We’re 65 days away from the 2017 American Eventing Championships, and no one is more excited than USEA CEO Rob Burk! In all seriousness, Rob and the entire USEA office work their tails off to
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I played hooky from work yesterday (though I’m not sure I can technically call it hooky when I actually used a vacation day) to volunteer on dressage day at my local event, Groton House Farm.
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Today is National Hydration Day, which is a good reminder for the summer sun (#nomoreheatstroke) but it’s ALSO National Take Your Dog To Work Day, which if you’re a horse person like me, every day
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Well, the longest day of the year has come and gone, so it’s all downhill from here folks. Just kidding! The first day of summer means it’s now officially time for you to be hot whenever you’re
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Just when we thought we’d seen it all, now Carl Hester posts a photo of the world famous and much loved Valegro casually jumping with Charlotte Dujardin. “Blueberry” has jumped in the past and definitely
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Bringing home the green ribbon could not be more fitting. There are no coincidences. Jon Sonkin I know you were out… Posted by Ashley Russell on Sunday, June 18, 2017 The community is still reeling from
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Wow! is all I can say about all five riders reppin’ the U.S. of A this weekend at Luhmühlen CCI4*. It’s thrilling to not only see our riders finish safely at this level, but successfully too. I
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Well I was probably a little overdue to take a digger, frankly. I don’t actually remember when the last time I fell off was, but I forgot how stiff I’d be the next day. No
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Yesterday, I was doing some work around the barn, and decided to go grab a rake. It was a large, metal rake, and as luck would have it, was facing away from me. So, being
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The eventing community continues to reel after receiving the devastating news that our friend Jon Sonkin passed away suddenly yesterday morning. In honor of our friend, who could always be seen with a big smile
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One of my favorite things this time of year is seeing photo after photo of people having a great time out at events every single weekend. Now that school is out, all those eventing students
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As always, the eventing community continues to rally around its own, and the ongoing support for Lee Lee Jones, Phillip Dutton’s stepdaughter who was injured last winter in a riding accident, has been nothing short
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Not to be forgotten in all of the excitement that was Bromont and Bramham this weekend, several other events also ran all over the country, including Roebke’s Run in Minnesota.
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Eventing can bring the highest highs and the lowest lows, and today was no exception. Jennie Brannigan piloted both Stella Artois and Cool As Ice clear through the finish flags on the CCI3* course, and if
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This is the first time since I’ve been doing Saturday Links posts that I’m competing in one of the events that are listed below! I’m stoked to be getting out to my first recognized event
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Do all horse trainers wonder constantly if they have seasonal allergies? But then I realize that instead it’s just the dry season of summer and I’ve been standing in a dusty arena for several hours and
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There is a LOT of eventing going on this weekend, as you might be able to tell from the extensive links list below. I still haven’t made it up to Bromont, but it’s on my
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Bromont, one of the events on my bucket list, kicks off today with jogs, while Bramham hosts a few of our riders over in England. Regardless, keep your eyes locked here to follow Leslie Threlkeld’s EN coverage
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Big congratulations are in order for Area VIII eventer Jenn O’Neill, who tied the knot with her husband, Brian Ange, this weekend in a beautiful wedding fit for every horse girl’s dreams. We’re thrilled for
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Our horses regularly provide us with some of the most facepalm-worthy moments. Heather Scheel sent us this picture of her 9-year-old OTTB Desert Lure, aka Taz, with the question, “How? Why?” We don’t have the
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All North American combinations passed the final horse inspection this morning at Tattersalls. Just one pair in the CCI3*, Benjamin Leahy and Yasmina V, will not go forward to show jumping, giving us 23 total combinations
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While some of the best in the world are competing across the pond this weekend — and I’m certainly enjoying following along with those events — I’ve been especially delighting in all the jog photos
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Everyone’s all pumped up about Tattersalls this weekend, meanwhile I’m back at home just thrilled that my 4-year-old moose baby head has stopped being a turd about standing still for the mounting block, and after one
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