Eventing Nation's 2010 Census

Your home country and state/province: US, Virginia
-Age: 29
-Years of eventing experience and level: riding exp, 22 years, 10 years eventing off/on, training level
-Favorite food: this very second, amazing tempeh reubens, otherwise wine. =)
-Number of horses: zero
-How long you have been visiting EN: a few weeks
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: might be cool to read bio's on the authors of posts

USA, Virginia
21
10ish (competitively about 4 Novice/training)
brie cheese w/ crackers
1
around 3 months?
it great keep up the good work! i esp. enjoy the entertaining anecdotes like ith one about the almost lost cell phone, and updates on HT's and Training sessions..any profiles of riders/the blogs are good too! what can i say? i like eventing nation as it is!

-Your home country and state/province: North Carolina
-Age: 53
-Years of eventing experience and level: 15+ years as volunteer, competitor's mom, organizer BN-Advanced, currently mom to an intermediate level horse
-Favorite food: Mexican!
-Number of horses: 7
-How long you have been visiting EN: since Fair Hill 09
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: do "behind the scenes" articles to give competitors a better view on just how complicated running a horse trial can be.

home country and state/province Kentucky
-Age- 33
-Years of eventing experience and level- riding 26 years, 'eventer' for 16 years, but only actively competing for about 2, only ever gone N
-Favorite food- umm, anything cheesy, chocolatey, or made by my mother
-Number of horses- 0, ride one owned by someone else regularly
-How long you have been visiting EN- a few weeks
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better- I love it! Best posts are the ones with info on riders/ bios/ training sessions. How about following some 'normal' eventers in addition to the big names? Oh, and please NEVER put another additing unicorn game on here! *gets twitchy and has song in head*

USA, Kentucky, go Cats!
10 riding, 4 eventing, prelim
beer
1
since Fair Hill!!!
Nothing, it rocks, I love reading the Olympics stuff
go eventing.

-Your home country and state/province: MD
-Age: 26
-Years of eventing experience and level: On and off for 11 years; Novice level
-Favorite food: Melted Brie on bread with this orange marmalade sauce....
-Number of horses:1
-How long you have been visiting EN: a few months
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: Love the updates on the training sessions! More of that - and also the random, rediculous commentary!

USA, Pennsylvania
Age:47
Eventing since 1977, up to Intermediate.
Favorite food: Good question...chocolate? Carrot cake? Popcorn? Bread from the Tuscan Inn?
Number of horses: 1
How long you have been visiting EN: Since Fair Hill 2009
One suggestion: Keep doing what you're doing!

- Pennsylvania
- 29
- 4 years eventing - 20 years riding - Novice/Training and I wish I would have found eventing sooner!
-Favorite Food - Spaghetti
-Number of horses - 1
-How long you have been visiting EN - Since Fairhill 2009!
-Not a thing!

USA, Alabama
22
Riding 16 yrs, eventing 14 yrs, prelim
scotch
2
a few months
writer bios!

Your home country and state/province: Canada, Ontario
-Age: 45
-Years of eventing experience and level: 5, entry (plus hunting!!)
-Favorite food: chocolate and red wine (not sure if the latter counts as food but definitely right up there)
-Number of horses: 3
-How long you have been visiting EN: a few weeks
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: it is great as it is!

-Your home country and state/province OHIO
-Age 45
-Years of eventing experience and level 1 YEAR/INTRO
-Favorite food PIZZA
-Number of horses 4
-How long you have been visiting EN 1 MONTH
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better lOVE IT!!!

-Ontario Canada
-28
-riding as an eventer for about 6-7 years total competing, 1 year entry (Canadian entry level)
-Cheesecake!
-I part board one horse
-not sure, two months?
-virtual course walks, including training areas, invitations to visit IRL :) (I'd love to get out of Canada in the winter!)

