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Originally from San Diego, Jenni discovered eventing thanks to the Bedford Hunt Pony Club in Virginia. After working in both newspapers and magazines, she joined the EN team in 2012. She travels extensively covering the U.S. Eventing Team and has reported at the Olympic Games, World Equestrian Games, Pan American Games, Badminton, Burghley, Kentucky, Luhmühlen and Pau. As for her favorite event, it’s a toss-up between Aachen and Boekelo. When she isn’t on the road, she’s busy competing her heart horse, Imperial Striker, better known as Derry.

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Watch the Military Boekelo CCIO3* Live Stream

By on Oct 8, 2017 5:00 am -

Boekelo is providing an English live stream this year for the first time in the history of the event! With commentary from the dynamic duo of Diarm Byrne and Nicole Brown, be sure to tune in to hear stats from EquiRatings and analysis from special guests.

The first group of show jumping starts at 11 a.m. local time/5 a.m. EST, and Katherine and Back to Business II are third in to jump. Caroline and Liz will both jump in the final group of the top 30 starting at 2:45 p.m. local time/8:45 a.m. EST. Click here to view the starting order.

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Seven Withdrawn Before Boekelo Final Horse Inspection, 68 Move to Show Jumping

By on Oct 8, 2017 4:50 am -

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Sixty-eight horses will move on to show jumping at Military Boekelo CCIO3* following this morning’s final horse inspection in Enschede, Netherlands. Seven horses were withdrawn prior to the inspection, including Alex Hua Tian’s mount Don Geniro (CHN), who sat in second place after cross country.

Matt Heath’s mount Cooley Lord Lux (GBR), Millie Dumas’ mount RF West Indie (GBR), Tom McEwen’s mount Strike Smartly (GBR), Ros Canter’s mount Las Vegas 200 (GBR), Tamara Acklin’s mount Kontiki CH (SUI) and Jordy Wilken’s mount Chapeau Spirit (NED) were also withdrawn before the inspection.

Jasmin Gambirasio’s mount That’s It (SUI) was withdrawn from the holding box, and Federico Riso’s mount Rocco II (ITA) was not accepted at the inspection.

All three of Team USA’s horses — Liz Halliday-Sharp’s mount Deniro Z, Caroline Martin’s mount Pebbly Maximus and Katherine Coleman’s mount Back to Business II — looked fantastic at the trot up. Massive shout out to their super grooms, Gemma Jelinska, Sally Robinson and Caz Hewer, for turning them out beautifully.

The first group of show jumping starts at 11 a.m. local time/5 a.m. EST, and Katherine and Back to Business II are third in to jump. Caroline and Liz will both jump in the final group of the top 30 starting at 2:45 p.m. local time/8:45 a.m. EST. Click here to view the starting order.

You can watch the finale live on the free Boekelo live stream with commentary from Diarm Byrne and Nicole Brown. Click here to catch up on all of EN’s coverage from Boekelo. Go Team USA! Go Eventing.

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Tim Price Prevails on Boekelo Cross Country Day, Liz Halliday-Sharp 15th

By on Oct 7, 2017 12:40 pm -

Tim Price and Cekatinka. Photo by Jenni Autry.

All predictions came true for cross country day at Military Boekelo CCIO3*, with dark and stormy conditions plaguing horses and riders from the start here in Enschede, Netherlands. While it didn’t come bucketing down as intensely as it has over the past two days, a steady rain fell from the morning through the afternoon.

Tim Price ultimately prevailed as the 95th of 98 starters to set out on Sue Benson’s course, jumping clear with 4.0 time penalties aboard Cekatinka, an 11-year-old KWPN mare (King Kolibri X Katinka, by Julio Mariner xx), to move up from fifth after dressage and lead overnight on 43.7.

“It’s always a difficult thing when you go at the end of the day because you have to spend all day watching people do things very well and other people do things not so well, so it’s hard to stay on your focus and not get distracted by other things,” Tim said. “She’s not got a lot of experience at this level, but she’s a very clever horse. She knew her job, so I stuck to my plan.”

Ros Canter produced this mare to the two-star level before Tim’s wife, Jonelle, took over the ride last year. Jonelle won the Lignières CCI2* on her a year ago before passing the reins to Tim while expecting her first child. As to whether the mare will now return to Jonelle, as they happily welcomed their son last month, Tim quipped: “She’s not getting her back!”

Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Alex Hua Tian, our leader after dressage on 37.3, added 6.8 time penalties with Don Geniro, a 10-year-old Hanoverian (Don Kennedy X Gina, by Giorgione) owned by Pip Higgins, Pam Dews and Sarah Higgins, to slip to second place on 44.1.

Tim Lips and Bayro, an 11-year-old Hanoverian (Casantos X Vanya, by Corland), lead the Dutch National Championships thanks to a clear round and 6.4 time penalties to move from second to third place on 45.5. Click here to see full individual scores after cross country. (Note that official scores have not yet been released due to a number of appeals.)

New Zealand leads the Nations Cup standings on 152.9 after cross country, with Germany in second on 166.3 and Australia in third on 183.7. Team USA sits eighth of 11 teams, with two of our three riders jumping clear rounds today.

Cross country proved to be very influential, with 50% of the field jumping clear — lower than the 60% average we have seen over the last seven years since EquiRatings started tracking statistics. Just one pair made the time — Chris Burton and Kate Walls’ Cooley Lands, to skyrocket up the leaderboard from 69th to 10 place.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and the Deniro Z Syndicate’s Deniro Z, a 9-year-old KWPN (Zapatero VDL X Zonne-Trend by French Buffett xx), moved up from 24th to 16th place as the highest-placed American pair, jumping a cracking clear round with 10.4 time penalties in the horse’s CCI3* debut.

“What a horse! It was only his second Advanced in his life, and he just did his first two-star this year. To give me the feel he gave me around Boekelo was incredible. He got better and better as he went. He finished very fresh and I could have gone faster, but I really wanted to take care of him out there since it was his first CCI3*,” Liz said.

“This is one of the wetter Boekelos I’ve been to. I tried to find the best ground I could, which is where some of the time faults came from him, and also because I am thinking of him as a horse for the future. Today wasn’t about trying to get the time. I really wanted him to have a good experience in his first CCI3*, and I’m thrilled my owners, Rob and Chris Desino, were here to watch him.”

Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Caroline Martin had a very long day waiting to go with Pebbly Maximus, her own and Sherrie Martin’s 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Nazar X Kelshamore Lady). They set out of the start box as the fifth to last pair to go and powered through the slop to jump clear with 13.2 time penalties, moving from 60th up to 32nd place on 63.4.

“He has the biggest heart of any horse I’ve ever ridden. It was very, very muddy, but I just kept kicking and he kept going. My number one goal was to jump all the jumps clear, and that’s what we did. It was one of those rare times where everything went to plan. He was pretty foot perfect,” she said.

“He’s a very short horse and he doesn’t have a huge stride, but he has a more open stride on cross country. My original plan at the water was to go left, but I re-walked it and decided to do the right-hand side, which actually worked out well. At the last question going down the hill to the brush corner he was dead straight.”

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II, the pathfinder for our three-rider USA Nations Cup team, were one of 27 total combinations that had trouble at fence 8, a combination of three brush corners, to give us a 28% total fault rate for 8A, 8B and 8C combined. They also picked up a runout on course at 24b, the brush corner at the bottom of the steep hill following 24A that caused trouble for 11 total combinations.

“She was a bit naughty at that last stop because she locked onto the fence and at the last minute ducked out. I think we’ve got some homework to do over the winter to get her on side a little bit more,” Katherine said.

“She’s going to be as fast as Longwood when she gets established, but she went green on me at those difficult questions. I think she needs a solid season at three-star level next year to get everything confirmed. She’s a really exciting horse for the future. It wasn’t lack of scope; she just needs to focus a bit more.”

Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law also weighed in with his thoughts on Team USA’s performance after cross country: “Katherine was first out for the team, and the horse just showed a bit of inexperience. I think she’ll come on from this and be another horse after Katherine has another winter with her.

“I thought Liz rode fantastically. It’s a young horse and has very little experience at the Advanced level, so it was a lot to ask of him. She rode really positively — forward and in a great balance everywhere. He’s definitely a very exciting horse for the future.

“It was a very good experience for Caroline to have to sit around all day and have to wait until the very end of the day to go. These were not easy conditions, and she had a fantastic ride on the horse.”

The final horse inspection is at 9 a.m. local time, 3 a.m. EST tomorrow. The first group of show jumping starts at 11 a.m. local time/5 a.m. EST and will be streamed live on the Boekelo website. Click here to catch up on all of EN’s Boekelo coverage. Go Eventing.

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Team USA Talks Course Strategy Ahead of Boekelo Cross Country

By on Oct 6, 2017 12:51 pm -

Fence 23AB on Sue Benson’s Boekelo course. Photo via CrossCountry App.

