Quitting Is for Winners
I give, Uncle, I quit. Why is eventing Kissa like banging your head on a brick wall? Because it feels so good when you stop. That’s it, we’re done. I’m out of this rut (see
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RRP Highs and Lows: Plan B and First Events
While the 2020 Retired Racehorse Thoroughbred Makeover has been postponed to 2021, there are still dedicated trainers working with the horses they’d selected to be their projects for this year. Three trainers plus one team of
...» Read More!We All Navigate Our Own Journeys in Riding
Today I find myself thinking about my riding career and realizing that I have always ridden hugely talented capable jumpers who for the most part have taken care of me. They have been willing to
...» Read More!Chin up, Buttercup: We All Suck at This
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert Kennedy Eventing is not one of those sports for the vain and proud — you can ask anyone who’s ever had a
...» Read More!A Time Like This
Here we are in the middle of our grandchildren’s history books. Many people say they can’t believe these crazy times. I can though. History has never plodded along without memorable happenings on the regular. We’ve
...» Read More!Lesson Learned: MRI Results — We’re Sitting Out the Season
We last heard from Ainsley and JJ pre-pandemic. Since then, life has been a roller coaster, and not just for the obvious reasons. JJ came up lame and, following many vet visits, there’s finally a
...» Read More!You Might Be a ‘Senior’ Eventer If …
Takes your breath away to unzip the half chaps? You might be a senior eventer. Decide, “what the hell,” and go out cross country schooling even though you haven’t galloped in two months? Wake up
...» Read More!Know Your Cross Country Obstacles, Part 2
In our first installment of Know Your Cross Country Obstacles, Holly Covey walked us through tables and fences with height/width. In this second installment, let’s look at obstacles today that differ from the classic tables.
...» Read More!Road to the Thoroughbred Makeover: Back on Track
For 616 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project’s 2020 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, is underway! The 2020 event will take place at Oct. 7-10 at the Kentucky
...» Read More!Road to the Makeover: The Dappir Ridge Eventing Team Forges Ahead
Ah, the trials and tribulations of training a baby Thoroughbred! Over the past few months, all six of our RRP horses have experienced small setbacks of some sort or another
...» Read More!When Your Child Doesn’t Ride …
“It’s time to go pony shopping!” I can’t tell you how many times I heard those words, or some variation of them, when I was pregnant with my son. And whether I ever really admitted
...» Read More!Road to the Thoroughbred Makeover: Making a Family
For 616 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project’s 2020 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, is underway! The 2020 event will take place at Oct. 7-10 at the Kentucky
...» Read More!Observations on Ruts, Rough Roads and New Paths
I started saving memes about ruts vs. changing your life about four months ago with the idea that I’d write a blog reporting in a year later from the other side of completely changing my
...» Read More!To Never Take a Moment for Granted Again
Emma Young, a freshman Equine Business Major at Otterbein University, rides on her intercollegiate dressage and eventing teams, and also fox hunts. She reflects on this recent turn of events below. View Emma’s previous blog
...» Read More!Horses Keep Me Sane
Grace Gorham is an 18 year old eventer currently compete her OTTB, Murphy at the Beginner Novice level. She hails from Area II and “loves the challenge of having to perfect all three phases.” She shares this
...» Read More!You Suck: An Eventer’s Ode to My Crappy Ankles and the Coronavirus
In early February, I sat down at my computer and mapped out my entire competition schedule for the spring/early summer season, and I am sure I am not the only eventer who did so. We
...» Read More!Jon Holling’s OTTB Blog: Ragtime Rebel on the Farm
EN is delighted to follow Jon Holling’s blog chronicling his journey with upper-level prospect Ragtime Rebel, a 6-year-old OTTB gelding he found through the Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center. Ragtime Rebel (Union Rags X A.P. Elegance, by
...» Read More!Breaking the Monotony
Today I got some bad news. Okay. Wait. Everyone take a deep breath. I don’t have the virus. All my people and my horse are fine. Not that kind of bad news. Thank goodness!!! No.
...» Read More!It’s Not Funny: Finding Humor In Quarantine Paradise
I’m really trying to find the humor in all of this. We are going on our third week of jail/quarantine, and spring is dancing in with its happy face. That happy face also has with
...» Read More!A Groton House Farm H.T. Dream on Hold
This week’s announcement that Groton House Farm H.T. (June 26-28 in South Hamilton, MS) is canceled is heart wrenching. OK maybe a small exaggeration but let me explain…. Groton House is magic to me and I have
...» Read More!Balancing College and Eventing: A Success Story from the University of Louisville
Paige Thompson is a 22-year-old two-star eventer who co-founded the University of Louisville Eventing Team in the spring of 2017. A graduating senior this spring, she was recently named the 2020 Robert G. Lawrence award
...» Read More!Road to the Thoroughbred Makeover: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
For 616 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project’s 2020 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, has begun! The 2020 event will take place at Oct. 7-10 at the Kentucky
...» Read More!Grateful In the Midst of Crisis
In one fell swoop and in less time than it takes my pony to scarf down his breakfast, I became unemployed and a homeschool mom. Such are the crazy times in which we live. Businesses
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