Our good friend Heather Reimer was kind enough to send us her thoughts and observations from an exciting cross-country at Luhmuhlen.  As always, many thanks to Heather for her time and insights.  We’ll have a

Photo courtesy of Nico Morgan via Samantha L Clark Colleen Rutledge and Shiraz stormed around their third straight clear CCI4* cross-country round earlier today at Luhmuhlen in Germany.  They finished with 8 time faults around

  Cross-country is still in progress at Luhmuhlen, but three of the four US rides have completed.  There has been some trouble on the course so far, with a couple falls, stops, and runouts throughout.

  Kate covered most of the basics in her links post this morning, but in case you don’t want to scroll down a little farther, here’s your pertinent Luhmuhlen cross-country information again:   FEI TV

Boyd Martin scored a 52.4 with Ying Yang Yo (Thomas) in the Luhmuhlen CCI4* dressage on Friday.  They are the highest placed US pair in the field and stand in 24th place going into the

  As one might expect, the dressage at Germany’s Luhmuhlen CCI**** was quite competitive.  The top 20 all scored under 50.0 penalties, with the top 11 earning better than 70%.  Lucinda Fredericks and Flying Finish

Heather Reimer, a regular EN contributor from European events, was kind enough to send us this report from the Luhmuhlen CIC3* dressage earlier today.  Heather has been very kind to keep us posted with everything

The man, the myth, and the legend, John Kyle, previews Luhmuhlen 2012 for FEI TV.  FEI TV will be broadcasting Luhmuhlen Saturday and Sunday for a subscription fee, and I believe there may be another

  Dressage has concluded for the CIC*** division, and Germany stands firmly atop the leaderboard with four of the top five and seven of the top ten placings.  Michael Jung and Weidezaunprofi’s River of Joy

This photo doesn’t do the Tuesday night situation justice Of all the eventing lessons that have served me well in other aspects of life, perhaps none has been more important than the lesson that details

  All 44 CCI**** horses passed the jog at Luhmuhlen today. The CIC*** will compete in dressage tomorrow (Thursday) and the CCI**** on Friday.  For reference, Germany is six hours ahead of the US Eastern

via Riderboy Bromont and Bramham received a lot of attention last weekend for obvious reasons, but eventers around the US enjoyed several other great events, including Spring Run in Kentucky.  Riderboy has posted the latest

  Luhmuhlen CCI**** begins today (Wednesday) with the jog.  The event is also hosting a CIC*** in addition to the four-star.  For some, this could be a last-chance effort to make an impression for Olympic

Many thanks to the wonderful photographer and FEI vet Eric Swinebroad for sending us all these lovely photos from the Tattersalls event in Ireland June 2-3.  William Fox-Pitt won the CCI*** with Bay My Hero. 

Mr. Medicott was kind enough to spend a few minutes visiting with Eventing Nation following his CIC3* win at Bromont.  His rider, Karen O’Connor, also chimed in with her thoughts from a terrific weekend that

Video: Neville Bardos, Mighty Nice, Twizzel, Ballynoecastle RM, Remington, Arthur, and Otis After the CIC3* division finished show jumping, the US Olympic hopefuls who skipped the cross-country rode around the show jumping course in front

Check out Will Faudree and Andromaque (+0), Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen (+0), Will Faudree and Pawlow (+4), and Becky Holder and Can’t Fire Me (+16) show jumping in the CIC3* division this afternoon.  Click

For Bramham coverage throughout the weekend tune into SamanthaLClark.com and Eventing Nation. [Bramham Results]   Chilli Morning had three fences in hand over Pippa Funnell in the CCI*** here at Bramham, but only used one

Karen O’Connor finished two horses in the top 5 of the CCI2* at Bromont–Mandiba for the win and RF Amber Eyes in 5th.  Karen was kind enough to share her thoughts with me after the

First place ribbons are red in Canada Eventing is the ultimate roller coaster and Karen O’Connor and Mandiba have certainly been through their fair share of highs and lows.  From a the high of a

The CCI* awards ceremony Buck Davidson and Cooper Beach moved up two spots to win the Bromont CCI1* as the only pair in the top 7 heading into show jumping to jump a double-clear.  Overnight

Kevin has been a great vet and friend to me since I took my first lesson with Phillip in 2007 and I have really enjoyed watching him grow with his partner Fernhill Flutter these past