Fall always seems to go so much faster than spring, in terms of the Eventing season. As soon as we’ve begun, it’s almost wrapping up. I mean, we’re only three weeks away from Fair Hill

  Ahhhh sweet September, maybe my favorite month? In Virginia, September is the month where we finally sorta sometimes get cooler nights, and when you walk out of the door at 6am, you can wear

Your eyes do not deceive you. That’s authenticated, vintage, pre-gold-medal-winning David O’Connor appearing like a knight on a majestic white steed to rally the rabble rousers of Gaithersburg High School in the late 1970s. Normally

In completely non-horsey news, I recently splurged and bought myself a book that is entirely about baking all the different kinds of bread. My obsession with baking is only trumped by my obsession with horses,

The only thing better than having a super run around an Advanced on the weekend and coming home with a blue ribbon is when your vet comes out two days after cross country and tells

Mondays after a show are always a little bit like living in zombie land. I wake up and take care of the horses and check that everyone still has four legs and a beating heart,

My Facebook feed has been inundated with pictures of friends at horse shows, foxhunts and football games. If that’s not an indication that fall is right around the corner, I don’t know what is. I

Blenheim was defined today by the heavy rainfall both fans and competitors endured, and once again brave riders and horses had to dig deep to find their way. These stormy days – both literally and

Is it fall yet or are we all just so sick of summer that we’re kicking it off early?  I’m not 100 percent sure as I’ve started seeing pumpkin-flavored everything and Halloween decorations here and there,

Ain’t no rest for the wicked, as the song goes! We’ve got full coverage of Blenheim this weekend courtesy of the amazing Samantha Clark, and I’m off to Five Points to try out some new

There’s no rest for the weary as we wrap up Burghley and look on to Blenheim. Team USA has five in the CCI3*: Hannah Sue Burnett and Harbour Pilot, Holly Payne Caravella and Santino, Will

Seriously, why doesn’t Red Bull buy into eventing? Their slogan alone is just perfect: “Red Bull Gives You Wings” — can you imagine? Just take a look at this photo of Libby Head and her

That’s a wrap on another USEA American Eventing Championship. I think it’s safe to say that the inaugural year of the AEC being at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina was a resounding

Hannah Herrig and Natasha Erschen both posted the above picture nearly simultaneously on Instagram yesterday, each praising the momentous occasion of finishing in the top five at the American Eventing Championships alongside their best friend.

So much to do and watch this weekend! From some local activities to the AECs and the action across the pond at Burghley, I’m not quite sure what to do with myself. There is a very

This is one of my favorite facts about Burghley: both the mower and operator have mowed the infamous center line since the inception of the event in 1961! The mower itself only comes out once a

I am so jealous of everyone at Burghley right now. I have only been there once, but I am dying to go back every year. It was easily one of the best events that I’ve

Can you believe it’s already Burghley week? We’re going to be cheering hard for our North American contingent who will be tackling arguably the toughest CCI4* in the world. EN’s very own Samantha Clark will

May the day never arrive that the ladies of Eventing Nation ever tire of cooing and squealing over baby Nox Martin, particularly when he is sporting his very own Charles Owen baby helmet and sitting

Tom Tierney and Annie Jones’ Fernhill Fugitive is fighting fit & ready for @LRBHT_Official! He’s flying out tomorrow pic.twitter.com/24P8IjUErT — Phillip Dutton (@DuttonEventing) August 26, 2016 The time that world class equestrians spend flying themselves