About an hour into today’s cross-country phase at the MARS Badminton Horse Trials, it all looked a bit as though the writing was on the wall: the course was too soft, the time too gettable,
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We’re back with EN’s classic live blog for the second time this season to bring you every scrap of the cross country action as it happens from MARS Badminton. Stay tuned ENers, we’re in for
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We are kicking off another week of CCI5* action, this time outside of London at the 2026 MARS Badminton Horse Trials! As is tradition, you can use this Ultimate Guide as your one-stop shop to
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In a thrilling about-face after the Friday lunch-break at MARS Badminton, seven horses and riders posted unprecedented sub-22 scores to push Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo right out of – nah, don’t worry, we’re kidding,
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EN’s classic full report will be with you just as soon as our boots on the ground have wrangled all the action into a readable format, until then, here’s a rapid update of what went
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Nothing in life can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and, in this era of eventing, the continued dominance of Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo. The reigning MARS Badminton champions come into this
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Every year, at nearly every major event I report on, there’s Tiana Coudray – plugging away, producing her horses, a smile on her face and head groom and business partner Annabelle James by her side.
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Say what you will about a Thursday morning at MARS Badminton (and boy, do the riders: “I don’t think the judges have woken up yet,” sniffed one, who will remain anonymous to protect the grumpy),
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As Smash Mouth once sang (kind of), the five-stars start coming and they simply do. Not. Stop. Coming. Adelaide? Kentucky? Completed them, mate, with barely enough time to do some deep breathing into a paper
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The famous wartime journalist Hal Borland once wrote that “no winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” Well, sorry Hal, but we’re still smarting over here from those two Badminton-less springs during the pandemic,
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Buckle in everyone — we’ve got a lot to say today! Last October as the action wound down from the inaugural Final of the US Equestrian Open of Eventing at Morven Park, I gathered my
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A chilly morning greeted us today at the Kentucky Horse Park for the early final horse inspection for both the CCI5* and CCI4*-S divisions. We did have a couple of withdrawals overnight: In the CCI5*,
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During mixed zone interviews this week over the two days of dressage, one member of the media had one simple question for the riders: Can you sum up eventing in one word? After cross country
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Of course, true diehard eventing fans relish every moment of a three-day, but let’s be totally honest, it’s cross country day that we live for. And that day, my friends, is today. Yes, the best
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The art of dressage is a multi-faceted one. Perhaps chief among the challenges of this first phase of eventing is the unending pursuit of improvement. It’s just as much mental as it is skill —
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Despite the fact Will Coleman admitted he felt he didn’t have things completely perfect in his final warm-up ahead of Diabolo‘s first CCI5* dressage test at Defender Kentucky, the efforts made between the boards today
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It’s been two years since we last saw Ruth Bley’s Danito with Tamie Smith here at Defender Kentucky. The 17-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Dancier – Wie Musik) has a long tenure in the sport, earning accolades
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It was all smooth sailing at this afternoon’s first horse inspection at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, and all 29 horses in the CCI5* field have passed with flying colors. This weekend’s CCI5* Ground Jury
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We are ready to hit the ground running at the 2026 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event at Kentucky Horse Park, and we hope to see you soon on site! Whether you are following along with us
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Welcome to Defender Kentucky week! We’re suspiciously on time with our Form Guide this year, so why not drop it on Monday instead of Thursday?? Below, you’ll find a quick write-up on each pair in
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Even the most devoted eventing fan can be forgiven for not being familiar with the name Braden Speck. The 2026 Defender Kentucky Three Day CCI5* first timer is an increasingly rare type of upper level
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If you’re itching for some CCI5* action, this weekend is just the ticket for you (it just may require some alarm juggling on your part — but more on that soon!). The 2026 Adelaide Equestrian
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Since the publication of entries and subsequent release of the draw order for this year’s Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*, we have just a few updates as some pairs have firmed up their plans or
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