It’s that time of year again.  Kids stop going to school, people stop working, and commerce in the US generally grinds to a halt as everyone turns their attention to the single elimination college basketball

It’s a really fun thing to be able to report good news, and I am happy to report that Madison Park had a bone scan today that went well and all seems good.  The bone

It has been a quiet Tuesday around Eventing Nation but here are a few links to stories we are keeping our eyes on: Jackie of Regarding Horses went behind the scenes with Horses in the

We don’t spend a lot of time writing about South African eventing here on Eventing Nation and it is truly our loss.  Our friends at the southern tip of the world have taken the lead

The stiletto ‘clackers’ are now ‘clompers’  Good Morning Eventing Nation! Can you believe we are already halfway through March? It always seems that the winter off-season months drag on forever and then spring, summer, and

I was speaking with Buck Sunday afternoon and I asked him what he thought of his weekend.  He made the point that even though he had a tough day Saturday, it wasn’t that bad of

Greetings Eventing Nation.  How does it feel to have an hour of your life stolen?  Seriously, I haven’t been robbed of time like that since I went to see Adjustment Bureau.  I blame all grumpiness

We’ll stop posting photos of Boyd as soon as we stop getting hilarious ones Understandably, our big focus this weekend is Red Hills.  But, there are three other USEA events this weekend: Flint Ridge in

[via Doug Payne] I love the smell of dressage in the morning.  There’s just something about watching hours of well-dressed circles that makes me excited to get out of bed, grab my 17 electronic devices,

As you know I have traveled from home in Australia this week to Tallahassee Florida to help TD at Red Hills. The XC courses look stunning, the weather is promising to be perfect, that is

Inmates, numbers one, two, and three Good Morning Eventing Nation! It doesn’t need mentioning that Red Hills starts today, along with the much anticipated open forum for the coaching selections. The subject of finding a

This story was written in two parts, before traveling and then finished while in Tallahassee. Before Traveling Later today marks the start of a journey from the Hunter Valley, in NSW Australia to Tallahassee Florida.

Entries have been announced for the Badminton CCI4* (April 21st to April 25th) along with the waiting list.  As usua, Badminton had just under 100 million applications and they can only accommodate 85 at the

There are very few riders who spend more time serving our sport away from the barn than Jon Holling.  Whether serving as president of the Professional Horseman’s Council, organizing events along with Peter Gray, or

Perhaps you have heard there is an event this weekend called Red Hills.  The good citizenry of Tallahassee certainly has [Local Media Report #1, Local Media Report #2]  In the second report, course designer Hugh

This week’s ears photo is certainly not an everyday ‘view’ for most of us! My first thought when I saw this photo was that it reminds me of the mountain scene from The Sound of

Before we get to William’s proposed ‘binning’ of CIC’s, it’s worth mentioning that the US coaching debacle has gone international.  The Horse and Hound has written a brief synopsis of the situation.  Our friends in

Good Morning Eventing Nation! Tuesday is probably the least exciting day for Eventing news as everything worth talking about from the previous weekend was covered in the Monday post, and Tuesday is still a long way

It’s Monday, there’s no way around that.   All we can do is work together here on EN to make the best of the situation.  There were 4 USEA events this weekend that each deserve a

The winning Puissance ride, following the Derby Cross Good Morning Eventing Nation!  Team Cavalor/FarmVet emerged victorious at the PRO Derby Cross Saturday night.  Congrats to Buck, Bruce, Will Faudree, Aaron Vale, and Kris Kampsen on

Good morning Eventing Nation!  I am spending this weekend in sunny Wellington, Florida.  Technically I am supposed to be relaxing a bit and I don’t plan to write anything about the trip except for maybe

Greetings Eventing Nation!  As that clock ticks ever more slowly towards the end of work, here are a few quick stories we are keeping our eye on today in the Eventing Nation mobile command center. 

Red Hills will host the first 2011 ‘Technical Merit’ competition in the Preliminary Rider divisions.  The award has been utilized at several events over the past few years with considerable success, and expanding it was