Jockey Rosie Napravnik after the $1 million Kentucky Oaks. I always envy Donna Brothers, former jockey-turned-NBC-correspondent, riding her pony alongside the winning horses and jockeys, experiencing those elated post-race moments first-hand. Can you imagine? Rosie
...» Read More!Fun at MCTA, via @JessHampf I want to wish a special EN happy birthday to our good friend Hawley Bennett. Hawley is campaigning out east this spring in hopeful preparation for a trip to the
...» Read More!Good morning EN! Biggest news of today is I’ll Have Another’s surprise win last evening at Churchill Downs. With odds of 15-1, the horse that sold for $11,000 as a yearling was the long shot
...» Read More!Wishful thinking of what might have been- photo by Samantha taken at Badminton in 2011. Good morning EN! There are a lot of events going on this weekend, and most start today. Yesterday the Greenwood
...» Read More![via Olympic.org] Right about now we should be writing about the awesomeness of Badminton 2012, but ye good ole British weather had something to say about that. Fortunately we have a great weekend of eventing
...» Read More!Good morning Eventing Nation! Are you hung over from all the Rolex coverage? Or how about that cancellation of Badminton? Has your brain pieced itself together after its explosion? Have you set you sights on
...» Read More!Photo by Kate Samuels I’d like to say I’m shocked, but I’m not. Gordon Rayner of the British Telegraph is reporting tonight that 63 year old Captain Mark Phillips, Chef d’Equipe of the US Eventing
...» Read More!Last week’s crowds at Keeneland’s closing day. Can you imagine getting all the way to a four-star event, only to find out your horse has been assigned a start box at a very oblique angle
...» Read More!Julien Leparoux, who appears to be looking straight at me (omg) in this pic I snapped at Keeneland last week, will ride top contender Union Rags in the Derby on Saturday. Badminton may be off
...» Read More!With the cancellation of Badminton this weekend, we’ve all been wondering how this plays into William Fox-Pitt’s quest for the Grand Slam title. The details have finally been announced, and it appears the Grand Slam
...» Read More!There was a rumour earlier today that Badminton Horse Trials may be cancelled, it has just been officially confirmed by the Badminton team. There has been severe rain leading to quite heavy water logging across
...» Read More!Tailgate nation. Photo (and car paint) courtesy of Brandi Williams. Good morning EN! It’s hard to top the whirlwind of coverage that John and the rest of the EN team have provided in the past
...» Read More!When Marilyn Little-Meredith and RF Rovano Rex set out on course, I’d already witnessed Andrew Nicholson’s retirement at the coffin and walked uphill in time to catch Becky’s fall from Comet at the Normandy Bank.
...» Read More!EVENTING NATION: ARE YOU READY? IT’S THAT DAY. Allison, Clark, Karen (x2), Boyd and Michael are in the top 10 heading into cross-country. Becky and Marilyn both have two horses in the top 20. Team
...» Read More!Geez, Boyd, don’t you have anything better to do than email me creepy stalker memes of yourself? So unprofessional. The big news of Thursday was, of course, Boyd Martin and Remington’s late-afternoon lead. Their score
...» Read More!My pick for best dressed lady: Becky Holder. Girl looks good! Good morning Eventing Nation! I know it’s technically not THE GAMES, but I’m so excited! And, I know I cannot get this post to
...» Read More!Eventing Nation tip of the day: If you actually own a Rolex, for Pete’s sake, don’t let your puppy chew on it. [Rolex Blog] I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of looking at
...» Read More!Click to enlarge the rumor The following is the story of how a computer glitch almost took over the world. A rumor stormed around Facebook and Twitter earlier today that Dutch rider Raf Kooremans had
...» Read More!Buck and Ballynoe Castle RM at Badminton 2011, photo by Nico Morgan Most of the time we write articles when horses have been sold, but occasionally situations arise that cause us to write about horses
...» Read More!We are shocked and saddened to learn that the Billings Gazette in Billings, Montana is reporting that a barn holding 19 horses on eventer Martha McDowell’s High Plains Stables farm burned down Monday morning. The
...» Read More!Boyd and Crackerjack placed third in the Fair Hill CIC** over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Holly Covey) When I got home from Fair Hill last night, soaked to the bone and weary from sitting
...» Read More!This photo comes to us by way of Carl Segal, who writes, “As you know, the USOC had a 100 day countdown to London featuring about 75 hopeful Olympians (including Buck representing eventing) and one
...» Read More!Good morning EN! Are you going to Rolex? This year the USEA will conduct research for a new cardiovascular study during the competition and you will have the opportunity to show you support on your
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