Our good friends at Horse & Hound are live blogging every ride of every phase at Badminton Horse Trials. Join H&H website editor Carol Phillips and British dressage rider and trainer Anna Ross Davies in
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Well, just like that, day one at Burghley comes to a close. It was quite a successful day for the American contingent, who currently have two riders in the top five and all three within
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The U.S. earned their spot on the podium today in the team finale of the show jumping competition. Although Kent Farrington and McLain Ward both pulled rails in today’s round, Beezie Madden turned in another
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As a Burghley first-timer, it has been enthralling for me to visit the competition and be integrally involved in all the proceedings. First off, I must mention how incredibly well organized the entire thing is,
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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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