Course designer Derek Di Grazia is known for safe, sensible, and tough courses. This year, Derek’s sixth designing at Bromont, features some exciting changes including significantly improved footing drainage and of course the addition of
...» Read More!While most of the US Olympic hopefulls are competing this weekend at Bromont, Sinead Halpin’s Manoir De Carneville “Tate” is already on his way to England for Olympic lead-up preparations. Tate’s groom, Meg, was kind
...» Read More!For Bramham coverage throughout the weekend tune into SamanthaLClark.com and Eventing Nation. [Bramham Results] It made my day to bump into Olivia Loiacono this afternoon at Bramham; of course I was sort of on the
...» Read More!For Bramham coverage throughout the weekend tune into SamanthaLClark.com and Eventing Nation. [Bramham Results] Tom McEwan and Dry Old Party, clear and fast at Burghley CCI**** 2011 This division is absolutely stacked with young talent
...» Read More!Just six pairs competed in the CCI3* afternoon session at Bromont. Jon Holling and Downtown Harrison of Ocala, Florida moved into the CCI3*on a 46.0. I didn’t mention Jon and Downtown Harrison (“Will”) in my
...» Read More!Michael Pollard and Schoensgreen Hanni are sentimental favorites here at Bromont and they didn’t disappoint in the dressage, taking the CCI3* lead into the lunch break on a 48.2. Hanni was the first to jump
...» Read More!William Fox-Pitt and Oslo winning the 2011 Pau CCI****. Photo by Monty White. According to Horse & Hound, William Fox-Pitt’s Olso, winner of the 2011 Pau CCI****, has injured a front suspensory ligament and will
...» Read More!A busy weekend of eventing all over the world is well underway now. I will bring you coverage of Bromont including all of the US and Canadian short list selection info. Samantha Clark is in
...» Read More!Lucy Jackson, who’s 6ft tall, took an early lead in the CCI*** this morning on Willy Do, then came out after lunch and claimed the top spot in the CIC*** too riding Animator II. After
...» Read More!The Bromont CCI* field is full of bright rising stars for Canada, including Jordan McDonald Buck Davidson and the OTTB Santa’s Keeper, owned by Buck and Carl Segal, took the early lead in the Bromont
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The Brits, or as us Aussies prefer to call them, the Poms. As home team one would assume that they perhaps have a home team advantage. But given that Greenwich park is a new venue
...» Read More!Boyd Martin was kind enough to take a moment during his course walk with Canadian Team hopeful Peter Barry to show us how he plans to ride the CCI3* 26A&B (CIC3* 20A&B) combination. Boyd offers
...» Read More!The promised rain arrived on Thursday morning. As of the lunch break it has slackened off a bit, but it still feels cold and damp, not much like June anywhere except in England! You
...» Read More!For Bramham coverage throughout the weekend tune into SamanthaLClark.com and Eventing Nation. [Bramham Results] The CCI*** do the blue numbered jumps and their course is considerably different to the CIC*** who do the green numbers.
...» Read More!That’s right–you can blame Canada all you want for the fact that this weekend is going to be AWESOME!! Dressage kicks off this morning with the CCI* division at 8 a.m. and the CCI*** division
...» Read More!Yes, Bramham rocks! The facing side of this jump, number 3 on both the CCI and CIC*** courses promotes the Leeds 2012 Music Festival. Cross country course designer Ian Stark was telling me that it
...» Read More!Dick Thompson, who passed away earlier this week, had a profoundly positive influence on many aspects of eventing. One of the influences that I saw first hand was in the development of my longtime friend
...» Read More!Colleen Loach is doing double duty this weekend, grooming Kilrodan Abbott and riding Freespirit in the CCI1* With over 150 horses entered at Bromont, the Wednesday afternoon first horse inspection lasted two hours. The ground
...» Read More!Today we’d like to welcome Mikaela Kantorowski, our Junior Guest Blogger for this summer. She will be checking in as a working student for Jan Byyny at Surefire Farm in Virginia. I also did my
...» Read More!I had the opportunity to watch a few of the Canadian jump schools on Wednesday morning. Although that session was marred by Jessica Phoenix and Exponential’s fall, Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master put on an
...» Read More!You won’t find a more beautiful look out of a start box anywhere in the world Bromont course designer Derek Di Grazia and his team of Bromont course builders have done another spectacular job preparing
...» Read More!Jessica and “Tucker” before their jumping lesson Jessica Phoenix and Exponential are Canada’s best jumpers and one of the best jumping pairs in the world, but their journey to the London Olympics suffered a setback
...» Read More!Announcer Brian O’Connor was kind enough to send us a few reflections on the passings of fellow announcers and eventing legends Dick Thompson and Jim Ligon this week. —- Photo by Samantha From Brian: The
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