-Your home country and state/province: Michigan
-Age: 24
-Years of eventing experience and level: 10 riding, 7 eventing, competed at prelim but at novice right now.
-Favorite food: salmon
-Number of horses: 1 competing horse
-How long you have been visiting EN: about a month
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: more funny videos, I love those.

-Kentucky
-32
-Eventing 15 years, highest level = Training
-Cheese fondue, cheese pizza, ice cream, chocolate
-Own 2 horses
-EN has been on my RSS feed for about 2 months
-Already love everything about the site!

-B.C., Canada
-Age: 28
-Years of eventing experience and level: Riding before I could walk, eventing since age 14, up to CCI** (classic format)
-Favorite food: really? fruit smoothies, tacos and my sister's amazing brownies
-Number of horses: 1 of riding age, one yearling
-How long you have been visiting EN: a month or less
-One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: kind of interesting to see where people are coming from on the top right (live traffic feed); however, I've noticed that mine says Ontario when I browse from work, but BC when I browse from home.

-Your home country and state/province: US, Michigan
-Age: 17
-Years of eventing experience and level: 5 years & Preliminary
-Favorite food: tea, steak, mashed potatoes, brownies, cupcakes, milkshakes, etc
-Number of horses: 2
-How long you have been visiting EN: two months

- Ontario, Canada
- 24
- 10 years - back to the beginning with greenies
- Pizza ... ice cream ... chocolate ... chinese ... burger and fries ... i like food
- 2
- a couple of months
- more clinic breakdown stuff and more ridiculous commentaries

Your home country and state/province: USA, NC
-Age: 20
-Years of eventing experience and level: 9 years of eventing, Preliminary
-Favorite food: Steak
-Number of horses: None of my own, but I am lucky enough to have 2 to compete!
-How long you have been visiting EN: A few months
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: More grooming tips, more photos, maybe do a weekly bio of a randomly chosen non-pro rider so we can get to know each other a little better!

north carolina
55
riding before walking/ evented for 47 years. Have competed internationally but have not gone Advanced for 3 years. I hope to go Advanced again before I am 60. I like to eat good vegetarian food. Too many horses to ride but I only own 2 and a pony. My working student got me to look at EN a week ago. The cross cantering puissance jumper got me hooked (7'10"!!!) I like everything about this site. It has variety and good info. I don't feel like it is a total waste of time.

KY
21
15 riding, 10 eventing, highest level=intermediate
a good milkshake
2 beautiful horses
since October 2009
don't change a thing, keep it up!!!

Georgia

32

Technically, never evented, except for 1 at Tadpole last year at Pine Top's New Years schooling show. Been riding off and on since I was about 8, got "serious" about 3 years ago and just purchased my first horse in October 2009. Hopefully will run BN with him next year.

Pancakes.

Just the one horse

Been visisting EN for a couple months now

So far, I can't think of anything I'd change or suggest. :)

Home Town: Ypsilanti, MI USA
54
Riding since the age of 5, eventing for 15 years (44 years if you count the years I galloped thru water and jumped off banks in a western saddle), have competed Prelm, but due to surgery and age trying to get smarter and stay at the Novice level
Anything with guacamole and Tequila
1 Yak+Thoroughbred cross
Been visiting about 2 months
Suggestion? Keep the humor coming!!

-Seattle, WA
-25
-4 years and around bn/n then an 8 year break and started back up 8 months ago, no competing yet but headed to a Robin Hahn clinic this weekend
-Um, all foods? Pasta, popcorn, candy, most home-baked goods
-no horses, but use of 2 or 3 school horses
-been addicted to EN for around a month
-more rider profiles, especially at the lower levels and adult ammys!

Indiana
31
~15 years, through prelim
chocolate
3
since Fair Hill
Great job!

