Welcome to the most frightening depths of the mind of Pierre Michelet, a man who we always imagine tenting his fingers in his nuclear powerplant and cackling away in a French accent. There’s a rumour that
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Welcome to Thursday at Pau, where we’re looking ahead to a truly colossal afternoon of dressage. Colossal in talent, that is — we’ve all enjoyed a leisurely lie-in while the arena was taken over by
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If there’s one thing that floats Pau’s boat more than anything else, it’s embracing #SpookySeason and holding the trot-up basically as close to midnight as the FEI will let them. Okay, okay, we’re exaggerating a bit, but
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Welcome to day two at Le Lion d’Angers where, shrouded in a wintry fairytale mist, the second half of the competition’s six-year-olds made their first moves in front of the ground jury of Sandy Phillips (C), Gerd
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Friday was another great day of competition with even better weather at Woodside International Horse Trials, with the CCI3*-S through Introductory levels finishing up their dressage followed by some late afternoon show jumping for all
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The Advanced season out on the West Coast has been steadily marching on, and this weekend Woodside will hold the final prep run before the CCI4*-L at Galway. The 4*-S division is well fleshed-out, with
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It’s been a week or so since we closed the book on Britain’s only CCI4*-L of 2020 — the Blenheim that wasn’t, but then kind of was again, thanks to the efforts of Musketeer Events
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It’s time to round up the winning scores from around Eventing Nation once more! This week’s Unofficial Low Score Award was earned by Mary Ann Ghadban, a stalwart supporter of eventing in her own right
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What a weekend it was in Aiken! You came, you saw, you kicked some… well you know. Here’s how it all went down, from your point of view. Stable View Oktoberfest: Website, Entry Status, Ride Times, Live Scores, EN’s Coverage, EN’s
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Kristin Schmolze closed out her weekend at Stable View Oktoberfest with a win in the Open Intermediate aboard Foxdale’s Celtic Charm. Penny Worsham’s 7-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Diarado x Cheeky Rossa) had a personal best in
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Up next in our fall schedule is the final CCI4*-S on the east coast, held at Stable View. These folks have got their coronavirus protocols down to a science, with numerous documents online and plans
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It’s not a wholly enviable job to design an upper-level cross-country course in the most normal of times: as a designer, you have an incredible number of variables to consider when creating a track that
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Some sanity returned amid 2020’s wild ride as the Twin Rivers Fall International unfurled in Central California, where CCI2*-S and CCI3*-S competition was decided today. Junior rider Haley Turner and Shadow Inspector laid down a
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Some thirty years ago, I became aware of the awesome sport of eventing. I’d always loved horses. Found out that I got that love from my mother. Seems she’d own one or two horses of
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Has anyone else begun to notice just a hint of fall color peaking out from the tree tops? The cooler evenings and ever-so slightly fuzzier ponies are a sure sign that summer is signing off and
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Prolific British five-star horse Coolys Luxury has been retired from the top level of competition in a difficult decision by long-time rider Tom Crisp. The eighteen-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Olympic Lux x Tell Me Sunshine, by Glen
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Wearing a properly fitted helmet is more than a fashion statement, it’s protecting your most important asset: YOU! If you are looking to add to your rotation, or maybe you need to replace an older
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The stage is set for a no-miss 5th annual edition of Stable View’s Designer Builders Oktoberfest Horse Trials, to be held this year Sept. 24-27 in Aiken, South Carolina. National entries close next Tuesday, Sept. 8th —
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Embed from Getty Images The visual of Sinead Maynard’s (née Halpin) face as she determinedly laid down the cross country trip of her life to lead the field at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials,
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In summer 2020 we launched a 1st Annual $5,000+ Diversity Scholarship with the support of generous donors, inviting minority equestrians to contribute to the discussion of diversity and inclusion in equestrian sport. It is the mission of this annual
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One of the tremendous joys of being back on site, photographing and writing about events, is the endless satisfaction I get out of going through my stash of images afterwards, analysing the minutiae of each
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Alex O’Neal was the man to beat in the Chattahoochee Hills CCI3*-S. He was on top of the 21-entry class from start to finish with at least one horse, but it was Gayle Davis’ Pauldary’s Arctic
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Take a look to the left of a top level horse at any given moment at a competition. Chances are, there’s a loyal and hardworking groom standing at their side, ready to cater to any
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