We are in for a wet and wild cross country day tomorrow at Military Boekelo CCIO3*, with the forecast calling for a 90% chance of rain. If the weather mimics the conditions we’ve seen over the past two days, we can expect to see very heavy periods of rain, which will only continue to soak the already saturated course.

Sue Benson has designed the track here in Enschede, Netherlands, for the past 17 years. The optimum time is 10 minutes, 3 seconds, and the course has 40 total jumping efforts. You can view photos of all the fences and listen to Sue’s commentary here.

While six in 10 starters at Boekelo have jumped clear on cross country this decade, only 6.2% have made the optimum time, according to EquiRatings. Thirty seconds separate the entire top 50 on the leaderboard after dressage, and we are expecting time penalties to be extremely influential.

The view looking down the bank to fence 24B. Photo via CrossCountry App.

Liz Halliday-Sharp, Caroline Martin and Katherine Coleman are all ready to do battle with the course tomorrow. Team USA is sitting in eighth place in the Nations Cup standings at the conclusion of dressage and looking to gain ground.

This is Liz Halliday Sharp’s seventh time competing at Boekelo, and she said it is the wettest she has ever seen the ground. Rain has been pouring down steadily over the past two days, and while we had brief bursts of sunlight today, there hasn’t been much drying progress.

“There are some really tough combinations,” Liz said. “I would say the course isn’t overly huge, but there are a lot of questions. It’s going to take some determined and smart riding, and I think managing your ground position is going to be a big factor this year.”

The jump in to the first water complex at fence 10B. Photo via CrossCountry App.

Liz and the Deniro Z Syndicate’s Deniro Z, a 9-year-old KWPN (Zapatero VDL X Zonne-Trend, by French Buffet xx), sit in 24th place on 44.6 in the horse’s CCI3* debut. “I believe in this horse, and he is a trier,” she said. “He trusts me, and the plan is to go out be smart.”

Katherine Coleman competed at Boekelo for the first time two years ago with Longwood, and while she said she thinks some of the questions are easier this year, there is still plenty to do on the course.

“I think the combination of corners at the Hollow (at fence 8) is probably the toughest question,” Katherine said. “It’s quite early on, and there are usually a lot of problems there. I’ll be relieved when that’s over with! There are a lot of corners, so your horse needs to be good with corners. Hopefully the time, especially with the weather, will be a factor so we can gain some ground.”

Katherine and Kalai LLC’s Back to Business II, 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare (Harlequin Du Carel X Moxella, by Quick Star), sit in 53rd position on 51.3. “Bizzy” made the optimum time in her CCI3* debut at Tattersalls CCI3* over the summer, and Katherine is hoping to pilot her pocket rocket to another fast and clear round.

Caroline Martin is making her Boekelo debut with Pebbly Maximus, and she agrees the course is beefy. The 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Nazar X Kelshamore Lady) owned by Caroline and Sherrie Martin, is sitting in 60th place on 50.2.

“I wouldn’t say it’s the biggest largest CCI I’ve done, but it’s very technical. There are a lot of questions towards the end that once the horses are tired, it’s going to be hard to get them back and jump clean. I don’t think it’s a dressage competition.”

Looking toward the final water complex, two tables set in the water at 20AB. Photo via CrossCountry App.

USEF Developing Rider Coach Leslie Law, who is acting as Chef d’Equipe for Team USA at Boekelo, said the team has an advantage in that our first rider, Katherine Coleman, doesn’t go out until nearly two hours after the start. They will be able to watch tomorrow and fine-tune their strategy depending on how the course is riding.

“We have a plan and a couple of lines at certain fences. If one line isn’t working out, we have another line in mind. It depends on the weather. We could see two competitions, quite honestly. The ground is soft, and I think it’s going to get chewed up and harder to get the time as the competition unfolds,” Leslie said.

“It isn’t an easy course to get time anyways because it’s twisty, so you have to make sure you’re going from the start and staying up on your markers because you’re probably not going to make up time toward the end of the course.”

The direct route at fences 13 and 14. Photo courtesy of CrossCountry App.

USA cross country ride times are:

  • Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II: 11:26 a.m. local time/5:26 a.m. EST
  • Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z: 2:06 p.m. local time/ 8:06 a.m. EST
  • Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus: 3:46 p.m. local time/9:46 a.m. EST

Cross country starts at 9:30 a.m. local time/3:30 a.m. EST. You can watch live with commentary from Diarm Byrne, Nicole Brown and special guests on the free live stream on the Boekelo website. Go Eventing.

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Alex Hua Tian Holds Boekelo Lead, Team USA Sits 8th in Nations Cup

By on Oct 6, 2017 11:57 am -

Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro. Photo by Libby Law Photography.

Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro held onto their overnight lead at Military Boekelo CCIO3* to remain at the top on 37.3 at the conclusion of dressage here in Enschede, Netherlands. But Alex and “The Don,” a 10-year-old Hanoverian (Don Kennedy X Gina, by Giorgione) owned by Pip Higgins, Pam Dews and Sarah Higgins, don’t have much breathing room on the tightly bunched leaderboard.

Tim Lips and Bayro, an 11-year-old Hanoverian (Casantos X Vanya, by Corland), sit in second place on 39.1 as the highest-placed Dutch pair thanks to delivering the best test of day two. Tim last won the Dutch National Championships at Boekelo in 2007, and Alice Naber-Lozeman has dominated the last four years at Boekelo to defend her title. She currently sits in 30th place with ACSI Peter Parker.

Tim Lips and Bayro. Photo by Jenni Autry.

But 30 seconds separate the entire top 50 at Boekelo, meaning every second will prove incredibly costly as we look ahead to what is expected to be an extremely influential day of cross country across Sue Benson’s course.

Australia’s Chris Burton is known for his speedy cross country riding, and he is perfectly positioned to stalk the leaders from third place on 39.3 with Quality Purdey, an 11-year-old Oldenburg mare owned by Claire Poole.

Chris Burton and Quality Purdey. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Germany’s Julia Mestern, a two-time winner of Boekelo, now sits in fourth place on 39.6 with Grand Prix Iwest. New Zealand’s Tim Price delivered the second best test of day two, scoring 39.7 with Cekatinka to round out the top five on 39.7 and give us five scores in the 30s.

France occupies the next three spots on the leaderboard, with Thibault Fournier and Siniani de Lathus in sixth on 40.5, Aurelien Leroy and Seashore Spring in seventh on 41.1, and Astier Nicolas and Vinci de la Vigne in eighth on 41.1.

Andreas Dibowski, another German rider who has won Boekelo twice, sits ninth on 41.4 with FRH Corrida, and Tamara Acklin and Kontiki CH round out the top 10 for Switzerland on 41.5.

New Zealand leads the Nations Cup after dressage on 127.70, with France in second on 132.0 and Germany in third on 134.3. Our USA #girlpower team of Liz Halliday-Sharp, Caroline Martin and Katherine Coleman sit eighth and are ready to gain ground tomorrow.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z, a 9-year-old KWPN (Zapatero VDL X Zonne-Trend by French Buffett xx) owned by the Deniro Z Syndicate, sit 24th on 44.6 as the highest-placed U.S. pair after dressage. You can read Liz’s comment after her test in our lunch report.

Caroline Martin and Sherrie Martin’s Pebbly Maximus, a 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Nazar X Kelshamore Lady), were our final pair to go today, scoring 50.2 to sit in 60th place out of 99 combinations.

She has been working tirelessly on her dressage with Leslie Law, who is also acting as the Chef d’Equipe for Team USA at Boekelo, and scored in the 40s at Houghton Hall and Bramham over the summer. Unfortunately, some bobbles today with “Rory” chipped away at their score.

Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus. Photo by Jenni Autry.

“We’ve been making a lot of progress. I have to thank Leslie for that. All the things that we thought were going to go really well just didn’t go to plan. I thought the trot work went quite well, which I’ve been working really hard on,” Caroline said.

“I made him a bit upset when I slid my leg back and put too much pressure on with my leg (in the serpentine), and he got upset. It was totally my fault. He’s a great horse, and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Katherine Coleman did her test yesterday with Kalai Inc’s Back to Business II, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare (Harlequin Du Carel X Moxella, by Quick Star), and now sits in 64th place on 51.3. Click here to read Katherine’s comments on her test in yesterday’s dressage report.

Based on how much rain has already fallen and tomorrow’s forecast calling for even more rain, Boekelo is not going to be a dressage show. Stay tuned for quotes from all three members of Team USA and Leslie Law as to their strategy for tomorrow. Click here to preview the cross country course.

USA cross country ride times:

  • Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II: 11:26 a.m. local time/5:26 a.m. EST
  • Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z: 2:06 p.m. local time/ 8:06 a.m. EST
  • Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus: 3:46 p.m. local time/9:46 a.m. EST

Cross country starts at 9:30 a.m. local time/3:30 a.m. EST. You can watch live with commentary from Diarm Byrne, Nicole Brown and special guests on the free live stream. Go Eventing.

