Badminton XC Videos
All I will say is God bless Youtube. The first few free and embeddable videos from Badminton are starting to hit the interweb this morning: Go eventing.
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Tell me why I don’t like mondays….
I’ve made it to Heathrow; I’m not sure if the journey flew by because my mother was texting me live show-jumping scores from the first round, or because I really was flying, we do drive
...» Read More!56 Horses Move on to Badminton Show Jumping
The Badminton jog strip this morning, via Samantha Welcome to a bright and chipper Badminton Monday morning Eventing Nation. As a quick jog report, 56 horses will move on to the show jumping in just
...» Read More!Mar de Amor loves Monday News and Notes from Ecogold
While the eventing world has been lost in a Badminton haze, it is important to remember there are other events going on (just helping John out on his lack of memory). Perhaps one the the
...» Read More!Badminton XC Links
Mark and Ben Here are all the Badminton notes and links we are keeping our eyes on this afternoon: 1) Both Horse & Country and the FEI are reporting that arilifted rider Elizabeth Power of
...» Read More!Charlotte Opperman – Happy Owner!
Charlotte Opperman tells us how thrilled she is with her horse Wild Lone, ridden by Harry Meade, after a clear cross country round at his first Badminton. Congratulations, and good luck in the show jumping
...» Read More!Mark Todd’s Badminton XC Recap
Mark and Land Vision, courtesy of the great Nico Morgan Greetings Eventing Nation, I hope you are having a good Easter Sunday. It was an exciting day of cross-country at Badminton that included a last
...» Read More!Charlotte Opperman – Happy Owner!
Charlotte Opperman tells us how thrilled she is with her horse Wild Lone, ridden by Harry Meade, after a clear cross country round at his first Badminton. Congratulations, and good luck in the show jumping
...» Read More!Your Halfway Point Badminton XC Update
As I write this, we are just over halfway through the Badminton XC rides, which started at 7am ET and end around 12:50am ET. There have been a couple holds on course, but overall Badminton
...» Read More!Tony Pellet – competitor and outrider
Tony Pellet competed at Badminton himself, but now helps the riders negotiate their way through the crowds on cross country day. However, don’t completely rule out seeing him don his silks, body protector and number
...» Read More!Colombo’s Cross Country Prep
Selena O Hanlon rode a beautiful dressage test yesterday to leave her in 10th place overnight, and I found Colombo’s groom Anne-Marie, and asked her what cross country morning is like. Thanks for talking to
...» Read More!Happy Times’ BHT 2011 XC Preparations
Sam Griffiths’ Happy Times has ben one of my favourite horses for a long time, so I was thrilled to see him grazing calmly on cross country morning and had a chat with his lovely
...» Read More!The Outside Chance
The Outside Chance is the only place at Badminton where you can have a bet on who’s going to win, or who might fall off in the water! While you’re there you can have a
...» Read More!The wait is almost over…
Badminton is packed already. With crowds of about 120,000 expected, traffic started streaming in early. Cross country starts at noon, but there was already a steady flow at 7:30 this morning. Riders are either walking
...» Read More!Easter Sunday’s Morning Links
Yes, that is Boyd “hand towing” his golf cart up a muddy Fair Hill…hill [via RG] As usual, we have way too much to cover on a Sunday morning, but let’s take a quick moment
...» Read More!RIP Ready Teddy
In a sad late night Saturday note, Blyth Tait’s amazing horse and Olympic champion Ready Teddy passed away earlier today from complications of colic. Ready Teddy represented New Zealand in the 1996 Olympics at the
...» Read More!The Badminton Battle for North America from Point Two
I know what you all are thinking–winning Badminton is a big deal. And that is correct. But, what is a bigger deal is winning Eventing Nation’s Badminton battle for North America between the US and
...» Read More!View from the Road to Rolex from World Equestrian Brands
This week we have a very special ‘View’ photo. It was sent to us yesterday evening from Lucy Beard and shows Jill Walton’s My Sedona in their last few hours in California before making the
...» Read More!Badminton Saturday Links
After a great day of dressage at Badminton, here are a few links to all of the dressage coverage and a look ahead to the cross-country, starting at 7am ET Easter Sunday morning: William Micklem’s
...» Read More!BHT 2011 XC Preview: Steph R-B at the Shogun Hollow
Steph Rhodes-Bosch was 5th at the Rolex 4* CCI last year, and finished 9th individually at the WEG, riding as a member of the silver-medal winning Canadian Team on Port Authority. She talks us through
...» Read More!BHT 2011 Preview: Francis Whittington at the Quarry
Francis Whittington is aiming his 4* horse Sir Percival for Luhmuhlen this year, but was kind enough to walk the Quarry with us. It was quite windy when we walked so I had to cut
...» Read More!Paul Tapner reflects on his dressage & looks forward to XC
I caught up with reigning Badminton Champion Paul Tapner at Hunstman’s Close, and once he finished his ice cream he very kindly agreed to talk to us. Thank you for stopping to chat, and we
...» Read More!BHT 2011 XC Preview: Steph R-B at the Shogun Hollow
Steph Rhodes-Bosch was 5th at the Rolex 4* CCI last year, and finished 9th individually at the WEG, riding as a member of the silver-medal winning Canadian Team on Port Authority. She talks us through
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