-Your home country and state/province: BC Canada
-Age : 36
-Years of eventing experience and level: started when I was 12 but stopped when I moved to Japan at 25. Have been an event organizer forever.
-Favorite food: sushi. and food in general.
-Number of horses: sigh zero
-How long you have been visiting EN: about 2 months
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: I love it!!! More west coast stuff would be great.

home- Camden, De
-Age- 28
-Years of eventing experience and level- 20 years but do we count eventing since we were 8yrs old? Highest is training level but I am young and broke. Give me a few years :)
-Favorite food- ice cream
-Number of horses- own 3, care for 8
-How long you have been visiting EN- since fairhill 2009!
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better- more description of those clinics. I totally wanted to know why Will was getting picked on :)

-Your home country and state/province
-Age- 21
-Years of eventing experience and level- about 12 years, competed through preliminary
-Favorite Food- Sushi!
-Number of horses- n/a
-How long you have been visiting EN- about 3 weeks
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better- same as a few other people have suggested, more bio's on non-pro competitors, training tips, but overall a GREAT website!!

Penn Yan, NY/20 years with horses/10 eventing. Highest level Novice/59 years old
food-pasta
4 horses with a foal coming next year
Visiting EN since late 2009
Keep up coverage on the road to the WEG's for our team-USA-let us know who the team will be-speculation, I know-give us the inside scoop. Lay-off Darren with the tabloid coverage. If you watch him at the 2004 Olympics then watch 2008--he is a great rider and wish he was still on board for the upcoming events.

-Your home country and state/province- Chicago, IL, USA
-Age: 26
-Years of eventing experience and level: 10+, Prelim
-Favorite food: pizza or sushi
-Number of horses: 0 at the moment-hoping to change that soon!
-How long you have been visiting EN: since it started!
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: more of the same, love the crazy stuff you guys find and love hearing about what's going on with training sessions!

-Your home country and state/province: D.C.
-Age: 16
-Years of eventing experience and level: Riding since before I could walk. Eventing for about 6 years. Competed through trainging and moving up to prelim next month =)
-Favorite food: good food
-Number of horses: 18 at our farm. 4 are mine and I compete one for another lady at a different barn.
-How long you have been visiting EN: for a few months
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: well it's pretty great right now, but maybe more videos and interviews with riders.

Alabama - a country all it's own.
Almost 21
9 years eventing and 13 with horses up to the 2* level
Anything Sweet
4 but 2 for sale
Since FairHill 2009!
Love Eventing nation as is! Loved the celeb look alikes!

Eventing Nation needs an Iphone APP!

** Zeeland, MI
** 45
** riding/showing HJ & dressage 39 years, eventing mom for about 7 years, might event my youngster next year - he has to learn to canter first :)
** grilled salmon
** only 2 at the moment: homebred TB and talented welsh/arab
** shortly after Fair Hill

** Kind of sticking with the theme of others.** It's great to be kept up on US eventing news, but to most of us, the lives of most of those riders is no where near OUR reality: sponsors, owners, numerous horses to help accumulate points, they don't have to ride after work-it is their WORK - lucky!!
So, my suggestion: some stories about people like us, or amazing riders that are doing it with one horse and no sponsors. These types of stories would be inspiring vs. just a dream, and maybe offer insight into how we could make progress ourselves.
Sorry if that sounded preachy.
LOVE the site and usually visit at least once during the day and then again at night to see what else may have happened. GO EVENTING!

-Your home country and state/province: KY
-Age: 25
-Years of eventing experience and level: 13 yrs, Adv
-Favorite food: chocolate. And fried green tomatoes.
-Number of horses: 1 officially
-How long you have been visiting EN: Dec 09
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: MORE COMMENTS!! We love feedback, and the comments on this topic have been awesome. Your suggestions, especially the low-level rider profiles, will definitely be considered. Thanks to all our loyal readers!

Home Country: Depends what you call home. English/Belgian Citizen, grew up in MI live in KY
Age: 23
Year of Eventing: 16
Experience Level: Prelim Rider, Novice Horse
Favorite Food: Pannekoeken
Number of horses: 1
EN nation: 3 months
Eventing Nation needs nothing!