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Boekelo Lunch Report: Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z Dance to Top 20

By on Oct 6, 2017 6:54 am -

Tim Lips and Bayro delivered the best of day two so far, scoring 39.1 this morning to move into second place. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Hello from another rainy day at Boekelo! With more rain anticipated tonight and tomorrow, the anticipation is building for what is expected to be a dramatic day of cross country here in Enschede, Netherlands.

But first, we look to the second day of dressage. At the lunch break, yesterday’s leaders Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro still sit in first place on 37.3 for China, but Tim Lips and Bayro are hot on their heels after scoring 39.1 this morning to slot into second. Boekelo serves as the Dutch National Championships, and Tim and the 11-year-old KWPN gelding are heavy favorites to take the title this weekend.

Our second American combination, Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z also did their test before the lunch break, scoring 44.6 to sit in 20th place with the final afternoon session still to come. The 9-year-old KWPN gelding has now scored 44 in all three of his tests at the level since moving up over the summer — definitely consistent!

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by Jenni Autry.

“He’s quite green at this level still,” Liz said. “I was hoping to be on a better mark and get a lower score, but it’s a massive atmosphere. They were removing some scaffolding during my test, so every time he went into that corner he was looking.”

Liz is still chipping away at Niro’s flying changes with her longtime dressage trainer James Burtwell, and while they weren’t clean today, she knows clean changes will come in the future.

“He learns everything very fast, but the flying changes have been hard for him,” Liz said. “For this season we had to accept that this is where we are and try to get him to confidently do them and not drill the cleanness yet. I think when those are installed, he’ll be a horse in the 30s. He’s done tremendously well with the atmosphere considering he’s so green.”

Deniro Z has big fan club here at Boekelo, including Deniro Z Syndicate members Rob and Chris Desino and Liz’s husband, Al. Three cheers for our entire American crew who traveled to Boekelo to support our riders!

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II now sit in 47th position after scoring 51.3 yesterday, and she is hoping time will prove to be a factor on cross country so she can climb the leaderboard. The forecast is currently calling for rain all day tomorrow, so she will likely get her wish!

Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus, the third and final rider on our U.S. Nations Cup team, are the third to last pair to go today, and you can watch their test live at 4:04 p.m. local time/10:04 a.m. EST thanks to the excellent Boekelo live stream.

Keep checking back to EN for much more from Boekelo, including comments from Team USA on their strategy for tackling Sue Benson’s cross country course tomorrow. If you missed the course preview, be sure to check it out here. Go Eventing.

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Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro Lead Boekelo on Day 1, Katherine Coleman in 30th

By on Oct 5, 2017 12:15 pm -

Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro. Photo by Libby Law Photography.

Alex Hua Tian and Don Geniro scored 37.3 as the final pair to go on the first day of dressage action here at Military Boekelo CCIO3* in Enschede, Netherlands, giving China the lead at the conclusion of day one.

Don Geniro, a 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Don Kennedy X Gina, by Giorgione) owned by Pip Higgins, Pam Dews and Sarah Higgins, is notoriously spooky in the first phase, but Alex expertly kept the lid on to claim one of the three scores we saw in the 30s today.

“He was quite a lot hotter than he was at Blenheim, where I think he probably did his best test all year. I thought he felt really relaxed and really good in the warm-up, and then he went in and just caught me out, spooking at the judge at E. But I’m delighted. I’m glad the judges were brave and gave him the marks despite his moments of tension,” Alex said.

“I don’t think it’s going to be a dressage competition. It absolutely poured this morning. We’re due more rain tomorrow and Saturday. Boekelo can often be very wet. I don’t think it will be any different this year. It’s a stiff course and is going to catch people out for sure.”

Chris Burton and Quality Purdey. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Australia’s Chris Burton scored 39.3 with Quality Purdey to sit in second place. Chris recently took over the ride on the 11-year-old Oldenburg mare owned by Claire Poole, and their new partnership started off with a bang at Le Pin au Haras in August, where they won the Nations Cup CICO3* on their dressage score of 36.7.

Chris comes forward as a strong favorite to claim victory at Boekelo, which would give Australia a win for the first time in the history of event. He is also competing Kate Walls’ Cooley Lands, who won the 8/9-year-olds CIC3* last month at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials.

Julia Mestern and Grand Prix Iwest were the only other pair to score in the 30s today, delivering a personal best at three-star level to sit third on 39.6. This pair is coming off a win in the Nations Cup CICO3* at Waregem, and Julia is no stranger to Boekelo, having won in 2008 and 2009 with Schorsch.

There are five riders competing here at Boekelo who have previously won the event. In addition to Julia, we also have Mark Todd (1989, 1998), Blyth Tait (1994, 1997), Nicolas Touzaint (2006) and Andreas Dibowski (2000, 2011) competing.

Looking to the rest of the leaderboard at the conclusion of day one, France is occupying the next two spots, with Aurelien Leroy and his own Seashore Spring, an 11-year-old Selle Francais gelding (Erudit X Bubbles, by Jasmin), in fourth on 41.1.

Astier Nicolas is making his return to the highest level of the sport after missing a large portion of the autumn season due to breaking his knee early in the summer. He scored 41.1 with Vinci de la Vigne, an 8-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by Philippe and Marie-José Gerard, to sit in fifth place.

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Katherine Coleman and Kalai LLC’s Back to Business II scored 51.3 as the first pair out for Team USA to sit 16th on the first day of dressage. She recently started training with British eventing team dressage coach Tracie Robinson, who Katherine said has helped immensely with the mare’s dressage.

While the mare’s flying changes are not yet confirmed, Katherine feels confident that once they get those nailed down, Back to Business will consistently be scoring in the 40s in the first phase. Their best test so far at the level came at Burnham Market in April when they scored 48.3.

“I’ve really struggled with her flying changes, and I really need another winter to work on those,” Katherine said. “She’s been really spooky about the ring, so I tried to get her in there yesterday as much as I could. I was a little bit concerned because she’s normally not a spooky horse. She held it together, but those changes are costly at this point.”

“Bizzy,” a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare (Harlequin Du Carel X Moxella, by Quick Star), stepped up to the three-star level at Barroca d’Alva in Portugal in March and completed her first CCI3* at Tattersalls in May in flying form, adding just 2.0 show jumping time penalties to her dressage score.

“Bizzy” with her super groom Caz Hewer, center, and Caroline Martin’s groom Sally Robertson. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Katherine and Bizzy are looking for a solid run here at Boekelo after problems at their previous two international competitions, with the mare having a freak fall in their show jumping round at Millstreet CIC3* and two runouts on cross country at Blenheim.

“I hadn’t had a cross country run on her since the Open Intermediate at Aston le Walls at the end of July when we went to Blenheim. She’s green at the level, so it was a big ask to go from Intermediate at Aston to Blenheim. She got up to the top of the hill coming down to the water and was overwhelmed by all the people watching,” Katherine said.

“But after throwing her in that atmosphere I feel ready for the cross country at Boekelo with all the crowds. I’m really excited about her longterm. She’s young and has got it all. In a year or two’s time, she’ll be really competitive.”

Team USA walked Sue Benson’s cross country course with Chef d’Equipe Leslie Law this afternoon, and we’ll be bringing you their comments on the track tomorrow. In the meantime, you can check out photos of each fence on course here.

Looking to the Nations Cup leaderboard at the halfway point of dressage, Germany leads on 87.0, with New Zealand and Australia tied for second place on 90.2. Remember that only 10 points separate Great Britain and Germany on the series leaderboard. Great Britain currently sits fifth on 96.0.

If you didn’t watch the free live stream from Boekelo today, you are seriously missing out. Diarm Byrne and Nicole Brown are providing fantastic commentary, and Laura Collett, Liz Halliday-Sharp and Paul Tapner joined them in the booth throughout the day to weigh in.

We have our remaining two American combinations still to come tomorrow. Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z go at 11:41 a.m. local time/5:41 a.m. EST tomorrow, with Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus as one of the final pairs to go at 4:04 p.m. local time/10:04 a.m. EST.

Stay tuned for much more from Boekelo, including exclusive facts and figures on the field from EquiRatings, the official statistics provider of the event. Don’t forget to check EN’s Instagram for bonus photos! Go Eventing.

Boekelo: Website, Ride Times & Live Scoring, Thursday Ride Times, Friday Ride Times, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram

Military Boekelo CCIO3* Cross Country Course Preview

By on Oct 5, 2017 9:14 am -

Sue Benson returns to Military Boekelo CCIO3* in 2017 as the cross country course designer for the 17th year. The first part of the course this year looks quite different than in the past because the event has been relocated back to the part of the venue where it all began back in 1971 in Eschede, Netherlands.

The entire venue has received a facelift, with a beautiful new arena with all-weather footing serving as a stunning centerpiece. Two fences from the course are set in the new arena at fences 3 and 4 to give spectators in the many restaurants and bars surrounding the arena a thrill as horses and riders gallop by.

