Thursday Lunch Break at Bromont
Rain has started to fall here at Bromont during the lunch break, but The Beatles are playing over the speakers and life is good. There were a lot of quality rides this morning in both
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Thursday morning Bromont reader
Competition at Bromont is getting started today with the CCI1* and CCI2* competition. Bromont is beautifully situated situated within the green Canadian mountains, and I have been throughly impressed with the event so far. Event
...» Read More!Boyd is excited for Wednesday jog notes
Boyd and Min (1) The Ground Jury held 8 out of around 100 horses that were presented today, but only spun one (Here N Now in the CCI*). Probably around 20 riders were asked to
...» Read More!EN’s Bromont Challenge from Omega Alpha
Our pick Rolex contest was a lot of fun, and we are bringing back the picks-for-prizes format in a simplified form for Bromont. The latest Bromont entry list (from June 7th) includes 31 CCI3* names: Andrea
...» Read More!Carrie Meehan and Blue Devil: Chapter 6 – Bromont!
Carrie Meehan, one of Eventing Nation’s guest bloggers, is competing in her first CCI* here at Bromont this weekend. Today she gives us an early look at the Bromont scenery and her first impressions from
...» Read More!10 Things I Learned This Weekend
On Saturday, a few friends and I were supposed to make a quick drive to pick up my new games pony. Instead of a pony, I got a broken diesel pump and an 11 hour
...» Read More!Destination Bromont: driving and blogging all night!
I’m driving through the night to Bromont with Emily and Jeff Beshear, their son Nicholas, and their labrador Theo. If you don’t know, Emily is an upper level rider and coach, Jeff is a rider
...» Read More!EN cause of the month: United States Para-Equestrian Association
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve and grow eventing, Eventing Nation will be raising awareness for a horse related cause or charity each month. The plan is to explain the issues facing equestrianism
...» Read More!Why I do this sport.
Good girl! What’s your favorite eventing moment? Why do you do this silly sport that wastes so much time, money, and can cause so much disappointment? I don’t know about you, but I
...» Read More!3 US pairs heading to Luhmuhlen
Will Coleman and Twizzel have been removed from the Luhmuhlen entries list, leaving Jennifer Wooten and The Good Witch, Allison and Arthur, and Michael Pollard and Wonderful Will as the three US pairs scheduled to
...» Read More!Sweden bids for 2018 WEGs
Earlier today Gothenburg, Sweden entered the running for the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Goethenburg will be competing with Wellington, FL and whichever other cities enter their names for consideration over the next few months. Like I
...» Read More!The week that is about to be
Bromont: Eventing Nation turns our attention to Canada this weekend with the Bromont CCI3*, CCI2*, CCI1*, and training HT. The bromont CCI3* entry list has grown over the past week and now includes names (up from
...» Read More!How did your event go this weekend?
We had 12 USEA events this weekend, and lots of other events around the world. I can’t possibly cover them all, but Eventing Nation can. In the near future, we’re going to have bribes prizes
...» Read More!Monday news and notes
Pippa Funnell and Redesigned, Wikimedia Commons We have a big week ahead of us here at Eventing Nation. Here are a few quick news and notes from the weekend. (1) Pippa Funnell won the Bramham
...» Read More!IEA Helmet Cam
Helmet cams are all the rage these days and deltawave has posted her helmet cam video from the Indiana Eventing Association T3DE and HT on the COTH forums. Clean and fast–well done deltawave! Link:
...» 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!Longshot Drosselmeyer wins the Belmont
Drosselmeyer, ridden by Mike Smith and owned by WinStar Farm, beat out First Dude down the stretch at the Belmont. The final time on the Belmont was the slowest since 1995. Drosselmeyer paid $28 to
...» Read More!New York, New York!
Guess what? It’s Belmont Day! This year’s Triple Crown has been a bit of a dud, with the dull performance of Super Saver in the Preakness. And this is one of the very few years
...» Read More!Video Saturday: Are You Recording?
It’s no mystery things don’t always go as planned when dealing with horses. All the more better for us when things don’t go as planned and there is a camera around. Graceful isn’t exactly a
...» Read More!Friday night reader
Greetings friends and welcome to the weekend! I’ve been traveling most of today but here are a few notes which would be better characterized as the ramblings of an exhausted traveler. (1) I don’t mean
...» Read More!12 US events this weekend
Until further notice Eventing Nation will stop covering eventing and we will only play video footage of oil rushing out of a pipe. As an aside, if any of our readers knows how to stop
...» Read More!Lower-Level Event 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 Bailey and her horse Tanner. If you wish to
...» Read More!Thumbs up or thumbs down: banning top hats and hunt caps
Helmets are the talk of the equestrian world right now. The publicity surrounding Courtney King’s helmet-less fall and resulting brain injury have unified the pro-helmet forces like never before. Websites that show pictures of riders
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