in
these divisions.
Bumps and bruises:
Lauren Hough
suffered a fall
during the frst qualifer of the
Stuttgart German Masters on
Nov. 17. Her 9 year old mare
Blue Angel got too close to a
wall and attempted to jump
anyway, crashing through the
fence. After Lauren fell, the
mare stepped on her chest.
While she was conscious and
walked out of the ring with
assistance, Lauren then went
to the hospital, accompanied
by her close friend,
Meredith
M i c h a e l s - B e e r b a u m
.
Lauren underwent emergency
surgery for a collapsed lung
and broken ribs.
Kim Herrick
is fghting a
battle with brain cancer, and
we wish her a speedy and
complete recovery. Go to
www.kimherrick.org to donate.
Horses: Flexing,
the
12 year old full sister to top
Rich Fellers’
show jumper
Flexible
, has been sold out
of Ireland and will compete
next season on the U.S. West
Coast circuit. The 16.1-hand
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