Fence 3 in the new main arena at Boekelo. Photo courtesy of CrossCountry App.

“I think that giving the course a fresh look and getting the first six fences in a different place has totally changed the feel of the course,” Sue said, noting that the open corner at fence 6 is new this year.

The direct route follows the left line at the first water complex at fence 10 10 starts with a narrow brush jump at A before horses and riders jump into the water over a blue wave fence and go on to a narrow angled log at C. Riders then jump a more narrow brush wedge as both the D and E elements of the water complex.

The jump in to the first water complex at fence 10B. Photo courtesy of CrossCountry App.

“The horses burst through the green track into this area for the water complex,” Sue said. “Always the crowds have an effect, particularly on the younger horses. It does have an electric atmosphere here. This year I’ve tried to be quite kind.”

Fences 12, 13 and 14 are separately numbered, but to take the direct route riders will need to angle their line over the brush parallel at fence 13 to make the related distance work for the brush corner at fence 14.

The direct route at fences 13 and 14. Photo courtesy of CrossCountry App.

The optimum time on Sue’s 5,720 meter course is 10 minutes, 3 seconds. While six in 10 starters at Boekelo have jumped clear on cross country this decade, only 6.2% have made the optimum time, according to EquiRatings. We can expect time penalties to be very influential come Saturday.

You can hear Sue’s excellent commentary on the course by clicking through the fences below. View in full screen mode below to scroll through all the fences. Click here to view the photos on CrossCountry App’s website. Many thanks to Willy Leysen for recording the course preview! Click here to catch up on all of EN’s coverage of Boekelo. Go Eventing.

Boekelo: Website, Ride Times & Live Scoring, Friday Ride Times, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram

Team USA Sails Through First Horse Inspection at Boekelo

By on Oct 4, 2017 1:35 pm -

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II. Photo by Libby Law Photography.

Hello from Military Boekelo CCIO3* in Enschede, Netherlands! All 99 horses presented to the ground jury of Dr. Ernst Topp (GER), Eric Lieby (FRA) and Les Smith (GBR) were accepted at the first horse inspection.

There are 13 teams in all contesting the Nations Cup Final at Boekelo this weekend. After eight legs this season, Great Britain and Germany will battle it out for the series win, sitting on 590 and 580 points, respectively.

France is well back in third place on 335 points, but the host nation of the Netherlands is within striking distance of a podium finish on 280 points if they can deliver a strong performance on home soil. Sweden sits fifth in the current standings on 210 points.

The USA is sixth in the standings on 180 points, and we have a group of three making up our team for the Nations Cup Final, with Leslie Law acting as Chef d’Equipe.

Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus. Photo by Libby Law Photography.

Caroline Martin is riding Pebbly Maximus, her 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding she already successfully campaigned overseas earlier in the summer. They had a top 15 finish in the Houghton Hall CICO3* Nations Cup and fifth place finish in the Bramham Under 25 CCI3*.

Liz Halliday-Sharp is riding Deniro Z, a 9-year-old KWPN gelding owned by the Deniro Z Syndicate, in his CCI3* debut. They are coming off a strong fifth place finish in his first three-star in the Blenheim 8/9-year-old CIC3*, have won five internationals over the past calendar year.

Katherine Coleman is riding her own Back to Business II, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare that already has a strong finish at CCI3* level on her record this season, finishing 12th in her debut at the level at Tattersalls in Ireland over the summer.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by Libby Law Photography.

Dressage starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. local time/3 a.m. EST. Click here for Thursday ride times and here for Friday ride times. Ride times for our USA ladies are:

  • Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II: Thursday 1:51 p.m. local time/7:51 a.m. EST
  • Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z: Friday 11:41 a.m. local time/5:41 a.m. EST
  • Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus: Friday 4:04 p.m. local time/10:04 a.m. EST

The entire event will stream live on the Boekelo website, with the dynamic duo of Diarm Byrne and Nicole Brown providing commentary. If you’ve seen their work on Event Rider Masters, you’ll love watching them at Boekelo!

Boekelo: Website, Ride Times & Live Scoring, Thursday Dressage Order, EN’s Coverage, EN’s Twitter, EN’s Instagram

Canada Gaining New FEI Event at Foshay in New Brunswick in 2018

By on Oct 3, 2017 11:00 am -

Team Foshay International: Deanna Phelan, president of the New Brunswick Equestrian Association; Jay Hambly, cross country course designer; Sue Ockendon, technical delegate; and Rob Stevenson, Foshay Organizing Committee.

Canada is poised to gain another FEI event next year at Foshay Farms in Lower Jemseg, New Brunswick. Running over Labor Day weekend in 2018, August 30-Sept. 2, Foshay International has applied to host a CCI*, as well as the FEI’s new proposed 1.05-meter division.

It’s a longtime dream realized for Rob Stevenson, chair of the Equestrian Canada High Performance Advisory Group, whose family is deeply rooted in the New Brunswick equestrian tradition. His grandparents hosted the Fredericton Horse Show for several decades, with his parents holding shows at their Foshay Farms for more than 20 years.

These shows launched Rob’s own competitive career, which saw him represent Canada at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, where he finished 22nd individually riding Risky Business. Since then he has served within Canadian eventing in a variety of different capacities, including sitting on the High Performance Committee from 2001 to 2004. He joined the FEI’s Risk Management Steering Group in 2016.

“It is through my involvement with the national team and the FEI that I have come to realize the impact of so few international eventing competitions in Canada,” Rob said. “There is a clear association between success in international competitions leading to further success at the highest levels of the sport. When we consider the developmental pathway for equestrian athletes in Canada, there is a large gap.”

Rob purchased a portion of his family’s farm 15 years ago in the hopes that one day he could host an FEI competition at the site. The new event at Foshay will join Bromont as the only other venue in Canada that currently hosts FEI divisions. Bromont is located in southwestern Quebec, while Foshay is in southern New Brunswick, which hugs the eastern border of Maine.

“I have ridden on the land my entire life. It’s an inspiring place to ride, an experience that I have always wanted to share with more people,” Rob said. “As many equestrian venues in Eastern Canada and in New England are being lost without succession plans, it seems as though this is an ideal time to launch this type of event here in New Brunswick. We’re about eight hours from Boston, and I hope close enough to appeal to the large number of eventers in Area I looking for FEI events.”

Hurricane Arthur toppled several trees on the property in 2014, which course designer Jay Hambly is eyeing for cross country jumps.

Foshay International is already off to a strong start with Jay Hambly on board as the cross country course designer, and Sue Ockendon at the helm as technical delegate. Jay was recently named to the course building team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, while Sue is the longtime organizer of Bromont.

“In the organization of these events, nothing replaces experience,” Rob said. “No amount of good intention could replace the vast experience that Jay and Sue bring from in running events around the world.”

Jay visited the site last month to lay out the courses, which will be open, galloping tracks tacking advantage of the beautiful rolling hills at the site. Hurricane Arthur downed several large trees on the property in 2014 which will now be repurposed as cross country jumps

Ultimately Rob hopes Foshay International will serve as a springboard for up-and-coming Canadian athletes to gain the experience needed to one day compete on the world stage and represent their country.

“I believe that to succeed at the international levels, we need to compete consistently at the international levels. I believe that we need to connect our developing riders with FEI events for them to excel on a global scale,” Rob said. “With Sue and Jay’s belief that this will be a great event, with a horse and rider friendly venue on great footing, we are excited to welcome competitors to our inaugural event in 2018.”

Much more information will be coming soon on Foshay International, but be sure to mark your calendars now for the inaugural event on Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2018. You can sign up to receive updates at www.foshayinternational.com. Go Eventing.

Ocala Jockey Club Gearing Up for Second $100,000 International Event

By on Oct 2, 2017 1:52 pm -

Matt Brown and Super Socks BCF, winners of the inaugural $100,000 Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event in 2016. Photo by Jenni Autry.

As the international eventing season is winding down throughout Europe, the action is just kicking into high gear here in the USA. The $100,000 Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event is one of several highly anticipated competitions still to come, this year set to take place one week before Thanksgiving on Nov. 16-19.

The 924-acre venue in Reddick, Florida escaped Hurricane Irma without sustaining any major damage, and course designers Mike Etherington-Smith and Clayton Fredericks visited the site at the end of September to inspect the courses and make final preparations for the CIC3*, CCI2* and CCI* tracks.

Hannah Sue Burnett and Cooley Dream, winners of the inaugural CCI2* in 2016. Photo by Jenni Autry.

“I was delighted with how the courses rode last year,” Mike said. “There has been a massive effort ever since, and the course is more mature and grown in this year.

“The Ocala Jockey Club is one of the nicest places to design a cross country course in the U.S. It has exceptional viewing and course visibility from every angle, fantastic tailgating opportunities, great atmosphere, great interest from the riders and a great organizing committee.”

