Finding Zenyatta
David Ingordo is definitely what you would call a “mover and a shaker” in the bloodstock business. Still in his early 30’s, he moved into a large office at Lane’s End last year, which, apart
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
PRO Conference Call about “EN Uproar”
This morning, PRO held a conference call in response to Monday’s post about Sinead’s blog entry. The meeting was held at 8:30am. Here is the email from yesterday afternoon announcing the conference call from Samantha
...» Read More!Be Fit’s Wednesday Morning Reader from Horse Quencher
Good Morning Eventing Nation! I wish I could add ‘Win a Free iPad’ to this morning’s title like the title of John’s post yesterday, but I guess we can only give away Apple technology every
...» Read More!Working Student Diaries, Part 12
This is part 12 of Jenny’s adventure as a working student and EN guest blogger. Jenny has ambitiously decided to spend the next year as a working student in Lexington, Kentucky. Jenny’s horse is recovering
...» Read More!Kim Severson Looks at the Year Ahead
Kim Severson, who is one of just four riders on the US High Performance A List this year, kindly spared me some time to chat recently from her winter base in Aiken. With four horses
...» Read More!Kim Severson Looks at the Year Ahead
Kim Severson, who is one of just four riders on the US High Performance A List this year, kindly spared me some time to chat recently from her winter base in Aiken. With four horses
...» Read More!Connaught Retires
The decision was made recently to retire one of the best event horses in the world. Phillip wrote about Connaught’s retirement on his first Rolex blog, and I recently spoke with with him about his
...» Read More!Win a Free iPad’s Tuesday Reader from Pennfield
Steve Jobs’ homepage is Eventing Nation February on Eventing Nation is now officially named ‘Reader Appreciation Month.’ In the past few weeks we have given away a free Point Two, $330 in Ecogold saddle pads,
...» Read More!UK Court Case: Did a portable XC fence contribute to a rotational fall?
A UK newspaper ‘The Independent’ has posted a report from an inquest at the Cheltanham Coroner’s Court regarding a rotational fall that resulted in the death of 15 year-old Jade South in October of 2008.
...» Read More!Are helmets coming to more USEF sports soon?
Eventing and dressage have made the move for mandatory helmets here in the US, but the other USEF sports have yet to follow suit. Vaulting and of course the hunter jumpers are two sports that
...» Read More!Does PRO stand for a better sport?
Sinead Halpin, a PRO and Developing A List rider, has written a blog post titled “PRO stands for a better sport!!” responding to some Eventing Nation commenters on Samantha’s Will Faudree interview from Friday. Here
...» Read More!Presidents Day News and Notes from Ecogold
Good morning Eventing Nation and happy Presidents Day. For our US readers, Presidents Day was originally known as ‘Washington’s Birthday’ to honor the birthday of our first president. However, as with anything our government attempts,
...» Read More!Aiken Training Sessions Schedule for Monday and Tuesday
As Annie linked to this morning, the USEF High Performance Facebook page has published the schedules for the Aiken training sessions Monday and Tuesday of this week at Three Runs Plantation. This series is the
...» Read More!Clifton Promise is For Sale and Blyth Tait is Coming Back
The schedule for the London Olympics next year has now been released. However, if you have deep pockets and fancy attending as the owner of a Three Day Event Horse with a real shot at
...» Read More!Clifton Promise is For Sale and Blyth Tait is Coming Back
The schedule for the London Olympics next year has now been released. However, if you have deep pockets and fancy attending as the owner of a Three Day Event Horse with a real shot at
...» Read More!Sunday Links
Good Morning Eventing Nation! John’s tolerance for central Florida is about two days maximum, and with the conclusion of the Advanced division at Rocking Horse yesterday, he has ‘peaced out’ this morning and resumed life
...» Read More!Cross-country day at Rocking Horse
Bonner Carpenter and Impeccable It was a beautiful and fun day at Rocking Horse. We don’t say this enough, but thanks to all the wonderful volunteers and officials who devoted their Satuday to putting on
...» Read More!Register: Last Chance to Win a Point Two
Hawley at Galway Eventing Nation’s February Point Two Airjacket contest is drawing to a close and the ‘closing date’ for entries is Monday the 21st. Registration is incredibly simple–just click the link below. If you
...» Read More!Jan Byyny’s Saturday Morning Links
To get your Saturday started with some good news, Jan Byyny is leading the Open Prelim A division at Paradise Horse Trials after the dressage on Friday. I said it a few weeks ago when
...» Read More!Winner: FLAIR Caption Contest with Jimmy Wofford
[“I needed to check how deep the water was, so I grabbed the closest thing like this and…”] Congratulations to Airborn for winning our FLAIR caption contest from last week. Eventing Nation chose Airborn’s caption
...» Read More!Rocking Horse Advanced Dressage and Show Jumping
Jessica Pye and Lightning Bound were double-clear Today I decided to ease my way into my live event coverage, which usually involves 16 hours of running all over the place with 17 electronic devices and
...» Read More!Eventing Radio Show 119 — Prue Barrett
As a quick note, new Australian Performance Director Prue Barrett chats with our friends at the Horse Radio Network this week. Rolex Director of Competition, Christina Gray, also is on the show as well… [Listen
...» Read More!John Kyle: Bringing the Voice to Red Hills & PRO Derby Cross
As if the calibre of riders on the teams wasn’t tempting enough, plus “hosts” Boyd Martin and Leslie Law, I can also spill the beans that the PRO Derby Cross will also have a rather
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