Georgetown HT CANCELLED for July 6, RESCHEDULED for July 28

Update on the Georgetown HT

We have hosted mini trials on our farm for ten years, twice a year, with nothing but sunny blue skies each time. This week, our luck has run out. Despite our best efforts and investment in gravel, Mother Nature is not on board this week. 

After receiving rain every day for the last 9 days, we have begun a period of nonstop rain over the last 48 hours. The storm just happened to be trained right over us, and with a couple of inches of accumulation on the farm this week and another 0.5 inches predicted today and into tonight. 

As such, despite our best efforts and our absolute desire that the show must go on, we have decided to cancel the mini trial Saturday. We believe it is in the best interest of all involved, though we were so excited to see everyone’s smiling faces this weekend. And everything was so READY!

We will host a rain date of July 28 as an alternative mini trial if riders are available that day. We are making every effort to accommodate everyone, and will offer riders an entry to July 28 mini trial, September 9 mini trial, or the eventing weekend clinics on July 26-27 or Oct 4-6. 

Again, our apologies for this decision but we believe it is in the best interest of everyone involved. Questions can be directed to Megan at megan@teamceoeventing.com Thanks for your understanding.

Update on our mini trial this weekend…

Update on the mini trial this weekend…. The record rainfall this summer as well as the current mega storm is not helping our plans this weekend! The farm is all decorated, flagged, and ready to go…. But the inches of rain aren’t helpful. We are making every effort to hold the show this weekend (gravel, redesigning parking, etc). We will continue to monitor the situation and storm overnight tonight and into tomorrow before making any judgement calls. If we get lucky, we have excellent footing and our farm drains well. But if we get unlucky the possility of 48 solid hours of rain exists in the forecast. We’ll continue to update here and try to do the best job possible for the horses and riders. If you have any questions, they can be addressed to megan@teamceoeventing.com

YEHC June 29 Update

Latest progress from all of our contestants!

YEHC Progress!!!

Progress with the Young Event Horse Challenge!!!

YEHC update

The Young Event Horse Challenge is well under way!

YEHC 2013: Meet the Contestants… Emily and Dizzy

So we being the Young Event Horse Challenge 2013!  (Hereinafter referred to as YEHC.)  The basic premise is this…  We paired seven young horses of ages 2yo or 3yo with seven talented young event riders.  The goal?  Take an unbroken baby from the field, develop a bond and a partnership with it, and break it to ride in 60 days.  But don’t stop there…. Because this is a CHALLENGE after all!  Contestants will demonstrate in August what they have been able to teach their baby and a panel of judges will vote on winners!  But in reality, everyone is a winner in this competition, as these talented young riders learn (with guidance) to train a young horse from the ground up… And the young horses are ready to begin their careers.   WIN WIN WIN.   

So let’s introduce you to the contestants!

  

 

Emily:    Emily is currently a sophomore in college, working towards a degree in Nursing. She originally hailed from Bowling Green, KY.  Emily first came to Team CEO at 16 years old to be a working student for the summer, and she quickly became part of the family!  The following year, we helped her find a new OTTB named The Bright Side.   Since then, they have progressed all the way to the Preliminary Level in eventing.   Emily is very very tall and Koda is a pint sized 15.2h, but these two are absolutely the perfect pair and they have successfully climbed through the ranks of eventing together.  Emily WON the 2012 YEHC aboard Dizzy’s sister, Chaos!

Dizzy:    Dizzy has quite the weight of the world on her shoulders!   Bred by Team CEO Eventing, her family lineage screams event horse.   Her dam Moonlight Memories is our foundation broodmare, and the dam of our advanced level event horse Widespread Panic.   Her sire, Catherston Dazzler, was one of the top eventing sires in the world and has sired dozens of upper level event horses.   Her half sibling, Widespread Chaos, was the winner of this challenge last year!   Those are some big shoes to fill!   Dizzy is a stunning, leggy type (alot like her rider) and a gorgeous mover to boot.   Her sire is known for producing amazing athletes but with perhaps challenging temperaments, so her progression will be slow and careful to ensure a future successful career at the upper levels.  We are so excited about Nemo’s little sister!

Good luck to Emily and Dizzy!

 

Now that you’ve met each of the contestants in the challenge, stay tuned for weekly updates as they progress through the stages of training with these fabulous young horses!  

YEHC 2013… Meet the contestants! Fanta

So we being the Young Event Horse Challenge 2013!  (Hereinafter referred to as YEHC.)  The basic premise is this…  We paired seven young horses of ages 2yo or 3yo with seven talented young event riders.  The goal?  Take an unbroken baby from the field, develop a bond and a partnership with it, and break it to ride in 60 days.  But don’t stop there…. Because this is a CHALLENGE after all!  Contestants will demonstrate in August what they have been able to teach their baby and a panel of judges will vote on winners!  But in reality, everyone is a winner in this competition, as these talented young riders learn (with guidance) to train a young horse from the ground up… And the young horses are ready to begin their careers.   WIN WIN WIN.   

So let’s introduce you to the contestants!

 

Rider:    Still looking for a partner…

Fanta:    Fanta is one of our second generation homebreds at Team CEO Eventing!  She is a 3yo TB/Trakehner bay mare by Nightfall out of Sprite.   Her sire is a winning event horse who is sired by Olympic event horse Windfall and out of our own Intermediate Level eventer Hail to the Chief.   Her dam is Sprite, a paternal 1/2 sibling to our advanced level event horse, Never Stop Dreaming.  Her photo at left is from her time here as a foal.

