“Look, if I could understand this horse, my life would be a lot easier,” laughs Laura Collett of the fifteen-year-old Dacapo, who marched into the lead in the final session today with a sparkling, established
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A trifecta of American eventing has come together at the Morven Park Equestrian Center this weekend. Not only did the iconic CCI4*-L get underway, but this weekend also marks the opening leg of the US
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A scant few years ago, you’d have been forgiven for not being able to name a single Swiss event rider. Now, though, the times are a-changing – or have been changing, really, for an Olympic
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Could it be argued that today’s Defender Burghley showjumping track was built on the softer side? Absolutely – it certainly walked as a much different type of track than the enormously influential one we saw
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And so we find ourselves on the edge of our seats, chomping at the bit to discover who will take home the Burghley trophy, but there’s much more than the glory, impressive purse and gorgeous
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The field of competitors at the Defender Burghley CCI5* has thinned from 43 to 39 after this morning’s final horse inspection, which took place after a night of heavy rain on site. Three of those
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Collectively, there probably hasn’t been many hours of sleep logged amongst the competitors at Defender Burghley ahead of today’s cross-country day; what little that was, no doubt, was plagued with night sweats and prolonged horror
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There are two easy ways to put the pressure on a seriously fit event horse in the dressage ring at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials – you can present them with a boisterous, determined wind,
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We spoke too much, yesterday, about Burghley and its late-summer golden sunlight, didn’t we? We were cursed, apparently, for breaking the first rule of journalism: that is, never write about the weather, you boring bugger.
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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a ground jury on a Thursday morning must be in want of a few marks – must, surely, be stiff and ungenerous, lending a natural benefit to those riders
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidayeventing) Yesterday’s update from Liz Halliday’s team provides some positive information as the medical team plans to take her off of the ventilator that’s
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The final dressage test at the final ever Defender Blair Castle International Horse Trials is done and dusted and the very last competitor to head down the centreline was none other than Olympic Gold medallist
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I’ve been home from the Paris Olympics for just over a week now, and I’ll admit that that week has felt a bit like I’ve been sleepwalking. But now, with the dust settling and the
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The eventing competition at the Paris Olympics has officially concluded, and our individual medalists have been decided — with a side of history. Securing a first-ever third Olympic gold medal is Germany’s Michael Jung, who
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Sunday trot-ups are always high in potential for tension with the massive efforts made on cross country the day before. After we saw multiple holds and an elimination in the First Inspection, it was hard
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Update: Since the writing of this report, it’s been confirmed that Britain’s appeal to remove Ros Canter’s 15 penalties has been unsuccessful. You can see the results in full here. We knew, well ahead of time,
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We are SO CLOSE to the start of eventing in Paris, so in anticipation we’ve gone ahead and put together our Ultimate Guide. This will be your one-stop hub for EN’s articles and coverage throughout
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Following the First Horse Inspection and a chef d’equipe meeting, we now have the confirmed start list and times for the Olympic eventing, which commences with dressage tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. local time. You can
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We certainly weren’t lacking for tension this morning as we gathered for the First Horse Inspection back in the stabling area here at the Versailles Olympic equestrian venue. Across the 81 horses presenting for 27
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This week, we’ll be bringing you a breakdown of each phase and its Olympic nuance with the help of several experts who were gracious enough to lend us some of their time and knowledge. So
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We’re just two days away from the first horse inspection – and the Opening Ceremony – of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and today’s moving-in day for horses at the Versailles stabling. It’s a big day by anyone’s
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This week, we’ll be bringing you a breakdown of each phase and its Olympic nuance with the help of several experts who were gracious enough to lend us some of their time and knowledge. Let’s
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The Olympics provides a competitive opportunity unlike any other in the eventing space, due to some differences both in format as well as how medals are determined at the end of competition. We did the legwork
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