[Your favorite caption here] Update: Well, it took a few days, but the EN Chinchillas have meticulously narrowed the captions down to 11 finalists. If your caption was not selected, take it up with the
...» Read More!It’s Monday Eventing Nation! The troops have headed home from Arizona, and life is returning to normal. I didn’t get to attend the convention this year, but I am definitely looking forward to hearing the
...» Read More!Ecogold is a fantastic sponsor on Eventing Nation not just because they make fabulous saddle pads and boots but also because they produce great content as well. Patricia from Ecogold was at the USEA convention
...» Read More!The USEA Convention officially ended Sunday afternoon. There was a typically light schedule today because many of the convention attendees had already departed. The Sunday morning Board of Governors’ Meeting featured administrative details, a speech
...» Read More!If you’re an eventing parent (or firend of spouse for that matter) then chances are that at some point your daughter or son (or significant other) asked Santa for a pony for Christmas and for
...» Read More!69 days ago the US eventing team added 17 show jumping penalties to finish the World Equestrian Games in 4th place. Tonight, members of that team and the support staff came together to explain what
...» Read More!Let me start the post off by extending my well-wishes to Henny and his family. I was heartbroken to hear the news from Samantha earlier today, but it sounds like Henny will make a good
...» Read More!International advanced event horse H.J. Hampton developed an acute case of colic Saturday morning. Peter Atkins told me that they rushed “Henny” to New England Equine Surgical and Medical Center, where surgery was performed. Henny
...» Read More!The first item on my agenda for Saturday morning was the USEF Chef and Technical Advisor Forum where Eric Straus, chairman of the USEF’s coaching search committee, Mike Huber, Bobby Costello and Amy Tryon (other
...» Read More!Goodmorning from beautiful Arizona. Halfway through the 2010 USEA Convention, I think the defining theme so far is head protection. From the helmet rule change proposal to the many safety discussions, everyone is focusing on
...» Read More!The Training Solutions from Top Riders forum on Friday afternoon featured Oliver Townend, Phillip Dutton, Becky Holder, Karen O’Connor, Amy Tryon, Buck Davidson, and Allison Springer answering training questions from the audience. In the opening,
...» Read More!Friday afternoon was a blur of meetings and they are not over yet. I have included my thoughts on the meetings I was able to attend, but of course I wasn’t able to attend all
...» Read More!Since a the Board of Governors meeting covered such a wide array of issues, many of which are excruciatingly boring, I have decided to choose three key points for discussion. 1. The USEA is
...» Read More!Have you ever wondered where the EN corporate headquarters is actually located? The answer is wherever the staffers’ laptops happen to be; John’s is currently at the USEA Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mine on the
...» Read More!Make it rain When you sit through 8 hours of speaking in one day, you get a lot of practice at summarizing things. The USEF Active Athletes meeting was an open meeting between the top
...» Read More!Thursday afternoon was really the start of the packed convention schedule with sometimes three open meeting running simultaneously. My experience from the 2009 convention paid off and I had a better idea which meetings were
...» Read More!The major item on the Thursday morning convention schedule was an educational seminar on the equestrian business and law. Obviously the two topics have considerable overlap, but the the lecture was divided into two parts.
...» Read More!Good morning from beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Today is the first major day of the USEA convention and there are a staggering 17 items on the Thursday schedule [convention schedule]. If you have never been to
...» Read More!We have had a few hours to digest the USEF’s 2011 training and developing rider lists that were released on Wednesday. First, I should say congrats to everyone who made one of the lists–it’s a
...» Read More!Of course, our friends at the USEF formally announced the 2011 Training List and Developing Riders list when I was cruising at 40,000 feet on my way to Scottsdale for the USEA convention. But hey,
...» Read More!This article was originally published on Eventing Nation I was lucky enough to see Dorothy Crowell when she was still Dorothy Trapp, riding Molokai in England before going on to win a silver medal at
...» Read More!I was lucky enough to see Dorothy Crowell when she was still Dorothy Trapp, riding Molokai in England before going on to win a silver medal at The Hague World Equestrian Games in 1994 and
...» Read More!I get to write Eventing Nation’s ‘Wednesday news and notes’ and instead of a bunch of links I thought I would provide a quick update on the
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