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
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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
...» Read More!Road to the Makeover: The Dappir Ridge Eventing Team Checks In
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!Remember Your Why
EN intern Taleen Hanna is a junior at Cambridge High School in Milton, Georgia, and an avid follower of the sport. In her latest column, she reflects on the “why” of eventing relative to other
...» Read More!An Open Letter During COVID-19: We Will Overcome
In recent weeks we have become intimately familiar with terms like “social distancing” and “quarantine.” Gatherings have been banned, businesses forced closed and some of the biggest events in the sport have been canceled worldwide.
...» Read More!No Breakfast for Kissa
For the past couple years EN has been following the story of Kate Rakowski and her mare Kissa, who came into this world in a rather happenstance manner: Kate bid $380 on a breeding with
...» Read More!Now You See It, Now You Don’t! The Disappearing Cross Country Course
Recently, in mid-winter quiet, on a closed cross country course that still had all the jumps in place, I was able to take a stroll around a couple of the fields. As I walked, I
...» Read More!Must Pass PPE
Nothing makes me pause more than this phrase. You’ve seen it, maybe even have said it. It is frequently mentioned in ISO posts, messages, etc, and it is not meant to harm, but some people
...» Read More!From Rags to Riches and Rescuing Each Other
One of our favourite things about this sport is that there’s no obvious path to success – and that goes for horses as well as riders. Sometimes, all an unlikely champion needs is the right person to
...» Read More!Sometimes They’re Donkeys, and Sometimes They’re Jacka$$es
This is a story about how I thought we had been making progress but then my horse gave me a big ol’ smackdown. I’ve written a few blogs but haven’t published any since they were
...» Read More!Lessons Learned: Odds Against Us –The Show That Wasn’t
Sometimes things do not go as planned, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something of value to be gained. In this week’s Lessons Learned, republished from our sister website Horse Nation, Ainsley Jacobs discusses just
...» Read More!A Weekend of Firsts
Do you remember your first event? Whether you’ve completed 10 events or 1,000, it’s a healthy exercise to put ourselves in the shoes (tall boots?) of riders who are new to the sport. Emma Young,
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