CCI2*/CCI* course designer Clayton Fredericks, organizer Shelley Page, and CIC3* course designer Mike Etherington-Smith inspecting the 2017 courses. Photo courtesy of Ocala Jockey Club.

Mike is once again designing the CIC3* course this year, with Clayton returning as the designer for the CCI2* and CCI* courses.

“The footing is the best in the U.S. It is a real park with open space, long gallops and gentle undulations,” Clayton said.

“As a rider, there are four important things to me about an event — the footing, the quality of the course and fences, the ability to entertain and keep your owners and sponsors happy, and the opportunity to win some prize money. This event and this venue check all four. There are great opportunities to feel the excitement, watch and meet Olympic-level riders and build up the local community.”

The $100,000 in prize money proved to be a big draw for competitors last year, with more than 70 horses entered in the CCI* and 20 apiece in the CCI2* and CIC3*. Like last year, special awards and prize money will also be given to the highest placing Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds or foreign Thoroughbreds recognized by the Jockey Club in each division.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z, winners of the inaugural CCI* in 2016. Photo by Jenni Autry.

 

In addition to the competition, Ocala Jockey Club will also host community activities during the horse trials, with a Family Fall Festival offering sack races and a scavenger hunt on the cross country course. Ticket information and more details are available at ojc3de.com.

Entries are open through Oct. 30. Click here to view the Omnibus listing. To get a feel for the event, view last year’s courses and read about all the action from the inaugural horse trials in 2016, click here to read all of EN’s coverage from last year.

Are you planning to be at the Ocala Jockey Club International Three-Day Event as a competitor or spectator? Let us know in the comments below!

Ocala Jockey Club Links: Website, Entry Status, Schedule, Ticket Information

 

Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights Win Wire-to-Wire at Morven Park CIC3*

By on Sep 30, 2017 5:54 pm -

Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights. Photo by Valerie Durbon Photography.

Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights won their second CIC3* of the summer today at Morven Park International Horse Trials in Leesburg, Virginia, with a clear cross country round and 11.2 time penalties to complete on 56.9.

Colleen and “CR,” her homebred 11-year-old Thoroughbred/Clydesdale, led the CIC3* from the start, topping the division after dressage yesterday on 39.7, their second career score in the 30s at this level. After Plantation Field, when CR scored 47.3 to sit well off the pace after the first phase, Colleen said she carefully read the judges’ comments and studied the video to discern where she lost marks.

“Their comments were ‘needs more collection,’ so I pushed him more forward than what they wanted to see. The judges wanted to see a more connected, more controlled test. At Morven I made it a point to go in the ring being more mindful and going a bit less forward than I did at Plantation, having more connection and trying to get him to sit on his hind end more,” Colleen said.

“It wasn’t a mistake-free test. We are still a tiny bit tense in the walk, and in the extended trot I lost the rhythm halfway through it, so he fizzled on me a little bit. It’s getting there. He’s starting to want to put in a little more pizazz, which is exciting.”

Colleen and “CR” added one rail and 2.0 time penalties in show jumping this morning to hold onto the lead, and marking a definite improvement over their round at Plantation Field when they had an uncharacteristic six rails down.

“You have to look back at your mistakes and think about what went wrong because if not you’re doomed to repeat them,” Colleen said. “He showed me that if I leave him alone, he can jump everything fine. When I try to help, he listens too well and I bury him. I firmly take the blame, and again the rail we pulled today was because I tried to help him in a line and I buried him.”

This is their second win in as many months, as Colleen and CR also won the Richland Park CIC3* on a record dressage and finishing score of 33.3. At the time, Colleen said she wanted to win Richland, Plantation Field and Morven Park on her way to the crown jewel of their season at the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International CCI3* in two weeks. Two out of three so far — not bad!

But Colleen said she didn’t set out of the start box today gunning for the win. “I didn’t go out chasing the time. I went out looking to have a good gallop and continue our fitness work for Fair Hill. I know he can make the time and he can make it easily.”

Colleen commended the work of Morven Park’s organizers and grounds crew, who have worked tirelessly aerating the ground after an ill-timed dry spell in the mid-Atlantic region over the past two weeks.

“I am so impressed by what Morven is doing. I love supporting my local events. They are trying to make this into a world-class event. This ground is better than what I have at home to gallop on it, so why wouldn’t I use it?”

Buck Davidson and Jak My Style. Photo by Valerie Durbon Photography.

Three of the seven competitors in the CIC3* completed the event. Buck Davidson and Kathleen Cuca’s Jak My Style, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, finished second on 64.8, adding one show jumping rail and 6.0 cross country time penalties to their dressage score.

Buck withdrew his other two rides, Copper Beach and Carlevo, as planned ahead of cross country, as he always intended to only run the combined test at Morven Park. Plantation Field CIC3* winner Copper Beach, owned by Carl and Cassie Segal and Sherrie Martin, will next head to Les Etoiles de Pau CCI4* in France, with Carlevo going on to Fair Hill.

Holly Payne Caravella and Never OutFoxed. Photo by Valerie Durbon Photography.

Holly Payne Caravella and the Fox Syndicate’s Never OutFoxed jumped to a second-place podium finish in the U.S. Open $50,000 Arena Eventing Team Competition at the Central Park Horse Show last Saturday in New York, and today they stormed around clear and inside the time to finish third in the CIC3* on 70.3.

The remaining competitors in the CIC3* division retired on course or withdrew prior to running cross country. Click here to see full results from the CIC3* division.

Allie Knowles and Sound Prospect. Photo by Valerie Durbon Photography.

Allie Knowles and Sound Prospect Win Advanced

Allie Knowles continued her comeback tour with a win in the Advanced division on 42.6 with Sound Prospect, a 15-year-old Thoroughbred owned by Sound Prospect LLC, adding one show jumping rail and 5.2 cross country time penalties to their dressage score.

Colleen Rutledge and UNO, her own 11-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare bred by Jane Sleeper, finished second on 51.0 with one rail down in show jumping and 10.4 cross country time penalties.

Colleen Rutledge and UNO. Photo by Valerie Durbon Photography.

Ema Klugman and Bendigo, her own 15-year-old Trakehner, jumped clear in show jumping and added 7.6 time penalties on cross country to finish third on 64.2. Cindy Anderson-Blank and Phyllis Dawson’s Windchase Phoenix Star finished fourth on 80.6, with Ema Klugman also finishing fifth with her own Joker’s Win on 89.5.

The remaining competitors in theAdvanced division retired on course or withdrew prior to running cross country. Click here to see full results from the Advanced division.

Ema Klugman and Bendigo. Photo by Valerie Durbon Photography.

Looking to the CIC2*, Autumn Schweiss and her own Oakport Strauss, a 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse, added 2.0 cross country time penalties to their dressage score to win on 59.8. Delaney Vaden and her own RedRox Jazzman, a 13-year-old American Warmblood, finished second on 61.7. Nita Sanfilippo and her own Alarmabull, a 10-year-old Thoroughbred, placed third on 67.2.

We have to send a special shout out to friend of EN and super mom Sara Lieser, who completed her first CIC2* today with her own Osh Kosh, a 12-year-old Thoroughbred. “Learning to really ride at this level has been harder than I could have imagined, but I continue to feel like we’re moving in the right direction, and I’m enjoying the journey.” Cheers to you, Sara!

Morven also ran two Open Intermediate divisions, with Kristen Bond and Liz Bond’s Enough Already, a 9-year-old KWPN gelding, winning the A division on 28.8, adding just 3.6 cross country time penalties to their dressage score.

Cheers to EN’s rockstar data analyst Maggie Deatrick, who jumped clear around the Intermediate-A division cross country with her own Divine Comedy, a 15-year-old Thoroughbred better known as “Dante.”

Arielle Aharoni and Christine Aharoni’s Dutch Times, a 9-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, finished just 1 second over the optimum time on cross country to add 0.4 penalties to their dressage score and win the Open Intermediate-B division on 33.4.

Click here to view full live scoring from all divisions at Morven Park. The action continues tomorrow in the CIC*, Preliminary and Novice divisions. Many thanks to Valerie Durbon Photography for taking beautiful photos today at Morven. Go Eventing.

US Equestrian Names Nations Cup Team for Boekelo CCIO3*

By on Sep 28, 2017 4:56 pm -

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z. Photo by Libby Law.

US Equestrian announced this afternoon that the three American riders entered to compete at Military Boekelo CCIO3* next week, Oct. 4-8, in Enschede, Netherlands, will comprise Team USA in the FEI Nations Cup Final. Leslie Law will serve as Chef d’Equipe for the team.

We’ll be cheering loudly for:

  • Katherine Coleman and Back to Business, Kalai LLC’s 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare
  • Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z, the Deniro Z Syndicate’s 9-year-old KWPN gelding
  • Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus, her own and Sherrie Martin’s 2003 Irish Sport Horse gelding.

