For the past couple of days Shamwari and myself
have joined the rest of Team USA
at the famous Gladstone USET Foundation
Headquarters in New Jersey .
We worked on our dressage with David, fine-tuning some of the movements in the
four-star tests, and went over videos from the last outing at Great Meadows with the coaches, trying to pick up places to improve
here and there.
The vets have been carefully going over
the horses, making sure they’re all in tip-top shape before they ship out of JFK airport on Friday morning.
Shamwari and his teammates will be flying on the cargo
flight that lands in Brussels and from there they will truck down into the US
training camp in Chantilly, France. I plan to meet the horses there Sunday
morning so I can get stuck in to the training for the final weeks leading up to
the WEG. Silva is heading over a week after my arrival to help me with the dressage.
Shamwari is in fantastic condition and I
feel like I have him much fitter than I did at Luhmuehlen, thanks to the gallops
up Nelson’s Hill and many laps at the Maui
Meadows swimming pool. Overall I’m feeling confident in our
preparations, heading overseas knowing we’re in great shape for the big
performance.
-Boyd
So Exciting!
ReplyDeleteSafe Travels!
I cannot wait to see you riding in France!
I travel next Thursday
Go Boyd
Go Team USA
GO Eventing