When eventers unite
A random Barbury photo, courtesy of Beth Collier Taking a jump off the course during cross-country is always a tough decision that balances equality of competition and admitting an error of course design with the
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
British Team Named for the European Championships
At the end of August, on the same weekend that the US team is having their final Pan American Games selection trials at Richland Park, new individual and team European champions will be crowned in
...» Read More!Watch Doug Payne ride at a hunter derby
If you take a perfectly nice horse, make them canter slowly with their head down, never change a thing to the jumps, and add in a bit of subjective judging politics then you get a
...» Read More!Wednesday Morning News from Horse Quencher
Good Morning Eventing Nation! I hope those of you on the East Coast survived that awful heat flash of yesterday. It actually wasn’t as bad as it was forecasted to be (temperatures of 102 and
...» Read More!Wayne DuPage Horse Trials
EN guest blogger Leah Lang-Gluscic writes about her great experience at the Wayne DuPage Horse Trials this weekend. Leah quit her job at an investment banking firm last year to pursue a career as an
...» Read More!Quinn Himself’s First Victory
Hopefully everyone is staying well hydrated an reasonably cool around Eventing Nation on one of the hottest riding days of the year so far. After hearing some incredible party stories from the EN chinchillas and
...» Read More!Roebke’s Run Inaugural Horse Trial
Roebke’s Run HT is a brand new horse trial held in the Midwest this year. Their inaugural horse trial will be held at the beautiful Schweiss Stables in Hector, MN on July 16-17. Thank you
...» Read More!View From My Horse: Colorado Deer Mule from World Equestrian Brands
This week’s ears photo is coming to us from reader Jennifer, while she was out on a hack near her home in Parker Colorado. Prior to seeing this photo, I had no idea these critters
...» Read More!Pippa Funnell’s News and Notes from Pennfield
For years I have idolized Pippa Funnell. Her autobiography rests nice and worn next to my bed. Her fierce dedication to the fine details are what make her one of the most successful eventers in
...» Read More!Maryland Training Helmet Cam
Home sweet home–USA! As much as I loved my trip to England, it is wonderful to be back in the States. Before I find the nearest McDonald’s, I wanted to post this training level helmet
...» Read More!David Stubbs – Master Craftsman
Lexington and the University of Kentucky have a reputation for attracting talent to the area – think John Calipari and the Wildcats, Dr Pearse Lyons and Alltech – and David Stubbs is no exception. At
...» Read More!Buck: Not Just a Cowboy
Not Buck Davidson And, I’m talking about Buck Brannaman. Truth be told, I had vaguely heard of Buck Brannaman from a cowboy friend out in California a couple years ago. I just threw Buck’s name
...» Read More!Sharon White — Derby Cross
This is a quick recap from Sharon White about her derby cross Burghley fundraiser. The derby cross was a huge success, as it has been for the past several years. Thanks for writing this Sharon
...» Read More!A Barbury veterinary update
One last look at beautiful Barbury Over 100 competitors started out on the Barbury show jumping. The sobering reality of our sport is that out of that many horses starting on a CIC3* course, not
...» Read More!Bad Directions Monday News and Notes from ECOGOLD
I confirmed something yesterday that I always thought was true. Men ALWAYS know where they are going. After a long day at Maryland HT on Saturday, Sunday came with a big welcome. Working only a
...» Read More!David Stubbs – Woodcrafting and so much more
Lexington and the University of Kentucky have a reputation for attracting talent to the area – think John Calipari and the Wildcats, Dr Pearse Lyons and Alltech – and David Stubbs is no exception. At
...» Read More!Pippa Funnell and Billy Landretti win Barbury for Great Britain
Pippa accepting her trophy As expected, the cross-country time was tough to make at Barbury and a few seconds were very influential in the top three results. The leader after the show jumping, Laura Collett,
...» Read More!Will and Andromaque perfect, others having troubles at Barbury
#17C and #17B have been removed from the course The course at Barbury is riding uncharacteristically difficult this afternoon. We are about one hour behind schedule because of multiple holds on course. Most recently, Tom
...» Read More!Will Faudree Walks #9 and #10AB
One of the things I really respect about Will Faudree as a rider is that he really knows his horses. Will was kind enough to walk #9 and #10AB on the CIC3* course with us,
...» Read More!Laura Collett Maintains the Barbury Lead
The last three show jumpers at Barbury, William rode out of order With the cross-country scheduled for Sunday afternoon, the Barbury CIC3* competition is very much wide open with the leader board getting tighter in
...» Read More!Morning Show Jumping Rounds at Barbury
We’re half-way through the show jumping at Barbury with XC still to come The Barbury show jumping course feels like a derby because it incorporates terrain in the grass main arena. The footing is causing
...» Read More!Sunday Links
I tried to take pictures of Killer #3 and #4 but when they started attacking the camera I binned that idea. Good Morning Eventing Nation! I hope you stayed reasonably cool yesterday and your plans
...» Read More!Barbury’s Worst Video Ever
My tour of Barbury is at the top of the worst EN videos ever, which might be good and it might be bad. For the uninitated, our ‘worst videos ever’ series is a time honored
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