One Big Thing: Remembering Fernhill Zoro
The biggest cruelty we as riders face is a heart horse taken before their time, so our thoughts and love are with Cassie Sanger today as she announced the loss of her beloved Fernhill Zoro this past weekend from a devastating pasture accident. Her partner since she was 16 years old, Zoro brought Cassie up to the heights of U25 Championships and Nations Cup podium finishes, through the Team USA U25 Emerging Athlete Program and European Development Tour, and several other worldwide accolades as one of the USA’s most elite young event riders — but at the end of the day, Cassie and Zoro had a truly beautiful partnership that we were grateful to have witnessed.
Of her partner after their first European Development Tour, Cassie said, “I’ve had many firsts riding Zoro, especially this year with our first Nations Cup, and I’m so thankful that I did it with him because he has become like a best friend to me.” Her mother, a strong supporter of Cassie’s career, also sang her deep appreciation for the horse that brought Cassie to great heights, saying, “They have had special chemistry from the start and I know enough to feel immense love for their partnership.”
Sending all our love to Cassie and her family and team.
US Events Opening Entries Today
The Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm (MD); Woodside Fall International (CA); Apple Knoll Farm HT (MA); WindRidge Farm Fall HT (NC); Ocala Fall HT (FL); Pine Hill Fall HT (TX); Middle Tennessee Pony Club HT (TN)
US Events Closing Entries Today
The Event at Skyline (UT); Flora Lea Fall HT & YEH Qualifier (NJ); CDCTA Fall HT (VA)
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Sponsor Corner: Kentucky Performance Products
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Training Tip of the Day
What better training than this? An extraordinary insight from Andrew Hoy cross country at Aachen — not only into his view of the 35,000 people lining the course, but also into the fantastic partnership with his experienced horse Vassily de Lassos during their third World Championship completion together:
Go Eventing
“A superstar woman and mum” indeed, Aoife Clark only had one goal post-XC at Aachen:
