Blogger Ainsley Jacob’s horse JJ is BACK! After a collateral ligament injury sidelined JJ for months of stall rest, he’s been cleared for tack walking at last. “That’s a sound horse.” – Dr. Dan Carter
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Kaitlin Hartford, a 16-year-old eventer from Callahan, Florida, is blogging about her journey to competing in this year’s Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover with her OTTB Family Foundation, better known as Sven. Can I please prefix this blog by saying
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“Horse show hangover.” For those of us who have experienced it, there is a level of pride and joy that accompanies a “horse show hangover” that does not normally accompany the regret, memory loss, or
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As I’m writing this it is Augusts of 2016. I have failed to compete in an event since June of last year where I made, or should I say attempted, my Training Level debut. Let’s
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There it goes … another Olympic three-day event, with its beautiful horses from all over the world, the gutting disappointments, and the surprising outcomes — some expected and some delightfully welcomed and richly deserved. You’re
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Dear Dan, You’re cute. I mostly like you. Here’s the thing: Since meeting you. I have watched hundreds of hours of Boston Red Sox baseball games. Maybe thousands. When the Red Sox aren’t playing, we’ll
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I published my first blog from Rio yesterday singing the city’s praises, so naturally a bullet was shot from some unknown location and came through the roof of the media center tent today. If that all sounds very
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Olá from Rio! I arrived in Brazil expecting an uphill battle from the start. But as I quickly learned on the ground here, and as Phillip Dutton so wisely put it: Don’t always believe the headlines.
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Citius, Altius, Fortius. The Olympic motto translates as ‘faster,higher,stronger’,and it perfectly encompasses the efforts and ambitions of every athlete that has ever taken part at any Olympic Games. Competing at the Olympics is the single
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When asked to consider the value of the Olympic stage for the sport of eventing, I quickly got distracted. Is it more pertinent to ask what the value is of eventing to the Olympic Games?
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Everything I come across online lately has to do with the Olympics, whether it is an article from Horse Nation or an angry Facebook status. The Olympics are the pinnacle of athletic achievement. Millions of
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The Olympics only come around every 4 years, but they provide a worldwide stage on which to shine the spotlight on our incredible sport of eventing. Almost every little girl and boy that rides dreams
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Much like our current political dialogue, a debate is heating up within the equestrian community surrounding the current state of our sport. Many wonder if eventing should adopt the FEI Eventing Committee’s proposals to reform
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I’m British. I come from a country that has extremely recent previous convictions for voting for the complete, wholesale removal of an entire country from an organisation that is deemed obsolete and dysfunctional. “But we’re
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Hawley Bennett-Awad, USEA ICP Level IV instructor and two-time member of the Canadian Olympic Eventing squad came to True North Farm in Harwich, MA for a 2-day eventing clinic focused on show jumping and cross
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“Remember, behind every Olympian is a village of supporters who helped get them to this point, and you are one of them!” — Jessica Phoenix I attended the Rio Olympics send-off party for Jessica Phoenix
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On Saturday afternoon as I was finishing my cross-country report at the Aquece Rio Olympic Test Event, an event official walked into the press center and told us we needed to leave. “When?” She glanced
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I am a Michigander through and through. I love the state. I love the land. I love the horse opportunities, despite how the state’s agricultural efforts have been struggling over the years at the hands
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Ainsley Jacobs is an adult amateur eventer whose blog focuses on learning the lesson at the heart of every day with horses, from the good to the bad to the ugly. While her horse JJ is
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We are scrolling through our social media, checking the pictures of the team’s horses loading on the vans, getting uniforms, and soon arriving in Rio. If you’ve been through a couple of Olympics, you know
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Editor’s note: We announced the 13 finalists in the 6th annual EN Blogger Contest last week, and now we’re bringing you their first round entries here on Bloggers Row. Each entry will be presented unedited for fairness’ sake.
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“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail” -Abraham Maslow. I say, to the (wo)man who only has a horse, everything (s)he encounters begins to look like a cross country obstacle.
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Dressage. Now there’s an activity. An essential part of the magic mix that is eventing, it is probably the biggest cause of angst among riders. STRESSAGE.
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