As a brief update on the afternoon schedule, the CCI3* course walk has been moved back to 1:45 and our live blog will start just before the CCI3* show jumping gets underway at 2:15 ET.

Link: Fair Hill CCI2* live show jumping results It’s a picture perfect day here at Fair Hill.  I was surprised at how many horses looked a little…what we call stiff…this morning, given the excellent footing

Boekelo: Final results, team standings Update: The jog is ongoing here at Fair Hill Sunday morning, but halfway around the world the Boekelo show jumping has just wrapping up.  The US squad wrapped up an

40,000 spectators showed up for a cloudy day at Boekelo One of the hardest things to do in eventing is to separate the good from the bad.  I consider myself a rider first and I

The waiting is the hardest part Even though there were a couple of serious falls on Saturday, it is important to remember that the cross-country at Fair Hill was filled with many strong performances.  The

3:40pm update – While in the air, JB’s Star put a front leg down between the rails of the oxer, causing JB and Jennifer to fall.  Jennifer was reported to be breathing, speaking, and moving

Loughna Glen looked great getting rinsed off at the finish line after his great round Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen were just two seconds over the optimum time and will take a 1.7 point lead

11:50am update – The latest word is that Sharon was awake, alert, and moving and that the medical personnel were primarily concerned with Sharon’s pelvis, which Sharon has broken before.  The fall was rotational.  Obviously

It’s a bright, windy, chilly, beautiful day in Maryland–quite the change from 2009 I’ll post quick updates throughout the day from Fair Hill on this post with the latest at the top.  At lunchtime we

Photo courtesy of Retread Links: Fair Hill live scores, Fair Hill course, Boekelo live scores –In all honesty, I am glad that the Fair Hill CCI3* only did dressage on Friday–one day of watching 3*

Cruise Lion was energetic in the warmup but calmed down for a beautiful test with Bruce (1) The wind picked up this afternoon at Fair Hill and the riders had to work hard to keep

Boekelo’s Friday album Links: Boekelo dressage individual results, team results Dressage has just concluded at the Boekelo CCI3* and wold champion Michael Jung leads a field of 100 competitors by five points with River of

It’s a quiet but beautiful Friday at Fair Hill Links: Live Scores, Ride Times –Kelli Temple and Axel Rose delivered a very good test Friday morning to take the lead in the CCI3*.  Axel Rose

Photo courtesy of Holly and the Retreadeventer blog The riders who are not riding in the CCI3* this morning are out walking their course.  Recent rain has made the footing muddy so we will see some

It’s cold and rainy today at Fair Hill, photo thanks to Cathy Wieschoff Links: Fair Hill Ride Times, Live Scores The CCI3* dressage at Fair Hill starts Friday morning with Silva Martin giving the test

Packing Sinead’s trailer before heading to the JFK airport Eventing may be over at the WEGs, but it is alive and well around the rest of the United States with 10 USEA sanctioned events this

Wiki Commons In some non-WEG news, four US riders are scheduled to travel to the Boekelo CCI3* in the Netherlands from October 14th to the 17th with funding from a USEF training grant.  The Boekelo

You do not want to miss a second on Eventing Nation over the next couple of days.  For our one or two readers who haven’t noticed Eventign Nation’s pattern, we usually do a morning, lunchtime,

I hope everyone has enjoyed our late night Blenheim updates nearly as much as I have enjoyed finishing them.  William Fox-Pitt jumped a clean round on Sunday to win the Blenheim CCI3* with Parklane Hawk.

It’s Katie Prudent’s team on Sundays (1) The fact that Becky and Comet won the AECs and the US World Equestrian Games selection trials is certainly impressive, but the win needs to be put in

Carl Bouckaert congratulates Becky on her win Becky Holder and Courageous Comet pulled one rail in the show jumping but still won the advanced division of the AECs by 9 points.  The biggest news of

Link: Live AEC scores–Advanced starts at 8:45am ET – Today is maybe the most important day of the selection trials for the US team hopefuls.  All eyes will be on Tipperary Liadhnan and Courageous Comet

That photo was taken of Laura Collett at the Blenheim high jump competition.  I’m not sure why anyone would bother running XC after jumping like that, but the cross-country went on at Blenheim nonetheless.  In