Lisa Slade

Adelinde Cornelissen’s 2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final winner Jerich Parzival was held in the veterinary inspection for the 2012 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final on Thursday, April 19. The gelding was re-inspected at 9 a.m. this morning and passed. The Grand Prix is scheduled to start at noon here in s'-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. 

We're back with the latest installation of Horse News Of The Weird, and things just keep getting weirder. There aren't as many drunk riding reports as last time, but we have not-so-stealthy thieves, Tim Tebow the horse and Hunter Jumper the soccer player keeping it interesting.

Temecula, Calif., April 1

Jeanine Allred hadn’t gone advanced in 11 years before this weekend and her horse, Snap Decision II, hadn’t ever set his hooves on a blue-numbered track. But that didn’t stop Allred and “Fuzzy” from putting in a nearly foot-perfect weekend, adding just 8.0 cross-country time penalties to their dressage score of 41.3 to win the division over James Alliston and Parker II. They survived an iffy moment at one oxer to leave all the rails in the cups in show jumping today.

Temecula, Calif., March 31

James Alliston had a good Saturday—a great one, even—at Galway Downs today. He won the CIC*** aboard Jumbo’s Jake, and he placed second in the same division on Tivoli. He’s also leading the advanced on Parker II after a solid cross-country run. But while he’s enjoying the moment, Alliston’s thoughts are already shifting towards another Saturday in the not-too-distant future.

Temecula, Calif., March 30

James Alliston might be from Great Britain originally, but it’s clear there’s another place he feels right at home—Galway Downs. After winning the CCI*** and CCI* here last November, Alliston came back with five horses for this event. He’s currently leading the CIC*** aboard Jumbo’s Jake, leading the advanced aboard Parker II, sitting third in the CIC*** with Tivoli and third in the advanced with Ballingowan Pizazz.

Thermal, Calif.—March 11

To say Chris Pratt had a good weekend at HITS Desert Circuit VI would be a massive understatement.

Pratt started out by winning the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix with Cruise on Friday. Then he tacked up Cruise again today, put in two fault-free rounds and is now taking home an even bigger check—his share of the winnings for the $200,000 Lamborghini Grand Prix Of The Desert—along with the first.

“I couldn’t be happier,” said Pratt, who rides for Canada. “The horse is just coming into his own. He hasn’t had a rail down in two weeks.”

Thermal, Calif.—March 10

Morgan Geller returned for the second round of the R.W. "Ronnie" Mutch Equitation Championship in second place, and she was feeling the pressure.

“I was really nervous! I thought I might throw up,” said Geller with a laugh. “But [Fabricio] was really good the second round. He was even better than in the first. I was so nervous, but he kept me calm. The first round I calmed him down, and the second round he calmed me down.”

Four-star eventer Buck Davidson shattered his collarbone in a fall on Feb. 16. Davidson was schooling a horse in Ocala, Fla., when the accident occurred, as was first reported by Eventing Nation.

Wellington, Fla., Feb. 5

Ashley Holzer and Pop Art’s Grand Prix Special at the Wellington Dressage CDI-W was going perfectly. "Poppy" had done trot half passes and canter half passes and two lines of expressive and clean tempi changes, and the test—the new Olympic version of the Special—was nearly over.

“I was thinking, ‘I’ve got to be really high; he’s going really well,” said Holzer.

Then Holzer, who’s based in New York, N.Y., but rides for Canada, turned on the centerline for the two canter pirouettes with nine one tempis in between.

Wellington, Fla., Feb. 4

Jim Koford started his Grand Prix freestyle aboard Pharaoh with a smile on his face, and he finished the ride the exact same way. After their energetic routine, set to music from The Mask Of Zorro movie, Koford and Pharaoh picked up a 73.70 percent and first in the class of four.