Here’s a beautiful idea that you are welcome to steal: My barn has been doing a weekly Adult Amateur Happy Hour each Tuesday headlined by two of my favorite pastimes — jumping horses and sipping

Upper-level riders are prepared to handle nearly anything that comes at them on cross country: bad weather, icky footing, naughty horses and, apparently, reptiles. As Lauren Kieffer approached fence 16 on the CCI2*-L course, she

View this post on Instagram The draw for @kentuckythreedayevent is out and Cooley Master Class seems very excited to be going as number 44 (out of 55) this year! A post shared by Oliver Townend

This adorable photo was sent to us by a reader, who says it is her veterinarian pictured in their pregnancy announcement and she couldn’t resist the cute. Dr. Michelle McCashin is an avid eventer and

There is this weird period of time right when the weather starts getting really nice directly after daylight savings time when I always overdo it. The days are longer, it’s the perfect 70 degree weather,

If you’ve taken a look at the Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L entry list, you may have noticed a new-ish name, Hazel Shannon. Five-star first timer? Hardly! She’s a double winner at the level, having won

The U.S. double-header of The Fork at Tryon and Chattahoochee Hills weren’t the only CCI4*-Ss taking place this weekend. New Zealand had its Kihikihi International CCI4*-S; Australia hosted the Quirindi Eventing CCI4*-S; and Poland featured the

It’s baaack! Horses will once again gallop the 2018 WEG grounds today as much of Capt. Mark Phillips’ track for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games has ben repurposed for the CCI4*-S course at The Fork

I can’t even tell you how much I wish Intercollegiate Eventing was a thing when I was in school (Ugh, am I dating myself?) but it’s just awesome to see how much the program has

I’m not a huge lesson person, mostly because taking time out for a lesson of my own is logistically difficult, and I’m very much a fan of working independently and using lessons as checkpoints in

OK guys, I’ve been really slow this spring in getting my competition season started, and I’m gonna fully blame it on the weather here in Virginia, but it’s been pretty nice lately so I’m off

Galway Downs is a favorite event of mine. Set in the Temecula valley, the venue sets you up for some pretty awesome surroundings — not to mention the herds of hot air balloons you’ll normally see on

This weekend we turn our attention in two different directions as we look to the USA’s West Coast and across the pond to the UK for the year’s first international events in those areas.

OK so obviously the only thing all eventers are talking about today is the newly released entry list for Kentucky, because also April is right around the bend, and we’re all getting a little twitchy

Today we honor the life and legend of Divine Comedy, known to his friends as Dante, the once and always king. Our very own Maggie Deatrick unexpectedly lost her horse of a lifetime, her unicorn,

This sport is full of unicorns, of both the four-legged and two-legged varieties. As we dive ever deeper into the heart of competition season, it’s easy to get caught up in scoreboards and stats, but

We are devastated to report that Area VII Whitney Spicher lost her horse, Water Cube, in a fatal trailer accident this weekend. Sudden poor visibility led to a 30-car pileup where Whitney’s trailer was rear ended.

Buck Davidson and Carlevo LLC’s Carlevo quietly returned to competing this spring after a minor injury sidelined his fall campaign to compete at the Blenheim Palace CCI4*-L. Carlevo completed his first Advanced event since Aachen last month at

I am completely out of words to describe Liz Halliday-Sharp’s complete dominance this weekend at Carolina International. She was up against a stout field in the CCI4*-S, and nabbed first and second. She nearly had the

I have questions … Posted by Horse Hubby on Friday, March 22, 2019 So many questions. I know equestrian decor is very much a thing and I myself am guilty of having a few ribbons and

I’ve decided that amongst all the mottos for horse riders, this is the best one: NNL. Aka, Never Not Learning. I literally learn something new every single day that I interact with my horses or

With the official advent of spring, I’m happy to say that I’m seeing the first signs of grass growth in Virginia, and near the rivers, the little trees are budding, and it makes me unreasonably

Please join the EN team in sending all the positive vibes to Tom Carlile’s European Championships mount Upsilon, who is battling the sudden onset of a severe neurological condition. Upsilon, an 11-year-old Anglo-Arabian stallion who holds the