Laine Ashker is looking ahead after withdrawing Anthony Patch from the holding box at Rolex due to an abscess. She’s decided to return to the American Eventing Championships in Tyler, Texas, to defend her Adequan USEA Gold
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Sundays are pretty much the best day of the week. I look forward to taking a relaxing hack early in the morning hours. There’s just something about going out and wandering the fields when the
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Hailing from Woodloch Stable, which is widely known for its successful and humane training program, it wasn’t my first time hearing someone compare riding to parenting. But hearing four-star veteran Becky Holder wryly remind riders in a clinic
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Hey Eventing Nation! Although I had good intentions of blogging every day I am here at the Kentucky Horse Park for the U.S. Pony Clubs Festival Championships, competing as a Pony Club member has really kicked
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Dressage just wrapped up for the CICO3* at CHIO Aachen in Germany, and Sandra Auffarth and Opgun Louvo are enjoying familiar territory in first place on a score of 33.8. They also led after dressage
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NAJYRC excitement continues throughout the weekend, with more dressage today, and then a lot of cross country course walking and a little bit of nerves and sweaty palms tonight, followed by the best day
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David Ziegler is posing a double threat in Lexington this weekend. Yesterday, he competed in the Prix St. Georges level Championship class aboard Peninsula Top Man, taking individual silver overall. Today, he put those dressage
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So, how did you do on our trivia this week? We hope you enjoyed it – it’s a great way to learn more about the competition and riders. We know you’re dying to know the
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Kaylawna Smith had a great lead up to the NAJYRC, notching a win in the CIC* at Copper Meadows in June as her final prep for Kentucky. After being named to the USEA Area VI
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I’m typing this one-fingered on my phone while I sit in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park waiting for the opening ceremony of the 2014 USPC National Championships. I don’t generally like ceremonies
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It’s shaping up to be a hot week in Germany, and the competition is already underway across other disciplines. Today, the eventing kicked off with the first horse inspection, and Jess Montgomery has reported that
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The final four Blogger Contest participants have sent us their final piece, and now we need your help deciding the winner. We will be posting their final articles today here on Bloggers Row, and we
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Hi everyone and greetings from the United States Pony Club Championships. My name is Brian Rutledge, Colleen’s husband, and EN has asked me to give a little write-up about the goings-on down here in Lexington,
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The final four Blogger Contest participants have sent us their final piece, and now we need your help deciding the winner. We will be posting their final articles here on Bloggers Row, and we invite
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Today, we celebrate the birthday and subsequent life achievements of EN’s fearless leader, Jenni Autry. It is a time-honored Nation Media tradition to celebrate coworkers’ birthdays by (1) giving them the day off, then (2)
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I am extremely excited to have been given the opportunity to blog for Eventing Nation, so I thought my first post should be an introduction of sorts. I am Jessica, but I am better known online as
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There is no better way to experience our North American Junior and Young Rider Championships than through the eyes of an eager competitor, or in this case, an eager mom! Tamie Smith’s daughter Kaylawna is
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The 2014 edition of NAJYRC is officially upon us, with all horses passing the first horse inspection yesterday. Dressage officially kicked off this morning, with the CH-J* first in the arena. With that in mind,
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If you put two Pony Club graduates in a crowded room together, they’ll recognize one another immediately. Not because they’ve necessarily met before — maybe they have, maybe they haven’t — but because, like Vietnam
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Before the eventing horses passed the first horse inspection yesterday, NAJYRC kicked off with Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday, complete with golf cart decorating challenges and team photos. Kim Parisan, mother of Area II’s Maddie Parisan,
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It’s NAJYRC week! So much excitement going on in Kentucky right now, it’s positively filled with future superstars. This is their Rolex, their championship of championships. I remember my Young Rider’s experience, and there really
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All 62 horses passed the first horse inspection this afternoon at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in Lexington, Ky. Just three horses were held. In the CH-Y**, Nicole Doolittle with Tops, last
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If you didn’t catch Lila’s recap, complete with photos courtesy of Flatlandsfoto, from Huntington Farm last weekend, be sure to check it out over on Bloggers Row. Area I riders were out in force at
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