Katherine and Liz are making the trip to the Netherlands from their bases in England, while Caroline is traveling from the USA thanks in part to funding from the USET Foundation’s Jacqueline B. Mars Developing Rider Grant.

You can read more about the American entries at Boekelo and check out the full list of horses and riders competing in EN’s entry list preview.

[U.S. Equestrian Announces Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for FEI Nations Cup Military Boekelo-Enschede CCIO3*]

Find Your Next Eventer at Presque Isle Downs CANTER Showcase

By on Sep 28, 2017 8:56 am -

Are you searching for your next eventing prospect? You’re in luck! CANTER PA is hosting the Presque Isle Downs End of Meet Showcase this Saturday, Sept. 30, at Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Retiring racehorses in need of good homes will be available for purchase during the showcase, which will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. EST. Thanks to CANTER, we have an exclusive preview to bring you of the Thoroughbreds right here on EN.

Scroll down to view photos, stats, race records, descriptions and prices. All horses will be presented in hand at the showcase and available for purchase the day of the event. All are priced at $3,500 or less and will be sold with a no-slaughter contract. A vet will be on the grounds if you are interested in a pre-purchase exam.

You’ll notice that names for the horses are not listed. CANTER explains: “This year we are not posting Jockey Club names or videos. To be fair to those attending the event, we are doing our best to be sure that they get first shot at these horses. With racing, there is no guarantee that all horses will be available Saturday, but we also expect new ones to be added the day of the event, so come on out to see these horses for yourself.”

After the showcase, all the additional information will be posted on horses that do not sell the day of the showcase and will be sold as standard CANTER listings. For more information, please feel free to e-mail [email protected] or ask a question on the showcase Facebook event.

PRESQUE ISLE DOWNS SHOWCASE HORSES

All photos © CANTER PA

2009 bay 15.3 gelding by El Corredor

Race record: 50-8-8-3 $124,006

Athletic and cat-like, this guy could be a fun jumper or eventer type. He has minor ankle rounding on his left front ankle and a small amount of filling in the right front ankle. Best suited to an experienced rider.

Price: $2,000

2007 chestnut gelding by Kingmambo 

Race record: 76-3-12-9 $152,395

No known issues or vices, this wonderful campaigner is ready for a new career. Fancy!

Price: $2,500

2014 chestnut 15.1 gelding owned by Even the Score

Race record: 6-0-1-1 $5,955

No known issues or vices. Retired from racing last year, has been ridden off the track and was intended to be used as a pony horse. W/T/C, schooled over fences, through water and has been trail ridden. Very sensible and willing learner, this guy looks .great in the tack

 Price: $3,000

2012 chestnut 16.3 gelding by Benny the Bull

Race record: 21-3-6-0 $47,586

Powerhouse with size. This guy has old, superficial pin-fire marks and he does make a breathing
sound when he gallops. He scopes clean, we’re told he isn’t affected by the sound but it is audible.

Price: $2,000

2014 chestnut 16.1 mare by Kitten’s Joy

Race record: 18-0-1-2 $8,500

No known physical issues. Second dam is a multiple graded stakes producer, including multiple G1 winner. Please note, we’re told that she has slight weaving tendencies on race days.

Price: $2,500

2014 chestnut 15.1 1/2 gelding by Proud Citizen

Race record: 9-1-2-2 $25,075

This guy is being retired from racing with an old knee chip, diagnostics are available. Super cute and friendly!

Price: $1,000

2005 grey 16.1 gelding

Needs experienced rider, not suitable for kids or beginner riders. A pony horse on the track, this guy is spooky and somewhat unpredictable but sweet on the ground. He has scarring, splints and swelling on his front legs and roars when ridden.

Price: $500

2014 grey 16.1 mare by Zensational

Race record: 6-0-0-0 $3,040

No known issues or vices. Leggy, quiet and easy to handle. Nice eventer type, this girl is elegant!

Price: $3,000

2010 bay 16.0 gelding by Freefourinternet

Race record: 34-2-3-5 $36,075

No known issues or vices, this sweet guy should be an ideal amateur choice.

Price: $2,000

2013 chestnut 15.3 gelding by Five Star Day

Race record: 22-2-2-4 $48,340

No known issues or vices. Very charismatic, quiet to ride and handle.

Price: $3,500

2012 bay gelding by Christine’s Outlaw

Race record: 24-4-3-3 $39,363

No known issues or vices. We’re told he is an absolute sweetheart and could be a good kid’s horse or stash him away for yourself. (No photo available)

 Price: $2,500

2014 bay 16.2 gelding by J P’s Gusto

Race record: 6-0-0-0 $1,300

No known issues or vices. Super athletic eventer type with natural suspension, this one could go far.

 Price: $2,500

2012 bay 15.3 hand mare by Full Mandate

Race record: 15-1-1-4 $15,125

No known issues or vices, this girl is a beautiful hunter type. Very quiet and kind, she’s sure to turn heads.

Price: $2,500

2011 bay 15.1 mare by Singing Saint

Race record: 29-2-3-2 $29,109

No known issues or vices, this girl is sweet and athletic. Her trainer is fond of her and describes her as being very well broke.

Price: $1,000

2013 bay 15.2 gelding by Catienus

Race record: 12-0-0-0 $2,420

EASY ride! Sweet and pleasant to be around, this guy has already been ridden on the trails and would be a fun amateur choice. No known issues or vices other than a tiny popped splint inside his right front leg.

Price: $2,500

2010 bay 16.2 gelding by Teofilo (IRE)

Race record: 38-3-9-7 $48,314

No known issues or vices. Former steeplechaser, Mizyen was imported from Ireland and has foxhunted in the off season. Very appealing type for eventers and fox hunters, trainer states that he is powerful to gallop but well-behaved.

Price: $2,000

2012 bay 15.1 1/2 mare by Henrythenavigator

Race record: 39-2-11-7 $58,195

No known issues or vices. Polo size, we’re told she’s the “soundest horse in the barn” and good for everything but doesn’t volunteer for the vet. Loves to train and is strong under tack.

Price: $2,000

2010 bay 16.0 mare by High Fly

Race record: 33-4-5-5 $47,214

No known issues or vices, this girl would be suitable for any discipline. She has been trail ridden in large open fields and may enjoy loving a kid of her own.

Price: $2,000

2009 bay 15.1 gelding by Wilko

Race record: 69-5-12-8 $86,539

Saintly! A super sweet, sensible fellow who seems like a solid citizen. He has an osselet on his left front ankle and seemed to have a hair of puffiness on the right front ankle. Seems like a great all-arounder or family horse.

 Price: $1,500

2010 bay 15.3 mare by Suave

Race record: 32-2-2-1 $27,844

Big, curvy girl who has a warmblood look about her, this one could be nice for sport or breeding. Has been trail ridden. She does have an old ankle that is larger than the other, but hasn’t been an issue. Very pretty!

Price: $2,000

2008 chestnut 15.3 gelding by Distorted Humor

Race record: 60-7-7-10 $152,213

No known issues or vices. Cool campaigner, barn mascot and most recently a pony horse. Good for everything but sometimes grumpy in front of his stall.

Price: $500

2011 bay 16.2 mare by Louis Quatorze

Race record: 24-0-3-3 $17,602

No known issues or vices, this girl is a knockout! Athletic for any endeavor, nice to be around, ready to take on the world.

Price: $3,500

2009 bay 16.0 mare by Sharp Humor

Race record: 52-3-3-5 $46,146

No known issues or vices other than old small ankle rounding, which doesn’t affect her. She has been hacked out cross country and her trainer states that she has a very well rounded education.

Price: $2,000

2012 grey 15.3 mare by Marino Marini

Race record: 23-2-5-3 $50,501

Has a right knee issue, possibly a knee chip. Jogged evenly but we’re told the knee is slightly reactive for a few days after racing. No stable vices.

Price: $2,500

2013 bay 15.2 1/2 gelding by Kiss the Kid

Race record: 7-0-0-0 $1,400

No known issues, leggy, fun and forward moving. Superficial scar on left front leg.

Price: $1,000

2009 chestnut 15.2 mare by Sharp Humor

Race record: 44-4-4-9 $106,655

No known issues or vices. Lovely mare, pleasant to be around with trail miles we enjoyed meeting this girl. Currently on the farm and can be turned out with others.

Price: $2,000

2014 bay 16.0 gelding by Hacker

Race record: 7-0-0-0 $1,760

No known issues or vices, this guy has a small bump on his right hind leg which is old. Lightly raced, he has been ridden on the farm, trail ridden and even started jumping.

Price: $3,500

2013 bay 15.2 mare by Silver Mountain

Race record: 6-0-1-1 $5,955

No known issues or vices. Solid ride, this girl has been trail ridden and is not spooky. Trains off the farm and is regularly turned out.

Price: $2,500

2012 bay 15.2 mare by Arch

Race record: 31-0-2-5 $25,899

No known issues or vices, this girl is a stunning hunter mover. We’re told she is very good to handle and ride with just enough sass to be fun. Word to the wise, this princess prefers a soft grooming.

