Michael and Sam -- A Happy Ending...

The German Federation has announced that they have purchased a majority share of the WEG 2010 Gold medal winning horse La Biosthetique Sam from Sabene Kreuter.  Kreuter has been shopping the top ranking gelding  since before WEG 2010.  Although Sam has resided in rider Michael Jung's barn throughout their collaboration, Sabine Kreuter recently announced plans to move the horse to her own yard, we guess, to facilitate the selling process. This had to be a pretty dismal prospect for the Jungs.

Although Kreuter had made a gift of 40% of Sam to the Jungs, and stated that a condition of sale would be for Jung to keep the ride on the horse, things seemed to be falling apart for Jung.

In December, the German Federation Veterinarians, reportedly unbeknownst to Kreuter, conducted a pre-purchase exam in which they said they detected a slight heart murmur.   Kreuter stated that this was an authorized exam and that the horse was still the best in the world. However, publicly this finding seemed to grind the whole purchase proceedings, at least with the German Federation, to a hault.

However, now it appears that the talks continued under the radar. The German Federation felt it was imperative to their high performance program for the horse to remain in the capable hands of Michael Jung.  On Friday they swallowed the bait and paid up. Now the outstanding pair of Mike and Sam will stay together -- a good result in my opinion.

Congratulations to Michael Jung and the entire German Equestrian community on doing the right thing! In our opinion it rocks!

But what about Peter Adkins and Henny? Will the Australian Federation step in there?

I'm Exhausted...

... And my typing fingers (that would be all ten as I think I still have a full count) are sore from typing and typing.  In recent days, I've launched a new web project called Eventing Day. Actually I've launched two sites. One for Eventing only info, pictures, videos and audio and the other called The Eventing Day Starting Box that is for Eventing fans, competitors, coaches, trainers, organizers and the like to post their info, comments, philosophies, tips, you name it. As long as it's eventing it gets posted for everyone to see and comment about.

But, it takes a ton of time to tie up all the loose strings. I've resorted to taking loads of vitamin D because I haven't seen the light of day in weeks. I'm typing away like a hermit in a cave minus the woodsmoke and hairy shirt. 

I've received lots of great feedback and protestations of excitement about the sites. There are some great sites already out there, but Eventing Day is an opportunity for me to be immersed in Eventing - a sport I've loved and worked in for over 20 years.

So I type and type. I try not to forget about my other sites, all of which need feeding and tlc from time to time, not to mention my husband, my kiddo away at college,  and the cat and dog.  I'm spread pretty thin as you may surmise from the date of the last time I posted on this blog.

But I love equestrian sport and the folks in it so I'll just hunker down and get it done. Thanks to all for their vocal and written support of my new project.

And if you're a Derby Cross fan, check  out Eventing Day for some exciting PRO Derby Cross news and a giveaway to be announced shortly.

Later,

~Nan