Now, getting down to business, the riders and officials met Friday afternoon to discuss the Rolex course and especially the footing.  Officials lowered the A element into the sunken road by two inches and they

Good morning Eventing Nation and welcome to dressage day 1 at Rolex!  Let’s jump right in to what you care about most–the best ways to keep track of Rolex all weekend.  The answer is pretty

The riders briefing has just concluded with a big announcement from the USEA Endowment Trust and its Rebecca Broussard International Developing Rider Grant Task Force.  Becky’s daughter Sarah announced that a grant totaling $250,000 over

The winning outfit, photo by Lesley Ward Good Morning Eventing Nation! I don’t know about you, but today marks the start of my favorite weekend of the spring season. The horses have spent the past

Sinead and company crossing into Kentucky As the first official full day of Rolex week, how could we name Tuesday’s post after anything but Rolex?  By now all of the horses should have arrived at

Hi team EN. I know we are still celebrating Toddy’s fourth title at Badminton.  Toddy is an amazing horseman and it was great to see him do it again. Meanwhile, those in Lexington preparing for

While the eventing world has been lost in a Badminton haze, it is important to remember there are other events going on (just helping John out on his lack of memory). Perhaps one the the

Yes, that is Boyd “hand towing” his golf cart up a muddy Fair Hill…hill [via RG] As usual, we have way too much to cover on a Sunday morning, but let’s take a quick moment

In a sad late night Saturday note, Blyth Tait’s amazing horse and Olympic champion Ready Teddy passed away earlier today from complications of colic.  Ready Teddy represented New Zealand in the 1996 Olympics at the

Wiki Commons As is usually the case with my Friday nights, it’s a long story.  I just had a Bristol, Tennessee Holiday Inn proprietor say to me “son, you look so rough that you could

This is why Eventing nation has the coolest readers on the planet Good morning Eventing Nation!  It’s Badminton jog day, with the jog starting at 10:30 ET.  Yes, I know, jogs are usually on Wednesday,

Because no matter how you feel, cute things always make you smile (wiki commons) Well I first off have to apologize for my mood when I write this. It has been a long day and

That just happened [via Chelan] Good morning Eventing Nation.  Coren posted a news montage last night which is the Eventing Nation equivalent of taking all of the air out of the morning news and notes

Tonight is a big night! Yes, you guessed it- the 100% true, completely accurate, Lifetime premier of William and Kate. For those of you who just felt really annoyed with me, just hold on. This

A “between the mirrors” photo from Doug Payne at muddy Plantation Field This weekend introduced the return to Plantation Field and the Pennsylvania welcomed the winter migrants home as only Pennsylvania can.  The picture pretty

Due to the amount of rain that hit Plantation Field in PA yesterday and the damage it caused to the footing and the grounds, the TD and organizers made the decision this morning to cancel

Good Morning Eventing Nation! Despite the packed schedule of events this weekend, this particular Sunday is turning out to be pretty quiet on the news front. With that said, I think we definitely need to

Good Morning Eventing Nation! The bad news of the weekend is that if you’re on the East Coast, you are probably going to get rained on. If you’re on the West Coast, you are probably

There is no more spectacular nor conveniently located event in the world than Adelaide (Officially known as the Australian International 3 Day Event). It is located in the beautiful parklands of Adelaide city, the Capitol

It’s a busy day around the eventing world with competitions starting for the weekend.  The USEF Eligible Athletes met with the High Performance Committee earlier today to present their thoughts and recommendations on the coaching

We continue the story from my post yesterday on the recovery of the Aussie WEG Horses with Megan Jones’ Jester. KIRBY PARK IRISH JESTER As an Eventing fan, let alone an Aussie Eventing fan, my

Gin ‘N Juice just before her flight to Amsterdam Good morning Eventing Nation! The start of Badminton is now officially less than a week away. Remember that Badminton dressage starts on Friday and the show

Sonja Johnson & Ringwould Jaguar at WEG, photo thanks to Franz Venhaus There is no doubt that the Australian WEG Eventing Team had an incredibly unlucky Games. In total four Aussie combinations did not complete