Price: $1,000

Wednesday Video from Kentucky Performance Products: South Peace Helmet Cam

By on Sep 27, 2017 5:40 pm -

Take a spin around the Preliminary course with Jessica Kerschbaumer and her Thoroughbred mare Like A Girl at a very muddy South Peace Horse Trials earlier this month in Grand Prairie, Alberta. “Twig,” an 8-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred mare (Desktop X Toppers Happy), added 4 cross country time penalties to finish sixth in her division.

We are longtime fans of Jessica’s helmet cams, both because she is a fantastic horsewoman and also because she is always analyzing her rides looking for ways to improve. “We all have those runs we wish we could do over,” she says, “and no one is perfect all the time, especially not me, so hopefully instead of being critical we can all sympathize with those moments and learn from them and move forward.”

Well said, Jessica! Shout out to the organizers at South Peace for enduring heavy rains at their event. (I’d love to have some of that rain in the Pennsylvania area and surrounding states right now. With not a drop of rain in the forecast and unseasonably warm temperatures, we are set to have a very dry Morven Park this weekend!)

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Boekelo CCIO3* Entries Go Live with 3 American Combinations

By on Sep 27, 2017 8:12 am -

Caroline Martin and Pebbly Maximus are one of three combinations that will represent the USA at Boekelo. Photo by Adam Fanthorpe.

Seventeen nations will be represented in the FEI Nations Cup Final at Military Boekelo CCIO3* in Enschede, Netherlands, Oct. 4-8 next week, including three American combinations.

Caroline Martin will ride Pebbly Maximus, her 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding she already successfully campaigned overseas earlier in the summer, with a top 15 finish in the Houghton Hall CICO3* Nations Cup and fifth place finish in the Bramham Under 25 CCI3*.

Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z at Carolina International. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Liz Halliday-Sharp will ride Deniro Z, a 9-year-old KWPN gelding owned by the Deniro Z Syndicate, in his CCI3* debut, coming off a strong fifth place finish in his first three-star in the Blenheim 8/9-year-old CIC3*. This horse has won an eye-popping five internationals over the past calendar year.

Katherine Coleman will ride her own Back to Business II, a 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse mare that already has a strong finish at CCI3* level on her record this season, having finished 12th in her debut at the level at Tattersalls in Ireland over the summer.

Katherine Coleman and Back to Business II at Tattersalls. Photo by Jenni Autry.

In all, 104 horses and 92 riders will compete at Boekelo, including 13 teams in the Nations Cup Final. After eight Nations Cup legs this season, Great Britain (590 points) and Germany (580 points) will battle it out for the series win at Boekelo, with just 10 points separating them on the leaderboard.

France is well back in third place on 335 points, but the host nation of the Netherlands is within striking distance of a podium finish on 280 points if they can deliver a strong performance on home soil. Sweden sits fifth in the current standings on 210 points, with the USA in sixth on 180 points.

Australia brings a strong group to Boekelo, including Chris Burton with Kate Walls’ Cooley Lands, winner of the Blenheim 8/9-year-olds CIC3*. Other nations fielding riders for the competition include Belgium, Brazil, China, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.

Click here to browse the full entry list for Boekelo, and keep it locked on EN next week for live coverage from the event. The competition will be live streamed with English commentary for the first time this year, so all of you following along from home will be able to watch. Go Eventing.

[2017 Military Boekelo CICO3* Entry List]

Phillip Dutton Recovering from Injuries Sustained in Fall

By on Sep 22, 2017 9:30 am -

Phillip Dutton and Mighty Nice in the Plantation Field CIC3* on Sunday. Photo by Amy K. Dragoo Photography.

Phillip Dutton is recovering from injuries sustained yesterday while cross country schooling a young horse, according to a statement posted on his website. He fell from the horse and sustained a broken collarbone, three broken ribs and a collapsed lung. The horse was not injured in the incident.

“We are meeting with an orthopedist today to establish a plan of care and will know more soon about when he can start riding again and ultimately get back to competing. He was monitored overnight at Christiana Hospital out of caution for the collapsed lung and is expected to be released soon.”

Phillip was entered to compete Mr. Candyman in the U.S. Open $50,000 Arena Eventing Team Competition at the Central Park Horse Show on Saturday night. While his fans will surely miss him, we are grateful Phillip will make a full recovery and wish him all the best as he recovers.

This report has been updated to clarify that the horse was not injured in the incident.

[Statement on Phillip Dutton’s Condition Following Fall]

Fair Hill International 2017 Entries Go Live

By on Sep 21, 2017 12:50 pm -

Jenny Caras and Fernhill Fortitude are looking to go clear and inside the time on cross country for the third consecutive year in the CCI3* at Fair Hill. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Entries are now live for the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day Event, which is just three weeks away on Oct. 11-15, 2017, in Elkton, Maryland.

This first entry status update shows 37 entered in the CCI3* and 58 entered in the CCI2*, with entries still to come for riders like Phillip Dutton and Boyd Martin.

Jessica Phoenix and Buck Davidson both have three entered in the CCI3*, while Allison Springer has three entered in the CCI2*. Tamie Smith, who won the CCI3* in 2015 with Mai Baum, will once again make the trip from the West Coast to compete two horses in Wembley and Fleeceworks Royal.

Emily Beshear and Silver Night Lady, who finished as the Reserve National CCI2* Champions in 2016, return this year in the CCI3*. Will Coleman and Boris O’Hara finished fourth in the CCI2* last year and will take on the CCI3* this year.

Just one of the horses that finished in the top 10 in the CCI3* last year is currently entered to return this year: Jenny Caras and Fernhill Fortitude, who placed sixth in 2016. Jenny and Fernhill Fortitude have made the optimum time on Derek di Grazia’s CCI3* cross country course for the past two years in a row, so they will look to make it three this year.

As for other big names we can expect to pop up on the list, Phillip Dutton confirmed to EN that Rio Olympic bronze medalist Mighty Nice, who finished as the 2015 Fair Hill CCI3* Reserve National Champion, will return in the CCI3* this fall to hopefully gain his qualifier for the 2018 World Equestrian Games.

You can check out the full CCI entry list here, as well as entries for the 2017 USEA Young Event Horse East Coast Championships. Shout out to super secretary Mary Coldren!

Which horses are you excited to watch at Fair Hill this year? Top of my list has to be Tim Bourke with Luckaun Quality, an absolute cross country powerhouse that has never finished outside of the top 15 in the Fair Hill CCI3*. Go Eventing.

[Fair Hill International Entry Status]

Wednesday Video from Kentucky Performance Products: Blenheim Rewind

By on Sep 20, 2017 5:38 pm -

If you weren’t able to watch the British Eventing live stream of cross country from Blenheim, here is more than 30 minutes of footage thanks to good friend of EN David Robinson, better known as harveywetdog on YouTube. Enjoy!

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Nina Gardner’s Homebred Twilightslastgleam Awarded Le Lion d’Angers Grant

By on Sep 20, 2017 3:10 pm -

Jennie Brannigan and Twilightslastgleam. Photo by Shelby Allen.

It’s an exciting day for Tim and Nina Gardner and their homebred Thoroughbred Twilightslastgleam, as the horse has received the Holekamp/Turner Young Event Horse Le Lion d’Angers Grant to compete with Jennie Brannigan at the FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses in France next month.

The grant, founded by Tim and Cheryl Holekamp and Christine Turner, enables the highest scorer of the USEA Young Event Horse 5-year-old Championship to travel to Le Lion d’Angers to compete as a 7-year-old if the horse obtains the proper CCI2* qualifications.

Comic was the 2014 Young Event Horse East Coast 4-year-old Reserve Champion and ranked third in the overall standings that year. He then placed seventh at the 2015 Young Event Horse East Coast 5-year-old Championships and was ranked 13th overall in the nation.

Twilightslastgleam and Jennie Brannigan with Nina Gardner and Jo Whitehouse after he was named 2014 Young Event Horse East Coast 4-year-old Reserve Champion. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Twilightslastgleam, a 7-year-old Thoroughbred (National Anthem x Royal Child) better known as “Comic,” is the second American-bred horse to receive the grant, which awards $17,500 to horses bred in the USA and $8,000 to imported horses. Judy McSwain’s Holsteiner mare Fleeceworks Royal, who received the grant last year, was bred in the USA by Charlotte Wrather.

Comic finished third in the Jersey Fresh CCI2* in May and was named the National Intermediate Reserve Champion at the American Eventing Championships last month. He finished third in the Plantation Field CIC2*-B at the weekend on a personal best dressage score of 45.8.

“I love that, knock on wood, the past couple of events he’s been very good in the show jumping, and he laid down his best test,” Jennie said. “For being a Thoroughbred, he’s a nice mover and he’s 7 so the strength of the dressage is hard but he’s getting there.”