Good luck to Fanta!

 

Stay tuned tomorrow for yet another introduction to the next of our fabulous young riders! 

YEHC 2013: Meet the Contestants: Lauren and Lexi

So we being the Young Event Horse Challenge 2013!  (Hereinafter referred to as YEHC.)  The basic premise is this…  We paired seven young horses of ages 2yo or 3yo with seven talented young event riders.  The goal?  Take an unbroken baby from the field, develop a bond and a partnership with it, and break it to ride in 60 days.  But don’t stop there…. Because this is a CHALLENGE after all!  Contestants will demonstrate in August what they have been able to teach their baby and a panel of judges will vote on winners!  But in reality, everyone is a winner in this competition, as these talented young riders learn (with guidance) to train a young horse from the ground up… And the young horses are ready to begin their careers.   WIN WIN WIN.   

So let’s introduce you to the contestants!

  

Lauren:    Lauren is a college student at Georgetown College and originally hails from Illinois.   She is currently eventing her own OTTB Tigger at the training level,  including a past completion at the Training Level Three Day at Midsouth Team Challenge in 2012.   (Photo at left:  Lauren eventing her own “Tigger” in Aiken SC, 2013.)

Lexi:    Lexi is one of our second generation homebreds at Team CEO Eventing!  She is a 3yo Old/TB/Trakehner bay mare by Nightfall out of Sweet Adelaide.   Her sire is a winning event horse who is sired by Olympic event horse Windfall and out of our own Intermediate Level eventer Hail to the Chief.   Her dam is Sweet Adelaide, a fantastic 17h Oldenburg/TB mare who competed in the hunters and dressage before joining our breeding program.  Her photo at left is from her time here as a foal.

Good luck to Lauren and Lexi!

 

Stay tuned tomorrow for yet another introduction to the next of our fabulous young riders! 

YEHC 2013: Meet the Contestants: Nicole and Bling

So we being the Young Event Horse Challenge 2013!  (Hereinafter referred to as YEHC.)  The basic premise is this…  We paired seven young horses of ages 2yo or 3yo with seven talented young event riders.  The goal?  Take an unbroken baby from the field, develop a bond and a partnership with it, and break it to ride in 60 days.  But don’t stop there…. Because this is a CHALLENGE after all!  Contestants will demonstrate in August what they have been able to teach their baby and a panel of judges will vote on winners!  But in reality, everyone is a winner in this competition, as these talented young riders learn (with guidance) to train a young horse from the ground up… And the young horses are ready to begin their careers.   WIN WIN WIN.   

So let’s introduce you to the contestants!

  Nicole:    Nicole graduated from Michigan State in 2010 with degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice, where she also played polo for five years.   She worked successfully for Lane’s End before returning to graduate school last year.  Nicole joined Team CEO Eventing in 2010 after her successful polo career… One outing in eventing and she was hooked!  She currently competes her OTTB Curiosity in eventing.     (Photo at left:  Nicole eventing her own “Curiosity”, 2013.)

Bling:    Bling is one of our second generation hombreds at Team CEO Eventing!  He is out of the fantastic TB mare Kate, who produced this cross for us for three consecutive years… Each of which we are thrilled with!!  Bling’s full brother Mo was a successful competitor in the YEHC in 2012.   Bling is sired by Nightfall, a winning event horse in his own right who is by Olympic eventer Windfall out of NAYRC eventer Hail to the Chief.   Some serious eventing bloodlines!   On top of those bloodlines, Bling has an outstanding disposition and really aims to please.   We named him bling because most of our foals are solid bay… He has a sock and a blaze, so that was a LOT of color for us!   (Photo at left is of Bling as a foal.)

Good luck to Nicole and Bling!

 Stay tuned tomorrow for yet another introduction to the next of our fabulous young riders! 

YEHC 2013: Meet the Contestants: Emma and Stella

So we being the Young Event Horse Challenge 2013!  (Hereinafter referred to as YEHC.)  The basic premise is this…  We paired seven young horses of ages 2yo or 3yo with seven talented young event riders.  The goal?  Take an unbroken baby from the field, develop a bond and a partnership with it, and break it to ride in 60 days.  But don’t stop there…. Because this is a CHALLENGE after all!  Contestants will demonstrate in August what they have been able to teach their baby and a panel of judges will vote on winners!  But in reality, everyone is a winner in this competition, as these talented young riders learn (with guidance) to train a young horse from the ground up… And the young horses are ready to begin their careers.   WIN WIN WIN.   

So let’s introduce you to the contestants!

 Emma:    After a successful career in the young hunters, Emma transitioned to the eventing world in 2011 when she moved to KY from Florida.   Since then, her hard work and dedication has paid off… She is now competing two horses at the Preliminary level, Widespread Panic and Alpine Ski.   Emma is a Junior at Scott County High School and a working student at Team CEO this summer.    (Photo at left:  Emma competing at the Preliminary Level on Widespread Panic, 2013.)

Stella:    Stella is a 2yo homebred Thoroughbred filly, bred by Johanna Dufort and Dufort Eventing.  She is out of the mare Coyote’s Song, a paternal half sibling to advanced level event horse Northlight.   She is by Strong Contender, a G2 winning son of Maria’s Mon.  She is a lovely leggy young horse with lovely big feet and three nice gaits.   (Photo at left:  Emma and Stella starting their partnership together!)

 Stay tuned tomorrow for yet another introduction to the next of our fabulous young riders!