Scarcely an hour into the seven-hour day of cross-country at Military Boekelo, we had both a colossal plot twist and a new leader for the day. Dressage leaders Laura Collett and new ride Count Onyx
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Off the Record may be 16 years young this year, but you shouldn’t tell him that. It’s early days, of course, here at the $200,000 US Equestrian Open of Eventing Final at Morven Park, but
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We’re used to seeing European Champion Laura Collett front up at Military Boekelo with the ineffably weird Dacapo, who’s a sure thing absolutely nowhere except here, at the event where everything is on whatever odd
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We had to wait until nearly the end of day one of dressage here at the US Equestrian Open of Eventing Final taking place at Morven Park’s Fall International CCI to see a score break
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Ah, fall. The season of changing colors, pumpkin spice (if you’re into that sort of thing) and now, a very exciting addition to the U.S. eventing calendar to add to the all-out sprint to the
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It all comes down to this! We are chomping at the bit to get underway with the inaugural Final of the US Equestrian Open of Eventing, where some 30 riders will be competing for $200,000
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Fall kicked off in grand fashion at Loch Moy Farm this weekend as the USEA Area II Championships were hosted alongside the Land Rover West Columbia Maryland Horse Trials. Competitors had the benefit of lovely
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We have an entry list for this year’s MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, presented by Brown Advisory! This year, the newest CCI5* event celebrates its five-year anniversary and a strong international field is
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Just over a week ago, the 2025 Agria FEI European Eventing Championships wound down to a thrilling conclusion in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. As always, the championships served up a fascinating indicator of where
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In every generation of event horses, one or two stand out as the sort of athletes and personalities that will leave an outsized hoofprint; a legacy that lasts well beyond the years they actually spend
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We’re neither bright-eyed nor bushy-tailed on this final (early) morning of the Agria FEI European Eventing Championships, but fortunately for morale and word count, we have practically nothing at all to report from the final
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You’ll forgive us, I hope, for the time it’s taken to get this report written up: we were busy checking to see if Mercury’s in retrograde, or a full moon is coming, or if we’d
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It’s Championships time once more ENers and I’ll be bringing you live updates of all the cross country action from the Agria FEI Eventing European Championships as 17 nations and 9 teams duke it out
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Never let it be said that we at EN won’t hold our hands up when we issue a retraction: early this week, we printed a preview of this week’s Agria FEI European Eventing Championships in
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The second day of dressage at the 2025 Agria FEI European Championships at Blenheim Palace brought a few key elements to the table: glorious sunshine (a bit reflective on the plastic sheeting covering the palace,
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It’s high championship season for European riders this summer, and we’re all set to go with the final FEI Eventing European Championships, this time for Senior riders. The Europeans return to Great Britain for the
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In the autumn of 2022, while much of the eventing world turned its attention to the World Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, a German uprising was underway in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. And at
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After a season full of 4 p.m. first horse inspections, there’s something very discombobulating about heading to the trot strip at noon – but when there’s an Opening Ceremony to cram into the afternoon, plus
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New Zealand rider Clarke Johnstone became the inaugural winner of the Arena Racing Company (ARC) Racehorse to Eventer Challenge at Cornbury House Horse Trials, which carries a £45,000 first prize – unprecedented in the sport
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There’s something incredibly soothing about watching Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo go into battle for a major victory. Such is their composure and consistency that nothing they do ever feels hurried, harried, or at-risk –
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We’re quite accustomed to this point to some Sunday morning drama, but perhaps because we’ve gotten our fill of drama in the form of endless episodes of The Hills late at night while writing our
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Over the last couple of days at Defender Burghley, one of the most prominent narrative arcs has been the better-than-expected performance of many horses who haven’t necessarily shone previously in the first phase – and,
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Every year at Defender Burghley, I consider creating a drinking game out of asking riders what they think of the course. A shot for every time I hear the words “it’s big – it’s Burghley”,
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