A rider on the Houghton International course. Photo courtesy of FlashPastPhotography Nicola Wilson and One Two Many ruled the day at Houghton International Horse Trials in the CICO3*, putting in a sharp double clear round
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Olympic eventing has shape-shifted quite dramatically over the years, with early editions being nearly unrecognizable side-by-side with the modern sport. As we approach the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and with so much discussion taking
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Who has the swankiest stall set-up? Is it awkward that there are two teams with orange and navy as their cross country colors? Why are the University of Georgia riders wearing sumo wrestling suits? And who
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Fifty-two competitors are preparing to contest The Spring Event at Woodside Preliminary Challenge in Woodside, California. Featuring $15,000 dollars in prize money for both the horse and rider divisions, it’s an annual destination event for the
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Welcome to the Spring Event at Woodside, featuring the hotly contested and popular Prelim Challenge. Friday was a gorgeous day in Northern California, with a light coastal breeze keeping the temperatures from getting too hot.
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It’s hard to take a bad picture at these British estate events with their built-in breathtaking backdrops of palaces, castles and just plain old “houses” like this one, Houghton Hall, in Norfolk, England. Course designer
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Turniergesellschaft Luhmühlen announced this morning that Mike Etherington-Smith will assume the role of course designer in 2017.
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The spring season has nearly come to a close, but there’s no slowing down this time of year around the eventing nation. Let’s take a look at some key scores. Down in Georgia at Chattahoochee
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Rails were flying today at the Saumur Complet CCI3* in France. The show jumping course was a test of good turns with multiple combinations and related distances presented on a bending line. The combination of
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On Saturday evening after Jersey Fresh, I was chatting with a few different people about the tragic accidents that had occurred that day. Everyone I talked to had opinions, which varied both in intensity and subject matter,
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Forty-one horses will move on to show jumping at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event following this morning’s final horse inspection. All 17 horses that presented in the CCI2* were accepted. Twenty-four horses were accepted
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The Event Rider Masters series will kick-off at one of the most challenging short-format venues that the sport has to offer. Chatsworth House, like so many British events, is set on an idyllic estate and
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Katie Stimac was 14 years old when she attended the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event for the first time. Having ridden dressage and western for most of her life, it was her first foray into the eventing
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A total of sixty-seven horses will move on to dressage in the CCI3* and CCI2* divisions at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event following this morning’s horse inspection on a cloudy day at the Horse
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Equestrian Canada has announced two new funding programs to benefit Canadian athletes made possible by the Stuart R. Horne Foundation. The inaugural Stuart R. Horne Canadian Eventing Championships will be held during the 2016 Jaguar
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Michael Jung is officially on the homestretch of his Rolex Grand Slam quest. La Biosthetique Sam FBW was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the Sunday inspection, with no apparent residue from yesterday’s blazing fast cross country
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Buck Davidson and Boyd Martin boast many accolades between the two of them but both are relative rookies to the Badminton game. This will be Buck Davidson’s second crack at Badminton, his debut being in
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Emily King has come out at the four-star level with guns blazing, and at Badminton her bulls-eye is directed once again at one of the top — if not the best — eventers in the
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Whether you’re competing or just soaking it in from the sidelines, Badminton is a true bucket list experience. Being at this iconic British event feels like holding an old, burnished silver trophy in your hands,
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Now that we’ve had a chance to recover from our collective Rolex Hangover — which is an actual condition in which you feel like you’ve been hit by a bus the day after Rolex concludes —
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Heather Morris and Charlie Tango, an 8-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by the Team Express Group, enjoyed a fantastic season in 2015, highlighted by five top-three placings at the two-star level, two of which were
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#BestWeekendAllYear is a wrap! The final day of competition was a nail-biter as we watched rails fall on Richard Jeffery’s show jumping course for the vast majority of competitors. Let’s take one more look at some
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Germany’s Michael Jung remains undefeated at the Kentucky Horse Park, after winning the 2010 World Equestrian Games, Rolex 2015, and now Rolex 2016. Jung dominated from start to finish, expanding his lead in each phase
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