Good morning and thanks for joining us for the Land Rover Great Meadow International cross country phase. Keep refreshing this page for updates all morning as a star-studded list of riders tackle Mike Etherington-Smith’s new
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More on the glorious spectacle that is a German awards ceremony later. First, a rundown of the events leading up to Ingrid and FRH Escada JS‘s CCI4* triumph. It took a hot minute for anyone
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Twenty-five of 25 horses passed the Sunday morning inspection here in Germany, many of them looking quite spry after yesterday’s taxing effort. It never ceases to amaze me how these elite equine athletes can be
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Good morning, EN! It’s another early morning, though not quite so bad as it was yesterday. We’re getting ready to kick off show jumping at Luhmühlen for the CCI4* pairs just after 5 a.m. EST,
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Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda jumped a double clear round over Richard Jeffery’s show jumping course this afternoon at the Land Rover Great Meadow International here in The Plains, Virginia, to hold the CIC3* lead on their
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We’re fairly accustomed to our top riders competing multiple horses at one show, but it’s unusual for competitors to be entered at two sanctioned horse trials on the same weekend. Jan Byyny and Tom Finnen’s
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One thing I’ve learned over my past four days in Germany is that you just never know what’s going to happen next. Some things are predictable. OK, so the random falconry exhibition immediately following cross-country
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You’ve seen the jumps. You’ve watched the drone flyover. You’ve read all about the world’s best riders making short work of it. But never, not until this very moment, have you seen the Luhmühlen cross-country
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Luhmühlen desperately needed today to be a good one — and we got our wish. After three days of spitty rain and frigid wind, we awoke early to a day that, literally and metaphorically, just
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It’s cross country day at Luhmühlen! Capt. Mark Phillips has designed a great course for the riders, and we’ve got a brilliant group of competitors to see this morning. The official start time will be
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This weekend’s Pan American Games prep trials started with a bang when a monster storm cell rolled through The Plains, Virginia, about half an hour before the division was set to begin. Once lightning started cracking
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Jennie Brannigan and Nina Gardner’s Cambalda delivered the best three-star test of their career in the late afternoon sun here at the Land Rover Great Meadow International to win the CIC3* dressage on a score 39.8. “Ping,”
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The nightmare that was cross-country day at Luhmühlen 2014 isn’t lost on anyone this weekend. Nobody’s pretending like it didn’t happen — starting with an acknowledgement from Princess Anne in the show program’s forward: “All
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Sitting in 9th place amongst the world’s best riders is nice and all but Clark Montgomery is keeping his eye on the prize. Since Libby Head broke her wrist and had to withdraw at the
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Many gave him a run for his money but none could catch Belgium’s Julien Despontin, whose overnight CCI4* lead survived another day of cutthroat competition. A short list of the best riders in the world
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Mark Todd and Blyth Tait are in attendance this year at Luhmühlen, and they sat down in a candid head to head to reminsce about years past when they competed (and won!) at this popular
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There are only two representatives of the North American contingent here at Luhmühlen and both are on a mission. For Rebecca Howard (CAN) and Clark Montgomery (USA), Luhmühlen marks their first four-star back since Badminton
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There’s an air of excitement in The Plains, Virginia, as riders, organizers and volunteers prepare for the inaugural Land Rover Great Meadow International, which will see 22 combinations compete in the CIC3* and 13 pairs representing three
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Thanks to the wonderful organizers at the Land Rover Great Meadow International and MyCourseWalk , we’ve got our first look at Mike Etherington-Smith’s cross country course. Riders will contest the course on Sunday, with dressage
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Honestly, I’d never even heard of the guy. At just 25 years old, Belgium’s Julien Despontin is a newbie to the four-star scene. He and his horse, a 14-year-old Hannoverian named Waldano 36, placed 14th
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This weekend is the inaugural CIC3* at the Land Rover Great Meadow International and they have pulled out all the stops to make a big bang. With hopes of becoming the American leg for the FEI
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For someone with zero aptitude for them whatsoever, I am completely obsessed with numbers. The stats coming out of the brand new eventing math factory EquiRatings make me feel like a pony in a carrot
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Happy Luhmühlen week, EN! The CCI4* officially kicked off today with the First Horse Inspection, the report for which you can check out here. We’re eagerly anticipating this weekend’s action, what with Great Meadow and
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