A View From My Horse: Thoroughbred Edition
I knew when I started this column it was only a matter of time before I got a photo from the race track, as exercising race horses is a popular job for event riders to
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Why travel 10,000 miles to go to an Event?
Yes, 10,000 miles. It all starts with 2 1//2 hours in the car to the airport, a 14 hour flight from Sydney to Los Angeles, a 3 hour layover to stretch my legs and then
...» Read More!An eventer’s birthday cake
Go eventing. [via Kelly’s mom Cheryl. Kelly, from Area VII, rides her OTTB horse “Kiwi” and Appaloosa “Abby”]
...» Read More!Martin Luther King Jr.’s Monday Reader
Today we get a chance to remember one of the true visionaries and leaders in the history of mankind. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested over 20 times, his home was bombed, he was
...» Read More!Leah Lang-Gluscic, chapter 8
On one of the last quiet Sundays around Eventing Nation until next winter, let’s take a few minutes to check in with Leah Lang-Gluscic. As you know, Leah has quit an investment banking job in
...» Read More!Sunday Morning Links
Good Morning Eventing Nation! Truth be told its a pretty quiet day on the Eventing front, with no US recognized competitions or other excitement on the calendar for this weekend. This time of year is
...» Read More!2011 FEI Rule Changes for Eventing
As the 2011 competition season starts to get underway, let’s take a quick look at the new FEI rule changes for 2011 that went into effect on January 1st. There are very few issues in
...» Read More!Crazy Saturday Morning Links
After a lot of treats (Oreos) for both horses and humans, everyone is beginning to behave here in Aiken. Bonjour mes amis! I have returned from the land of crepes, berets, wine, and really skinny
...» Read More!The USEF 2011 Eventing Training Session Schedule
The USEF has just released a final list of dates for the 2011 training sessions with Mark Phillips. The USEF press release states that training sessions with Katie Prudent have not been confirmed. Like last
...» Read More!Good News Friday: Injured Italian WEG Horse Fully Recovered
Iman du Golfe at Harpur’s Island farm in Kentucky The Italian horse who was Kentucky.com via KE]
...» Read More!Phillip and Bobby on the Eventing Radio Show
Phillip Dutton and Bobby Costello spoke on the Eventing Radio Show this week, along with Eventing Nation’s good friend and sponsor John Nunn. I don’t always have the time to listen to the ERS, but
...» Read More!Vince Wilfork’s Friday Reader from Pennfield
New England Patriots defensive tackle and human mountain Vince Wilfork will be playing against the rival New York Jets this weekend in an NFL divisional playoff game. While most of his team is exchanging taunts
...» Read More!The US Eventing Pipeline
At the USEA’s annual convention in Phoenix last month, Sara Ike gave a presentation as part of the USEF’s rider development open forum. Sara is the managing director of eventing for the USEF and you
...» Read More!10 Months with Ingrid Klimke
Simply put, Europe is really good at producing event riders. The economic, geographical, funding, competitive, ownership, and sponsorship circumstances in Europe create a fertile environment for growing young eventers. At the same time, the economic
...» Read More!Thursday Morning News and Notes
Good Morning Eventing Nation! Usually before I write these morning news posts, I first try to decide whether it’s a good news day or bad news day. ‘Bad news’ days are usually when a national
...» Read More!Appeal Court Revives Suit by Parents of Girl Thrown from Horse
Wikimedia Commons Remember how the lawyer speaking about equine liability at the USEA Convention said that one problem with equestrian litigation is that the judges often don’t understand anything about horses? A Los Angeles legal
...» Read More!Thinking Versus Feeling
A few days ago, I picked up a book in the library entitled, “Show Jumping: The Great Ones.” The book was dated enough to have one of those fabric covers with that gold colored lettering,
...» Read More!Eventing Nation buried in snow
There is a foot of snow on the ground here at the EN corporate headquarters, but the writers and Chinchillas are all snug and cozy thanks to the electric bill being paid by our sponsors.
...» Read More!Charisma’s Wednesday News and Notes from Ecogold
We try to start your mornings off right by beginning every single News and Notes post with a brief discussion about an interesting/relevant topic, usually related to eventing. Today we get to take a look
...» Read More!Tuesday Night Video Break
Sometimes we get emailed a video that is just too good to pass up. This is certainly not one of those videos, but I thought we would post it anyhow. In a country as cold
...» Read More!The UK Coaching System
EN guest writer and our UK connection, LEC, was kind enough to write for Eventing Nation about the coaching system in the UK. In the US, we spend a lot of time admiring the success
...» Read More!Auburn’s Tuesday Reader from RevitaVet
Congratulations to the Auburn Tigers for winning the college football national championship by beating the Oregon Ducks early Tuesday morning. For our European readers, college football is pretty much exactly like European football, except for
...» Read More!A View From My Horse: Memories of Summer
This week’s “ears” photo definitely conjures up visions of summer time. One of our readers, Sarah, sent us a video of her hack through a historic battlefield last August, as well as a photo of
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