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October 2010 - Posts

A tribute to our beloved horses

The whole time I was at the World Equestrian Games I kept thinking how wonderfully generous horses really are; allowing us to take them over crazy large solid jumps in cross-country eventing, around huge show jumping Grand Prix courses with impressive Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:03 PM by Cindy Stys | 1 Comments
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Farewell to the WEG 2010

On Monday, October 11th in the wee hours of the morning I headed to the Blue Grass airport in Lexington to go back home. As happy as I was to return to see my daughter and husband, it was a bit sad that this much anticipated, international large scale Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:39 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

The Final Four

It was nice to see a developing country in horse sport, the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, take the silver medal on Saturday night at the Final 4 jumping competition. This is where the Top 4 individual finishers ride each other’s horses in a total of Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:23 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

The Marvelous Marathon WEG 2010

It was a scorching day on Saturday for the driving marathon (in the mid 80s) but it went without a hitch. Only a few minor mishaps occurred, the usual leg over a tracer here and there. I got to try my hand at timing at obstacle 8. There were about 13 Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:00 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

Horses, Horses Everywhere at the WEG

Wonderful artistic displays of horses where in all shapes and forms in the Alltech area. This one is my favorite - decorated with sea shells - gorgeous! Made from large vines Fancy fixture centrally located in the Alltech Experience pavilion. t Numerous Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:45 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments
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Team pride at the WEG

It's fun watching the different ways some of the competing nations show their support and pride for their teams. Some German pride on display here Read More...
Posted Friday, October 8, 2010 7:31 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments
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WEG 2010 - more than just horse sport

For those of you who appreciate artistic riding displays, there are shows with baroque horses that are fun to watch in the Equine Village; far away from the sporting venues but worth the walk. Read More...
Posted Friday, October 8, 2010 7:24 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

The Jumping "Seniors" at the WEG

This is my 4 th WEG and since they all have the same format with dressage taking place before Jumping, I get a little pang when all the dressage riders leave since that is my discipline and to one in which I can relate. Then after the extraordinary eventing Read More...
Posted Friday, October 8, 2010 7:22 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

Driving at the WEG 2010

Traipsing across the entire show grounds yesterday, I made my way up to the driving stadium to take in some driving dressage just in time to see Chester Weber’s test. Ahh, he makes it look so easy making circles with only one hand holding on to Read More...
Posted Friday, October 8, 2010 7:12 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

Cross-country day at the WEG 2010

The weather on cross country day was nearly perfect. The crowd on the course was on par with what CCI4* Rolex usually enjoys but there were a lot more people on the paved paths. The water jumps were quite spectacular and I witnessed well ridden rides Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 3, 2010 11:05 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments

WEG 2010 & the Phenomenal Fuego

On Sept 24 th , a very hot and windy day, I arrived in KY to be part of the World Equestrian Games 2010 . This is the first time this huge equestrian event is taking place in North America. I have been helping out at the Show office which is in the center Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 3, 2010 10:24 AM by Cindy Stys | 0 Comments