Are You Smarter Than A Pony Clubber
This week’s quiz is about feet! Perhaps I was inspired by an enlightening conversation with my farrier, or the fact that this is the month that my poor horse’s feet start to fall apart. Either
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Sport Horse Nation — The first week
I remember the first week on Eventing Nation, and trust me the first week on Sport Horse Nation went a lot better. We posted 2 classifieds each of our first 6 days, and we already
...» Read More!Leah Lang-Gluscic, chapter 1
To our readers who sit in a concrete jungle all day, working for (as LisaB calls them) pointy-haired bosses–have you ever wondered what it would be like to quit your job and start your own
...» Read More!Weekly Discussion from Omega Alpha: Natural Horsemanship
McKenna’s excellent Camp OCET report from yesterday mentioned natural horsemanship a lot, and unquestionably such techniques are an important component of the O’Connor training philosophy, as well as other eventing programs around the US. On
...» Read More!Steph Rhodes-Bosch, chapter 2
Steph Rhodes-Bosch has been kind enough to write her second guest blog entry. Today she writes about competing lower level horses while Port Authority enjoyed a well deserved rest after Rolex. Thanks for writing this
...» Read More!Camp OCET: Everything you need to know
Eventing Nation had a strong presence at the O’Connor Eventing Camp last week, and one of our readers was kind enough to share about her camp experience. In this article, McKenna writes about everything from
...» Read More!Katie Lindsay: Chasing the Elusive “AHA” Moment
Into each life, hopefully, some AHA moments shall fall. “So Katie, now WTF are you babbling about?” you may ask! This topic came about following a somewhat well lubricated dinner conversation I was having with
...» Read More!Prologs at Glanusk Horse Trials
Lec, an Eventing Nation regular and guest writer from the UK, attended the Glanusk horse trials over the weekend. Lec sent us this report with her thoughts and observations about Prologs, which are styrofoam logs
...» Read More!Monday Hot Links
NYT: One of the carriage drivers passed away in the hospital Sunday night after the Iowa parade stampede Bellvue’s fire chief, about the stampede: “This is just something that happens that we can’t prevent,” he said.
...» Read More!Developing: 1 dead, 23 injured in horse stampede at Iowa parade
Monday Update: The NYT is reporting that one of the carriage passengers has passed away We have some sad news coming from Bellevue, Iowa, where several horses broke loose and ran wild through the crowd for several
...» Read More!Happy Independence Day
Today we celebrate an incredible moment in the history of mankind, but what exactly are we celebrating? Historians now know that representatives from the American colonies taking part in the second continental congress voted to
...» 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? (LOTS
...» Read More!UK Short List Dilemmas
We have yet to hear World Equestrian Games short lists from two major powers–the US and the UK. My understanding is that we have at least a few more days until we will hear from
...» Read More!Event this weekend from TOTD
We only have one USEA event in the US this holiday weekend, and that honor goes to the South Farm horse trials in Ohio. The weather is beautiful in Ohio this weekend with all sun
...» Read More!Video Saturday: Camp Dutton from Ecogold
Phillip showing the importance of a strong knee Ambitious, brave, and totally lucky campers are spending some summer days at Eventing Camp with Phillip Dutton. Today we go the educational route with Video Saturday as
...» Read More!FEI: McLain Ward’s Sapphire was “incorrectly eliminated”
The FEI has issued a press release stating that the disqualification of McLain Ward and Sapphire at the show jumping World Cup in Geneva was incorrect: “After a full investigation into the facts surrounding the
...» Read More!Sport Horse Nation enters the 21st century
Reaching our vast audience of eventers with a classifieds on Sport Horse Nation takes less than 15 minutes and costs just $15. The process has gotten even faster since last night I added a secure credit
...» Read More!What does our “N” equal when riding?
Dr. Kent Allen wrote an interesting article for the Chronicle about what he calls the “N=1 Syndrome,” where, N is the sample size (number of patients) of an experiment, or the number of observed experiences.
...» Read More!Lower-Level Rider Profile
The LLRP inbox is starting to dwindle, but we still have many more EN members to meet! This week we would like to introduce you to Gretchen and her horse Lily. If you wish to
...» Read More!The top 3 things I like about Canada
I’ll admit that when I started Eventing Nation I didn’t like Canada very much. I just wasn’t sure about all the snow, all the friendship, and all the peacefulness. Now, many moons later, I am
...» Read More!Eventing Nation’s Sport Horse Classifieds
The greatest strength of Eventing Nation is our wonderful community of readers; most eventers in the US and Canada visit Eventing Nation at least once a week, many of you once a day, and some
...» Read More!Good times at Camp OCET
Things got a little exciting at the O’Connor event camp on Wednesday when Karen got more than she bargained for. While riding the mechanical bull, a camper (pictured above) fell off the front and tried
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