The Start Box
Today I was sitting up there atop my speckled grey horse, waiting in line to go out on the Intermediate cross country at Plantation Field. We’d jumped a couple warm up fences and then headed
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Lindsey’s Road to the Thoroughbred Makeover: Prepare for Opportunity
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 RPP Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next eight months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks,
...» Read More!Clare’s Road to the Thoroughbred Makeover: Leave the Jumping to Your Horse
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 RPP Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next eight months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks,
...» Read More!Lessons Learned: Doubling Down on the Drops
With another event coming up soon, it was time for Ainsley Jacobs and her horse JJ to hit the practice field to work on some trouble spots: down banks and ditches. What did Ainsley learn?
...» Read More!Against the ‘Move-Up Mentality’
Eventing is one of the greatest sports that I have ever had the privilege of training and competing in. However, it’s also of the hardest. It’s not only physically, emotionally, and financially demanding, like most
...» Read More!Jennifer’s Road to the TB Makeover: When You Jump Off the Diving Board
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 RPP Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next eight months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks,
...» Read More!#RideWithYourTribe: Community, Teamwork and the Importance of Positive Barn Culture
I truly believe that continuing education is a pivotal point of working in the horse industry, and last weekend I was lucky enough to audit the Daniel Stewart clinic at Skylark Equestrian in Brentwood, California.
...» Read More!Road to the Thoroughbred Makeover: First Rides
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 RPP Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next eight months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks,
...» Read More!Confessions of a TB Addict: Meet 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover Trainer Jennifer Reisenbichler
Hi Eventing Nation! My name is Jen, and I’m a Thoroughbred addict. When I was 5 years old, I told my mom that Kentucky Derby Day
...» Read More!Lessons Learned: Hunter Wisdom from Buck Davidson
I was SO proud of JJ for how he stepped up to every question! Photo by Danielle Ayan | eye-on-images.com. Coach Lauren Turner of River Birch Farm arranged for us to have a private clinic with legendary international event
...» Read More!The House of No Shame
You are ludicrously invited to join in a probationary membership in the House of No Shame, herein after referred to simply as “The House” or “the Shameless.” The House was established in 2019 as collective
...» Read More!Cross-Train for Better Performance: How a Ski Lesson Helped Me Ride Better
It was a chilly Sunday afternoon at Manning Park Resort in British Columbia, and I was just starting my second shift as a volunteer with the Canadian Ski Patrol when a few of us were
...» Read More!10 Deep Thoughts from Ocala
In December EN blogger and Vermont eventer Kate Rakowski spread her snowbird wings and flew south to Ocala, Florida with her horse, Kissa. The mission: training with Tik Maynard. Today, with just two weeks left down
...» Read More!The Doldrums
Colloquially, the “doldrums” are a state of inactivity, mild depression, listlessness, or stagnation – Wikipedia Hello again, chickadees! It’s been a while since we last spoke. Back in December I was riding the high of a
...» Read More!Lindsey’s Road to the Makeover: Taking It Slow
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next nine months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks, successes and
...» Read More!The Confidence Game
It seems like some people have it and others don’t. Some may even lose it along the way. Is it the foundation that holds you up through the tough times and lets you believe in
...» Read More!Answering the Question: What Can I Do for the OTTB? The Other Side of Aftercare
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next nine months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks, successes
...» Read More!New Mom, New Horse, New Goal: Meet 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover Trainer Hillary McMichael
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next nine months
...» Read More!Lessons Learned: Nailed the Novice Coffin
Earlier this year, my coach Lauren Turner of River Birch Farm offered to put together a field trip to Florida for her team. I had so much fun wintering in Ocala last year that I said yes, of course! We hauled
...» Read More!Beating the Winter Blues: Making the Most of It, Part 5
Are you an ammy-adult eventer who struggles with motivation during the winter months? Madison Givens feels your pain. She is embarking upon her own winter fitness and accountability journey, and taking EN along for the
...» Read More!Fear, and Confidence, with Jen Verharen
“Whether it be fear of falling or failing, I have yet to meet a rider that has never been scared,” writes Harriette Airhart. Truth! But it’s reassuring to know that there resources available to us
...» Read More!Forward First
It’s no secret that I sit on a lot of green horses. Over the years, working with babies has proven to be my niche. Whether completely un-started or just beginning a new career, I’ve found
...» Read More!‘Listen to Your Horse’: Meet 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover Trainer Lindsey Burns
For 673 accepted trainers, the journey to the Retired Racehorse Project‘s 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover has begun! Over the next nine months, four of those trainers will blog their journeys, including their triumphs and their heartbreaks, successes
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