Wherever you are, we hope you’re staying safe in the extremes of weather we’ve already seen in this first month of 2025 (is it too late to cancel our free trial?). Our friends in the southeast part of the U.S. have seen record-breaking snowfall in places we’re unaccustomed to seeing the cold white stuff, such as New Orleans and also eventing hub Aiken, SC. Stay safe and warm out there, everyone — only a few more weeks of winter to go!
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News & Reading
We’ve teamed up with Strides for Equality Equestrians to raffle off a private flat lesson with British Olympian William Fox-Pitt during his Ocala, FL clinic in March! Click here for more details on how to enter before the end of this month.
Team EN is hard at work on some very exciting things for 2025! To that end, we’ve love your feedback on merch as we look ahead to re-launching our much-loved line just for you, our readers! Click here to take a quick survey. We’d appreciate it!
Young show jumping star Skylar Wireman joined Caroline Culbertson on the most recent episode of the Horse Person podcast, and you won’t want to miss the interview. Learn about Skylar’s journey up the ranks and how she and her mother managed an expensive sport on limited funds in the episode here.
Also new on the podcast airwaves this week, a new episode of Major League Eventing with 3* rider Ashley Trier. Ashley shares her story of being from a non-horsey family and tricking her mom into letting her ride a horse at a local Western barn. By 10 years old, she bought her first horse and then eventually found her 3* horse Maybelline Covergirl. Listen to Ashley’s interview here.
The USEA is proud to announce the first class of USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) Judges have completed their certifications through the YEH New Judge Education Program, which was led by YEH faculty member, Marilyn Payne. Three new judges will now join the ranks assessing talent for the future, and you can read about them here.
A recent Horse & Hound investigation highlights ongoing gaps in equine traceability, despite measures like mandatory registration and e-passports in the Thoroughbred industry. Issues such as fragmented records and altered identities continue to put horses at risk, echoing concerns raised by the 2024 RTÉ Investigates documentary, “Horses – Making a Killing.” The investigation revealed inhumane treatment and systemic failures, prompting calls for unified solutions to prevent vulnerable horses from slipping through the cracks. Read the exclusive here.
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