After one of the longest days I had had in a very long time, I came home to an email that sparked my energy in a fun way. Like most eventers, I love a challenge.

At the end of August, on the same weekend that the US team is having their final Pan American Games selection trials at Richland Park, new individual and team European champions will be crowned in

Good Morning Eventing Nation! I hope those of you on the East Coast survived that awful heat flash of yesterday. It actually wasn’t as bad as it was forecasted to be (temperatures of 102 and

For years I have idolized Pippa Funnell. Her autobiography rests nice and worn next to my bed. Her fierce dedication to the fine details are what make her one of the most successful eventers in

One last look at beautiful Barbury Over 100 competitors started out on the Barbury show jumping.  The sobering reality of our sport is that out of that many horses starting on a CIC3* course, not

I confirmed something yesterday that I always thought was true. Men ALWAYS know where they are going. After a long day at Maryland HT on Saturday, Sunday came with a big welcome. Working only a

Happy Saturday morning Eventing Nation! Hope everyone has a fun day planned. For those of you not planning to attend one of the million events happening this weekend in America, feel excited because you have lots to

Everyone at the test event kept telling me that I absolutely had to stay and attend Barbury, which many regard as the best horse trials in England.  So, after begging the Chinchillas to look after

Good Morning Eventing Nation! It hasn’t really felt much like a work week with all the coverage from the test event these past few days. Its always a throw off when horse trials, which almost

It was just days before Badminton last April when news surfaced that Tina Cook’s top mount, Miner’s Frolic, would be missing the competition due to a wither swelling that was thought to have caused by

There were a lot of other pictures I wanted to choose, but I went with one that didn’t “say” as much as the others. As most of you have probably heard, Casey Anthony has been

Ross Martin By a rare twist of fate, we randomly found the Australian delegation out and about in London Monday evening and I can assure you that more than one toast was made to the

Photo of Piggy French and DHI Topper W by the amazing Nico Morgan Piggy French and DHI Topper W gave the hometown British crowd a lot to cheer about in the afternoon dressage session when

The lunch break at the Olympic test event is just ending with Clayton Fredericks in the lead from the morning.  I’ll be around later with a dressage recap, XC preview, and much more.  Until then

You try finding Greenwich on two hours of sleep I have arrived in Greenwich, London for the Olympic Test Event after a blessedly uneventful series of flights and a confusing series of train/underground rides punctuated

Good Morning Eventing Nation! I hope your Sunday is going well, and that you’ve been able to sneak at least a little down time in this weekend. The boss is away this week in the

I had the immense pleasure of spending some time scurrying after the British Equestrian Federation’s Performance Director, Will Connell during the World Equestrian Games here at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington last year, and

The USEF just announced in a short press release that Lainey Ashker was added to the developing rider list yesterday.  The press release doesn’t offer any explanation for adding Lainey or why she was not

A computer simulation of the Greenwich Park Olympic venue As of just a few weeks ago I was planning on spending the 4th of July with my family in the fine state of Michigan.  However,

Good Morning Eventing Nation, and welcome to Friday! I don’t know about you, but my plans for tonight are centered mainly on going to bed around 7:30 pm, it’s been a long week to say

Good Morning Eventing Nation! I hope you have been taking the time to enjoy one of the most prime times during the summer. The classic American summer holiday is approaching (Fourth of July of course),

It’s a bittersweet Wednesday morning around Eventing Nation as Stephen Bradley’s fabulous event horse Brandenburg’s Joshua has been officially retired from upper level competition.  Josh hasn’t competed since the WEG selection trials at the American

Doug’s dog Bacon got a haircut. If I wasn’t as nice as I am I’d say it looks like he got in a fight with a lawn mower and lost.  Good Morning Eventing Nation! I