Burghley week is finally upon us, and we’re anxiously counting down the minutes until Wednesday’s first horse inspection (4 p.m. local time, 11 a.m. EST) for the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. In the meantime, we’ve
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The first weekend in September is always a busy one, with three different events running Advanced or three-star sections (plus the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials across the pond!). Five Points has the eastern market
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Happy Burghley week! We’re waiting with barely suppressed impatience for the big fall CCI4* to begin, which it will on Wednesday with the First Horse Inspection. This weekend, the U.S. and U.S.-based pairs made their
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Buzzterbrown was spotted at the Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Horse Trials yesterday, and true to form he’s posted another great video montage from the Intermediate cross country action. Marilyn Little took home both first and
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Jon Holling said all he needed heading into show jumping at Chatt Hills this morning was to read Maggie’s By the Numbers predictions once more. While he was only kidding, we’re still thrilled to see
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Chattahoochee Hills runs a late season Advanced alongside their CIC1/2*. It’s generally considered a good opportunity for those in the south to move up to a new level, and indeed we have quite a few
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A whiz kid can have all the talent in the world but it takes a special teacher to develop those gifts to their highest potential. Cooley Cross Border was lucky enough to find a mentor in
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When the horse Buck Davidson was riding in the Richland CCI2* hung a leg and fell on cross- country yesterday, Buck did exactly what you’d expect Buck to do: hop on an Advanced horse and
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When I say Richland is in the middle of a cornfield, I mean that Richland is LEGITIMATELY in the middle of a cornfield. (OK, there are some soybeans too, but mostly corn.) But you can’t
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Red on white, white on left, insanity in the middle… that’s the Eventing Nation way. But it takes an extra-special sort of crazy to get the job done in style. For our Richland edition of
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Yesterday’s Richland Park CIC3* leaders stayed strapped in tight for today’s show jumping competition. The lovesong of Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM continued with a double-clear round. Buck/Carlevo and Emily Beshear/Shame on the Moon
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The search for America’s next top event horse has made big strides in recent years, particularly in the realm of identifying and developing budding equine talent. The USEA’s Young Event Horse program is, obviously, leading
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Whether it’s sailing over cross-country jumps at Bromont or drunkenly smashing into them at Luhmühlen, you never know what’s going to happen next when you lead an opinionated stuffed animal into the start box. Such
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The bromance is a real thing, y’all. Just watch Buck and Reggie’s dressage test that won them the first phase of the CIC3* at Richland Park and you’ll agree. Really, though, this pair is a
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Cooley Cross Border is like a little kid we’ve been watching grow up over the years. Eventing Nation has been following his career since… “Forever!” Kim laughs. “I’ve been very, very slow with him.” Kim
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Buck Davidson loves Ballynoe Castle RM. Like, LOVES him. Somewhere on Buck’s farm, there is probably a tree with their names carved in it. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had matching red-and-yellow friendship bracelets.
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We all read Wylie’s report from the first jog at Richland Park last night, and now The Horse Pesterer has the video of Joe Meyer’s great “jog save” with the stallion South Paw. Though this
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Should we put on our sunglasses? Should we get out an umbrella? Lots of questions up in the air here at Richland Park Horse Trials, some of them involving erratic weather and others regarding who’ll
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Twenty-four horses will start the Advanced division at Richland Park this weekend, meaning we have a whopping 72 horses total starting between the Advanced and CIC3* levels at this event! The Advanced field has a large
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Richland Park Horse Trials started off on the right foot today with 22 of 22 horses passing the CCI2* jog. Both the CCI2* and CIC1* are new additions for the 2015 event, which also features
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Richland Park is always a very popular event, and this year is proving to be no exception, with entries filled only a week after the opening date. The three-star division is extremely strong in terms
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It’s time to play Who Jumped It Best? Aachen Cross Country Edition! We posted a lot of pictures during the Aachen CICO3* of Ingrid Klimke, who finished one-two in a total domination of the competition,
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It’s been a good day all around for the North American contingent at the Aachen CICO3*, as Team USA finished in third place in the FEI Nations Cup standings, and Canada also completed their three-rider
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