One of my most closely-held pet peeves is when I hear someone refer to Pau, the south of France’s late-autumn offering, as a ‘soft’ five-star. That’s usually an assessment that comes from people who’ve not
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It’s here! It’s Saturday! Which can mean only one thing to eventing fans. It’s cross country day. Hooray! There’s a tinge of sadness that this is the last 5* cross country day of the season,
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Today, in stark contrast to yesterday at Pau, the sun shone sweetly: over the main arena, over the swiftly-filling grandstands, over my camera, which was so waterlogged from yesterday that my photos of the first
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“I could do without the nightclub music in the walk,” says reigning Pau champion Jonelle Price wryly after her test with Pratoni ride McClaren, who scored a 32.4 to sit ninth overnight after the first
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So here we are. It’s the final 5* of the season (sniff), but before we hunker down for the winter to watch reruns of the awesome eventing that’s happened in 2023, we get to wrap
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Generally, I like to think I watch horse inspections with a pretty analytical eye. I look at hooves, I look at stride length and whether it’s equilateral, I quietly brew up ways to make fun
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And so we arrive at the end of all things — or, at least, the end of the 2023 line-up of five-stars. Our final hurrah at Les Etoiles de Pau sees us in the not-quite-so-sunny
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Mondial du Lion – or the FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championship for Young Horses, to use its full and wildly uncatchy name — is, arguably, one of the most fascinating competitions of the season. Situated
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The jury is out, and the consensus is: “It’s big!” Both international stars and local rookies all agree — this year’s Maryland 5 Star is not like the ones past. “It’s right up there with
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For the last 24 to 48 to, okay, let’s be real, 150 or so hours, I have been deep in the kind of sulk you simply cannot reach me through. It is a sulk like
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It’s time for Maryland week! As is tradition for major events here at EN, we’ve compiled everything we know (and probably made some stuff up) about the CCI5* competitors in this year’s field. You’ll also
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No one will ever know (nor will ever truly want to know, I hope) if Boyd Martin actually rides commando, but he certainly did ride Commando 3 (Connor 48 – R-Adelgunde, by Amigo xx) to
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The organizers and officials at Morven Park International & Fall H.T. opted to shuffle the schedule for today’s cross country due to rain in the forecast, but by this morning — as the weather gods
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It’s an exciting time to be a part of Boyd Martin‘s team these days, with a full slate of top-quality horses steadily rising through the ranks in search of future team and 5* success. Among
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When you think of the toughest four-stars in the world, there’s probably a few frontrunners that spring to mind: Bramham, for example, with its tough terrain and dimensionally enormous fences, is a clear leader
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Military Boekelo Links: Website | Entries | Live Scoring | Live Stream | EN’s Coverage EN’s coverage of Boekelo is presented by Kentucky Performance Products. It’s nearly time for cross-country day at the 2023 renewal of
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We’re fully into the fall season now as we look ahead to the remaining major FEI events on the calendar for 2023. A few big events are yet to come, not the least including Morven
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There are just two qualification routes left for teams to book Olympic places for Paris next year. The last will come at the Pan-American Games, which will take place in Santiago, Chile, in the last
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Entries officially closed yesterday for this year’s MARS Maryland 5 Star, presented by Brown Advisory, but we’ve been continuing to see exciting names trickle in throughout today, because nobody hates a deadline quite like an
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We’re sad to report that Mr Medicott, the talented former ride of Phillip Dutton and Karen O’Connor, has died at the age of 24, following five years of happy retirement. The occasionally fiery gelding is,
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It seems like these days we look at each other’s lives through the lens of a highlight reel. We get to see the incredible trips, the best jumps, and the moments that we’re proud enough
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It’s been a seriously excellent week for reigning World Champions Yasmin Ingham and Banzai du Loir, who returned to Blenheim to work on regaining their 2021 title and led from the offset, delivering the rider’s best-ever international
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The Blenheim CCI4*-L field had thinned by two to 65 competitors before this morning’s early final horse inspection even began, with two overnight withdrawals: two-horse rider Katie Magee didn’t present Treworra, who’d executed a reasonably swift clear
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