Katie Lindsay: JUST DO IT
(No, this is not a Nike commercial!) I’ve finally emerged from my spring officiating back to back, (Twin Rivers, Rolex Kentucky and Jersey Fresh), and I’m glad to have a reprieve from flailing my way
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Yearly Archives: 2010
Your take: alternative therapies
As all of my vets know, I’m a born skeptic. Perhaps it’s just my cognitive science background, but I tend to think a lot of alternative therapies have more to do with making us feel
...» Read More!Are You Smarter Than A Pony Clubber?
As promised, this week is Quiz Rally. Quiz, as the name would indicate, is a knowledge competition for the nerdy really smart kids. Quiz is divided into 4 sections: Written Test, Classroom, Stations, and Mega-Room.
...» Read More!The Worst Worst Videos Ever – Chattahoochee Hills
While hiking around cross-country at the Chattahoochee Hills Area III Championships, I spent some time introducing myself to the video feature on my DSLR. Photography is my forte, friends. I don’t claim to have a
...» Read More!Thoughts on the short list
On Friday, the USEF released partial short list for the WEGs, narrowing the list of potential horses to 11 names along with several that might be named after Luhmuhlen. Buck Davidson and BallyNoe Castle RM (11th Burghley
...» Read More!How did your event go this weekend?
Welcome to the second edition of the weekly post where we ask readers to share about their weekend. Last week we got some great responses from Ohio to Washington to a starter horse trials in Maryland.
...» Read More!Jessica Phoenix and Exponential win Chattahoochee advanced
1. Jessica Phoenix and Exponential +0 33.0 2. Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master +1 41.8 3. Michael Pollard and Wonderful Will +12 47.8 4. Will Coleman and Twizzel +9 50.3 Link: Chattahoochee Results (1) Jessica
...» Read More!The Sunday Jog-Up: Tips from a Groom
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!Triple Crown will have to wait another year
Lookin At Lucky and jockey Martin Garcia won the Preakness for trainer Bob Baffert. First Dud finished second, Jackson Bend third. Super Saver wasn’t so lucky. Props to commenter The859 for picking Lookin At Lucky
...» Read More!Comeback Saturday at Chattahoochee
Link: Chattahoohee Live Scores The story so far in Georgia are the comeback performances. Canadian team hopeful Jessica Phoenix is returning from having a baby right before The Fork. They tried to time the birth
...» Read More!Don’t forget
NBC will air its Rolex broadcast today from 3:00-4:30pm EST, immediately preceding coverage of the Preakness. I’m not sure who I like to win the Preakness, but I’m betting on Cool Mountain to win in
...» Read More!Visionaire’s five-star Friday evening notes
Visionaire is riding at Chattahoochee Hills this weekend and passed along a few photos from the competition to share with Eventing Nation. The XC schedule was reworked because of high temperatures predicted for Saturday–the advanced
...» Read More!WEG Short List
The USEF has released a partial short list for WEG selection with 11 pairs listed. Additional horse/rider combinations may be named to the Short List after the final selection trial held at Luhmuhlen CCI4* June
...» Read More!What’s hot and what’s not in the UK
lec, a regular EN contributor and UK resident has kindly sent in some thoughts on eventing trends in the UK. I had no idea what a couple of these things were so I included some
...» Read More!Mandatory reading: events this weekend
Eventing Nation has the coolest fans ever. This screenshot was submitted by clb, and she references my This Doesn’t Sound Like Golfing At All post. —- Meanwhile, the spring is turning to summer across Eventing Nation despite
...» Read More!Living a Charmed Life: 10 Questions with Jim Wofford
James C. Wofford, or as many of us know him, Jimmy, has represented the US at the Olympics three times, winning two team silver and one individual silver medal. He is a member of the
...» Read More!Lower-Level Event Rider Profile
It’s Reader Appreciation month, so we’re here to bring you more LL Rider Profiles! These have been a big hit, and I love meeting our EN audience. I’m still sorting through many of them, but if you would like to
...» Read More!Riding a fine line
In the the latest developments of the FEI’s attempt to police hyperflexion, the FEI has sent out a press release trying to clarify acceptable neck positions in the warmup that are definied in the new
...» Read More!More friends make us happy
May is indeed reader appreciation month here on Eventing Nation, and I want to say thanks to all of our incredible readers. Eventing Nation has the most intelligent, informed, involved, and insider audience anywhere online—if
...» Read More!NWEC event report and much more from Chelan
Well folks, Chelan Kozak has sent me another email, and against my better judgement with pleasure I’m going to post it. Somebody go find JER. But I have learned! This week I made a couple of
...» Read More!Reader Appreciation Month
Courtesy of HC First off, I want to say a huge “YOU’RE WELCOME!!” to all the thank-you’s we have received after the Rolex/Derby/Badminton bonanza. Your kind words really keep us going, and it’s nice to
...» Read More!Your take: making eventing fans
-For the next 5 minutes, lets pretend we want to. After getting home from Jersey, one vet emailed me and suggested that we ask Eventing Nation about how to improve public interest in eventing. I
...» Read More!Jersey report
Perspective is not what I was looking for when I went into the start box at Jersey Fresh on Saturday. I was shooting for the clear round. I was determined to reach my goal and
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