But I thought you said there were only going to be 6 horses galloping this morning?  That was the plan as I heard it up until Friday night, but the decision was made to also

An early morning photo of the stakes marking off the aggravated/treated footing The competition here at the AECs and the complexity of the WEG team selection decisions provide so many exciting story lines on Saturday

Becky and Comet galloped around the AEC track clean and fast to jump into the lead by 7 points.  The big news of the day is that Mandiba had a stop at the second fence,

Link: Live XC scores–Advanced starts at 8:30am ET The courses at Chattahoochee Hills are beautifully built and I’m looking forward to a great day of XC action.  I mentioned the footing at Chattahoochee yesterday and

We are giving the American Eventing Championships a lot of attention for obvious reasons, but the Blenheim CCI3* is being contested this weekend in England, with 6 US pairs in action at Blenheim.  Will Coleman

Carl Bouckaert deserves a huge Eventing Nation ‘thank you’ for building such a fantastic eventing facility at Chattahoochee Hills and hosting such a fabulous event.  Carl is competing this weekend in the advanced on Raphael

After a long afternoon of watching dressage under the hot Georgia sun, nothing changed at the top of the AEC advanced leader board and Allison Springer takes a big lead going into the cross-country on

Check out Woodburn’s dressage test, which scored an impressive 42.3.  I provide the ridiculous commentary. Much more from the AECs later.  Go eventing.

Pawlow getting a well deserved loosened flash from his groom Nat after scoring a 44.0 Link: Live AEC advanced scores, ride times Friday morning scores: 1. Allison Springer and Arthur  35.7 2. Phillip Dutton and

The beginner novice through training divisions at the AECs started their competition on Thursday, and some of the training and novice divisions even do cross-country on Thursday.  Not surprisingly, almost all of the leading scores

The big news in the US this week is of course the AECs and WEG selection trials for the US and Canadian teams taking place at Chattahoochee Hills in GA.  The competition itself starts tomorrow

Land Rover/USEA American Eventing Championship September 9-12 at Chattahoochee Hills in Fairburn, Georgia Benefiting the Equestrian Aid Foundation and Animal Shelter Rescue The Land Rover/USEA American Eventing Championships are this week!  With over 700 entries

Caroline Powell and the 17 year-old Lenamore jumped double clear on Sunday at Burghley to take home the victory for New Zealand.  Oliver Townend had two rails down to drop from 2nd to 4th.  William

Scottish rider Nicola Malcom was arilifted from Burghley after falling from McFly at fence 19, the Birch Hedge, SportingLife reports.  The cross-country was held for nearly an hour as she was treated and then transported

Link: Burghley Live Scores–6am to 11am ET It’s crunch time across Eventing Nation and especially at Burghley.  In my book, Burghley is the toughest CCI4* course in the world, and even though the word is that

Link: Burghley Dressage Scores 1. Ruth Edge and Two Thyme 38.3 2. Caroline Powell and Lenamore (NZL) 38.7 3. Oliver Townend and Carousel Quest 39.2 4. WFP and Seacookie 40.3 5. Christoffer Forsberg and Grrafman (SWE)

Link: Burghley Thursday Scores 1.Mary King on Apache Sauce 44.8 2.William Fox-Pitt on Macchiato 46.8 3.Laura Collett on Ginger May Killinghurst 47 4.Pippa Funnell on Mirage D’Elle 48.2 5.Geoff Curran on The Jump Jet 48.8 6.James Robinson on Comanche 49 Mary

Selena and Colombo Team Canada proved that their best can compete with anyone’s best by winning the CIC3* and one advanced division at Richland.  Selena O’Hanlon and Colombo moved up from 3rd after the CIC3*

Link: Live Richland Scores***All horses passed the CIC3* jog, including Colombo.  Running Order and Under the influence were held but passed on reinspection.  Good luck to all the show jumpers today. Leslie Mintz took some

Boyd and Remington The CIC3* and advanced divisions ran smoothly at Richland this afternoon.  Just 7 out of 63 advanced riders had issues, which I attribute to both a high quality of riding and not

Links: Live Scores, Ride Times Hey Eventing Nation! I get the privilege of going through the CIC 3-star course with you tonight as I hammer it into my memory. The grounds here at Richland Park

OCET says “Hi Eventing Nation!“ Friday was a gap day for the CIC3*, advanced, and CIC2* horses.  Most of them spent the day grazing with probably a light stretchy flatwork and a couple of the

The World Equestrian Games are less than a month away and it’s crunch time for the US and Canadian team hopefuls at Richland.  Between Richland and the AECs, short listers have less than 30 minutes