Yes there are places to refill water bottles. They have fountains/refill stations right in the stadium.
Seems odd that both top contenders in Chin Tonic and Mai Baum withdrew………
I think with this being an Olympic year, riders, their extended teams, and potentially the Olympic selectors are being very cautious with anything that could potentially be a problem with the top horses. Chin Tonic and Mai Baum are known quantities and performers, and there will be other selection events for them to be at. Why risk it if something could come up with bad timing?
I loved watching the leggy Banzai in dressage today and went looking for a clip to send to a friend. In the process, I tripped over this super sweet, if long-ish and slightly repetitive, 10 year-old video of Yasmin Ingham and her pony Craig Mor Tom. They spent four years competing and won the European pony championships, team and individual, 11 years ago.
I seemed to have missed the smartpak booth yesterday. Anyone at the event see it? Are they in a different location? I didn’t see them on the map either but I was super tired last night when I looked
We didn’t see a SmartPak booth either. We didn’t see them listed as a vendor in the show program, so I’m wondering if they aren’t here this year?
That seems wrong because they’re such a staple, but who knows.
I’m somewhat local to their headquarters, and will just say the anti-magic phrase WRT SmartPak: Private Equity.
No Smart Pak booth this year.
Their social media shows them here in some capacity. But it seems they don’t have a booth. It’s so weird. I got great deals last year. That’s a bummer. The shopping has really changed since years past.
No SmartPak. The rumor I heard is that they want to concentrate on their supplements and going to KY isn’t keeping with that goal. Whatevs. Aren’t most horses on some type of SP??? So far my biggest purchase has been Correct Connect reins with padded stops. Can’t wait to try them.
Any deals with the Correct Connect? I want a breastplate but can’t bring myself to shell out full price. 
#horsepoor
There are deals at Correct Connect but the only one I remember is 10% off reins if you buy gloves. Stop by and talk to them. They are sooo nice.
Oh haha, I’m not there this year. I was gonna ask a friend to bring me home some if there were deals. Thanks for letting me know, I think that was the same deal as last time. Have a blast at the park!
I’m hoping to go in 2025. I just bought a shuttle bus off a govt lot for $1500 to convert into a camper. Deal of the century, it only has 52k miles and is in pretty good shape. Hopefully it will be ready then…
Just chimed into the livestream. Cooley Quicksilver did not come here to muck up in the sand! Liz has to be thrilled with that score (29).
Wow! Lucienne Bellisimo’s test 
What a horse.
Pet peeve: he is BY Diarado - not “out of” (I think this is Sinead? She did the same thing yesterday.)
I wonder why they are not puting up the individual movement score. they did yesterday.
I was wondering that too and sorely missed it. My brain doesn’t math that fast for me to figure out exactly what score they got for the movement, and I’m watching muted because I’m multitasking at work. Sadly I missed Lucienne B’s test, but I’m assuming it must have been stellar!
I love those reins!
Which pairs do we think are seriously in contention for Paris? In the 4* or the 5*?