USA/SC
31
20+ yrs riding, 6 yrs eventing, prelim
Any kind of pasta
None at the moment but hope to soon!
Since Fair Hill 2009
More live blogs please!

Your home country and state/province: NH originally. Lived in Unionnville, PA for 4 years, now living in Boston.
Age: 25
Years of eventing experience and level: 3, BN, foxhunted & did h/j since age 4.
Favorite food: Watermelon
Number of horses: 1
How long you have been visiting EN: 2 months
One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: More profiles on up and coming riders. I LOVE the humor, too! This is one of my favorite sites.

Your home country and state/province: Sydney, Australia
-Age: 45
-Years of eventing experience and level: riding exp, 30+ years. evented to novice level (lower now) dressage to FEI level
-Favorite food: Sushi and wine
-Number of horses: currently 2
-How long you have been visiting EN: about a month
-One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: even more stuff from around the world?

St Louis, Mo
25
15 - Training
Chips
2
1 month
hidden secret, I dont know how I didnt find it sooner. I love it!

- USA / District of Columbia
- 50
- 10, to Prelim [haven't competed since 1980, hope to again soon]
- Italian
- 0
- Since Fair Hill in 2009
-* splitting the archives into categories: blog entries, interviews, video library, results, funny stuff etc. It'll be easier to find previous info as the site ages and evolves. Love the site!

California
-49
-12+ years, Solid Training
-ice cream
-1 awesome TB
-about a month
-*Love it so far because it offers something different!

Home: NC, USA
Age: 24
Experience: 12 years of riding, currently hunters; never evented (always wanted to-lack of funds/opportunity-hopeful to start soon!)
Food: Italian, and cupcakes
Horses: 0...lack of funds part- I am lucky enough that many friends let me ride/show their horses
Reading EN: about 4 months
Improvement: I love the Sunday jog up tips-more tips on riding/showing; otherwise very nice mix of news and humor!

age: 40
experience: ****
Food: creme brulee and microbrew IPA, not together.
Horses: 29 on farm, 14 to ride daily, 7 of my own, including retired A horses
Reading EN: about a month! I love it and it is integral to my morning coffee!!

-Washington State
-28 years
-Riding forever, only 2 years eventing. Competed BN, Schooling N
-Favorite food is pizza and cookies!
-One TB
-Been to EN a few months
-More info on "regular people." As much as I love hearing about the pros, I will never ever be able to quit my job to event! Behind the scenes stuff would be so cool! Bios on the writers here. More grooming and horse management tips. Pretty much what everyone else said. I love this site and it can only get better!

Your home country and state/province
-27
-12- Advanced
-Pizza or Poutine
-currently 0
-about 6 months
- I love the profiles of riders and also the clinic reports- keep up the great work!

      Massachusetts USA
      -37
      -intermediate as a YR many moons ago
      -Indian
      -2
      -EN for 3 months +
      -*keep up the different voices

South Carolina
Age: 19
Years of eventing experience and level: 5 years, moving up to Preliminary this spring
Favorite food: Anything with chocolate
Number of horses: 4
How long you have been visiting EN: 1 month
One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: I love EN the way it is!

One more suggestion: would love to see the grooming tips as a conversation or 2-person article. I was a groom for a top rider for a while and didn't agree with some of the grooming tips - and could have offered counter-examples and "another road to Rome" on quite a few. I think that would make a very interesting read and give everyone some new ideas.

-Your home country and state/province: Ohio
-Age: 16
-Years of eventing experience and level: 4 years/Prelim
-Favorite food: dark chocolate, in any shape or form.
-Number of horses: 1 (actually owned)
-How long you have been visiting EN: a few months
-*One suggestion for how we can make Eventing Nation better: love the training session updates, would love to see author bio's, maybe some "day in the life of a working student" type entries :)