Jennie Brannigan and Twilightslastgleam on the right saying hi to former stablemate Indie and Sloane Pierpont at Millbrook in 2015. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Nina Gardner is thrilled to have Comic heading to France. He started out in race training, as all of her homebred Thoroughbreds do, but it was clear he didn’t want to be a racehorse. After starting his eventing training at True Prospect Farm with Phillip Dutton and Waylon Roberts, Comic then joined Jennie’s program.

Stephanie Cauffman took him to his first YEH competitions as a 4-year-old before Jennie started eventing him at Novice level in 2014. Famed jump jockey Willie McCarthy also competed Comic at a Novice event that year.

“Most of our Thoroughbreds in the past were sold to be racehorses, but I have always tried to breed an all-purpose Thoroughbred that would have a life beyond racing and could possibly do something other than racing, so this means a great deal to me,” Nina said.

The EN team extends hearty congratulations to Tim, Nina, Jennie and the entire team behind Comic and wish them the very best of luck as as they travel to France for Le Lion d’Angers, which will be held Oct. 19-22, 2017.

[Twilightslastgleam Will Represent United States at FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses]

Who Jumped It Best? GMHA Junior Beginner Novice Edition + Win Photos

By on Sep 20, 2017 10:30 am -

Nine recognized USEA horse trials ran around the country this past weekend, with GMHA hosting their September event in beautiful South Woodstock, Vermont. Thanks to Joan Davis of Flatlandsfoto, we have photos of some of the division winners, plus a bonus edition of Who Jumped It Best.

Caroline Teich and Kingslayer won the Preliminary Rider edition. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Caroline Teich and Kingslayer won the Preliminary Rider edition on 38.6, adding just one show jumping to their dressage score. Emma Weir and Sapphire won the Junior Training division on their dressage score of 22.1, the second lowest finishing score at the event.

Emma Weir and Sapphire won the Junior Training division. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Meredith Webb and Precious Z took the honors of lowest finishing score, winning the Training Rider B division on their dressage score of 21.6. Sarah Noble and Man About Town won the Novice Rider B division on their dressage score of 29.5.

Sarah Noble and Man About Town. Photo by Morgan Mindrebo / Flatlandsfoto.

Jocelyn Van Bokkelen and Wauwinet won the Open Beginner Novice division, also finishing on their dressage score of 27.8. Abigail McDonough and Easy Flight won the Junior Beginner Novice division on 30.5, and you can see their photo below along with more riders in their division.

Jocelyn Van Bokkelen and Wauwinet won the Open Beginner Novice division. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Take a look at the photos below and vote in the poll at the bottom of the post for which horse and rider you think present the best overall picture over the jump. Click here to view final results from the GMHA September Horse Trials. Go Eventing.

Alexa Duncan and Ghost Whisperer. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Cailey Fay and Elphin Kookaburra. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Anna Harnsberger and Josephine. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Serena Limberg and Faye. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Abigail McDonough and Easy Flight. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Emma Oldenburg and Rockhill’s Rocket. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

Sophie Sudduth and Hologram. Photo by Joan Davis/Flatlandsfoto.

8 Facts You Need to Know from Blenheim

By on Sep 14, 2017 5:39 pm -

Hannah Sue Burnett and RF Demeter at Blenheim today. Photo by Libby Law Photography.

It’s a big weekend at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, which is hosting a CCI3*, CIC3* for 8/9-year-olds and the Event Rider Masters finale this weekend. We have a slew of American and Canadian riders competing in all three divisions, and Tilly Berendt is your reporter on the grounds keeping us up to date on all the action.

The Event Rider Masters CIC3* section will stream live starting tomorrow with dressage at 9:15 am. BST/4:15 a.m. EST at this link. BETV will live stream cross country and show jumping for the CCI3* and CIC3* at this link on Saturday and Sunday.

EquiRatings is providing statistics for Blenheim and crunched the numbers to give us facts and figures to follow throughout the weekend. Keep it locked on EN for everything you need to know from Blenheim. Go Eventing.

10 Blenheim Facts You Need to Know

  1. Fifty total pairs have scored in the 30s in dressage over the past two seasons of Event Rider Masters. This year’s Blenheim field has 20 pairs alone that have scored sub-40 at the three-star level, meaning we are in for a real treat in the first phase.
  2. The record low ERM dressage score is 30.8, scored by Thomas Carlile and Upsilon at Barbury Castle this summer. No pairs in the Blenheim field have a personal best below that score, but six horses in the field have scored sub-35 at the three-star level.
  3. Of all the Blenheim CIC3* winners this decade, Mark Todd and Landvision were the only victors to make the time on cross country. But all the winners this decade jumped clear and inside the time in show jumping.
  4. The 12 ERM winners have represented six different countries: France, Great Britain, China, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia. Riders from Ireland, Canada, the United States, and Belgium will be attempting to break into the winner’s club at Blenheim.
  5. Mr Bass has knocked only two rails in 19 international show jumping rounds with Laura Collett. They have become specialists at finishing on their dressage score and sit ninth on 40.4 after the first phase in the CCI3*.
  6. Deniro Z has won six of his eight international completions with Liz Halliday-Sharp — a 75% win rate. He has won his last five internationals in a row and has started off with a bang in his CCI3* debut, sitting fifth on 44.4.
  7. Chipmunk FRH had scored sub-40 in six of his last 10 international dressage tests with Julia Krajewski, including a 29.2 at Wiesbaden CIC3* last year. They lead the CCI3* on 33.4. This is their third best ever test and their best ever test outside of Germany.
  8. Cooley Rorkes Drift has jumped eight consecutive clear show jumping rounds with Jonty Evans. They sit in eighth place in the CCI3* on a dressage score of 40.0.

Blenheim: Website, Entries & Scoring, Live Stream, ERM Live Stream, BE TV Live Stream, EN’s Coverage, Twitter, Instagram

Best Event Ever: Action Underway at Plantation Field International

By on Sep 13, 2017 6:23 pm -

Alex O’Neal and RF Eloquence. Photo by Jenni Autry.

The Best Event Ever didn’t exactly have the best weather ever as the action kicked off today at Plantation Field International Horse Trials in idyllic Unionville, Pennsylvania. The skies absolutely opened up this morning in a torrential downpour, which mercifully slowed to a misty drizzle by the time dressage started this afternoon.

With an eye-popping 110 horses entering the CIC2*, Plantation Field opted to split the class, and the first 20 horses in the A division made their way down centerline this afternoon. Alex O’Neal and Sally  Crane’s RF Eloquence, a 12-year-old Holsteiner by Contender, lead the way in the early going on 38.1.

Alex has the temporary ride on his wife’s CCI4* mount while Ellie MacPhail O’Neal recovers from an especially nasty break to her right collarbone, sustained in a fall at Richland Park Horse Trials last month.

Ellie is recovering well after surgery and displaying the typical stoic attitude of an event rider in the wake of a serious injury. As Alex put it: ” I can honestly say I’m not sure whether I’m even more attracted to her for being this tough through this terrible broken collar bone break or mildly afraid of her!”

Jenny Caras and her own Fernhill Full Throttle, an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding by Cyrano, were the final pair to go today, scoring 39.1 to sit in second place overnight. Bobby Meyerhoff and Diane Kerney’s Rascal Rap, a 9-year-old Oldenburg by Rapture R, sit third on 40.6.

Last year we saw only two pairs score in the 30s in dressage in the entirety of the CIC2* division at Plantation Field. We already have two in the 30s after the first 20 horses, so we are almost certainly in for an exciting show across the next two days of dressage as both CIC2* divisions complete the first phase.

This is just the beginning of what is set to be a very exciting weekend as Plantation Field celebrates the 10th anniversary of the premier fall horse trials. This year’s event benefits the Retired Racehorse Project, and Thoroughbreds are the stars of the show.

Steuart Pittman and the Retired Racehorse Project will host a demo on Saturday, previewing select horses that will be competing at the Thoroughbred Makeover and ultimately available for sale at the Kentucky Horse Park next month.

During the Sunday lunch break, legends of the racing world will ride off-track Thoroughbreds in the Real Rider Cup, a show jumping competition that will see jockeys, trainers, owners and vets face off. Rosie Napravnik, Sean Clancy, Joe Sharp, Sanna Neilson and many more big names will compete.

If you can’t be in Unionville to watch the action live, USEF Network is live streaming the entire three-star competition starting Friday morning. Dom Schramm and I will be commentating and bringing in a slew of surprise guests, so be sure to tune in on USEF Network starting Friday at 8 a.m. EST.

Tomorrow is a full day of dressage in the CIC2* and CIC* divisions. Click here to view the full event schedule. Click here to visit the brand new Plantation Field International website, which has all the information you need to know. Keep it locked on EN — your Plantation Field headquarters! Go Eventing.

Plantation Field: Website, Schedule, Order of Go, Ride Times, Live Scores, Live Stream, EN’s Coverage, Twitter, Instagram