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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Jan Bynny is back in the saddle
Jan has just reported on her website that she is back riding and has even started jumping: “I had an MRI and MRA that showed my artery is completely healed and the blood supply is
...» Read More!Big, Big Ben
Sometimes I get called upon by not-so-tech-savvy friends for assistance in completing tasks that usually wind up being simple and mundane, yet forgivably misunderstood by said victim of modern technology. I lucked out recently, when
...» Read More!GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!
Spectacular, incredible, amazing! Landon Donovan scored a rebound goal in the 91st minute of play to give the US an incredible 1-0 victory of Algeria and advance the US onto the next round of the
...» Read More!Full Moon Farm 1/4 Star Three-Day
One of the things I love about Eventing Nation is that we can spend a weekend writing about one of the biggest events in the world at Luhmuhlen, and then turn around a few days
...» Read More!Acronym news and notes: PRO and WEGs
Sometimes I get to write about news that is obviously a big deal, and other times I write about things that, like the tip of an iceberg, don’t look like much but are indicative of
...» Read More!Let’s Discuss: Helmets
“I want the truth!” Everyone is talking about helmets. When we posted Luhmuhlen dressage results, the first question everyone asked was “did Allison wear her helmet?” Courtney King’s fall was a tragedy but it has
...» Read More!Navy Horses
Could you ever imagine willingly giving up horses? Not just for a weekend, but for a minimum of 5 years? That’s exactly what Midshipmen Dulce Johnson and Bethany Carlson did when they were accepted to
...» Read More!(Another) 5 Things I Learned This Weekend
Either this has been a month of extreme stupidity or I’m not as educated in the ways of the world as I thought I was. So, in a reoccurring theme, here are another 5 things
...» Read More!Luhmuhlen Videos
A quick look at the XC Sunday’s action Link: hours of Luhmuhlen video from Germany courtesy of Pegasus44
...» Read More!How was your event this weekend?
Happy summer solstice–today is officially the first day of summer and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Some of the US riders at Luhmuhlen were remarking about how strange it was
...» Read More!10 Questions with Denny Emerson
He was named one of the 50 most influential horsemen of the 20th Century by the Chronicle in 2000. He is also the only rider to have won both a gold medal in Eventing and
...» Read More!Happy Father’s Day
Eventing dads come in many types: The Hands-On Dad: Some eventing dads jump right in and go to all the lessons, all the events, and are on the front lines in the vet box cooling
...» Read More!Sharon Hunt and Tankers Town win Luhmuhlen
(1) 32 year old Sharon Hunt of Great Britain came from behind to beat Ingrid Klimke of Germany by just 0.2 points to win the Luhmuhlen CCI4*. Both Ingrid and Sharon pulled one rail, but
...» Read More!The Sunday Jog-Up
Do you ever stare in awe at the sleek shiny horses, the glistening brass, perfect braids, and dazzling white marks at a CCI trot up? Do you ever wonder how they get that way?
...» Read More!Arthur withdraws from Luhmuhlen
From Allison’s blog: “[After XC] we noticed that he had a hematoma above his right knee on the inside of his forearm which we got ice on right away. He walked comfortably back to the
...» Read More!Saturday afternoon Luhmuhlen notes
So, one of my horses got an abscess today. I’m away from my home barn right now so I had to call a local vet out, and I knew it was going to be a
...» Read More!Luhmuhlen XC results
(1) Overnight leaders Ingrid Klimke and FRH Butts Abraxxas held onto their lead by posting a double clear. Ingrid has only been back riding for two and a half months, which is apparently Will Coleman’s
...» Read More!Video Saturday: Luhmuhlen CCI****
The Luhmuhlen event is the four-star many of us in the States probably know the least about. Here is a somewhat shaky yet comprehensive look at last year’s competition including cross-country, the Sunday jog, and
...» Read More!The time is now
Years of dreaming and training all come down to a few minutes around a course in the middle of Germany. Links: Live XC scores, XC ride times
...» Read More!Thoughts on the Canadian short list
(1) As several readers have already pointed out, there are no surprises with the Canadian short list. All the Canadian riders who jumped around a CCI3* or CCI4* this spring with less than 20 penalties
...» Read More!Arthur is excited for Friday afternoon Luhmuhlen notes
Night is falling in Germany and the horses and riders will be doing their best to get some nervous rest before the big day tomorrow. Arthur should sleep well after proving on Friday US eventing
...» Read More!Canadian short list
We’ll have much more on this later, but I just got ahold of the 9 names on the Canadian short list: Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin & JuiceDiana Burnett and MannyKyle Carter and Madison ParkRebecca Howard
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