To call a four-star cross-country course designer’s job “tough” is like calling the footing on last weekend’s WEG course “damp.” These people have one of the hardest jobs in the sporting world, imagining and then
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Several riders tried valiantly to catch early leaders Sam Griffiths and Happy Times’ leading score of 40.2 this afternoon, but none of them could quite measure up. Allison Springer and Arthur put in a very
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The third group of riders has just concluded here at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, with our first American rider putting in a very good performance. Allison Springer and Arthur, noted for their skill
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A foggy and slightly chilly morning here at Burghley ushered in the start of dressage, which boasted quite a few spectators despite the dreary weather. Surprisingly, most of the horses have been quite well behaved, and
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The first horse inspection at Burghley was quite dramatic yesterday, with five horses being sent to the holding box and more than a few of the horses deciding it was a fun day to act
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Beezie Madden provided a boost for Team USA today in the show jumping competition, jumping a clear round aboard Cortes C to help vault the team into second place after the day.
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While the weather was quite mild today at Burghley, there was certainly no shortage of drama in the first jogs to kick off the weekend. Sixty-four horses presented, five horses were sent to the holding
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It’s time to play Who Jumped It Best? WEG Show Jumping Edition! Look at the 10 photos below of horses and riders in show jumping on Sunday at WEG, put on your George Morris hat and
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Week two of the World Equestrian Games officially kicked off today, with the vaulters and the show jumpers finally getting their chance to have the spotlight. In the show jumping competition, the Team and Individual
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Can’t say we didn’t see it coming. All week the Games had been struggling to accommodate crowd numbers that were less than half of 50,000 spectators Haras du Pin was anticipating for cross-country day. Jenni
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Tales of horses and riders who triumphed at WEG will undoubtedly continue to pour out of Normandy in the coming weeks, and Camilla Spiers and Portersize Just A Jiff are one such combination on top of
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In response to how Team USA will move forward after failing to finish a team at this year’s World Equestrian Games, part of coach David O’Connor’s answer hinged on our horse power: “We need more horses, there’s
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Hot on the heels of WEG 2014, it’s Burghley week! If you think you’ve got a WEG hangover from following all the madness this past weekend, just think about the riders who are coming straight
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Now that the EN team has landed back in the U.S. — land of late-night pizza delivery, 24-hour gas stations and high-speed internet — we’re playing catch up on all the content we hoped to
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It’s a day off from WEG competition today, but there is still plenty of action to come in the next week. Vaulting, show jumping, driving… I’m not sure I could pick a favorite among those! So many sports to watch and not nearly enough time.
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While the dust from the eventing portion of WEG settles down, we’ve got another big weekend upcoming. Burghley starts this week! We’ve got a strong American contingent sent to contest one of the biggest tracks
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It’s the end of a very interesting week in Normandy, and our weary eventers, both four-legged and two, are packing up and headed home for a much deserved rest. While I’m sure Buck, Boyd, and
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There were more top eventers in the press room than you could shake a jumping bat at following today’s competition. All three medal-winning teams were in attendance to field questions about how they felt the
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We came, we fought, we didn’t conquer. It’s been a heartbreaking week for the North American contingent — with Boyd Martin and Shamwari 4’s eighth-place finish standing out as a bright spot — and all
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It’s been a nail-biting day here at D’Ornano Stadium complete with the sort of surprise ending that makes eventing such an exciting sport — it’s never over until the last jump of the last competitor
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Here’s what would have happened today in a perfect world: Canada jumps clear rounds, while Ireland pulls enough rails to give the Cannucks a sixth-place team finish — and an automatic ticket to the 2016
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William Fox-Pitt couldn’t afford a single rail to claim his first World Championship with Chilli Morning, and the final outcome was ultimately decided in a split second when they took a rail at the very
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When I heard that WEG’s eventing show jumping was being held in a giant soccer, er, “futbol” stadium, I cringed, imagining a sad-looking sea of empty seats. But equestrian sport in Europe is an entirely
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