The Aiken High Performance Riders donned their headbands, wristbands, short shorts, and tall socks today for a fitness test with US Olympic Committee folks bright and early today.  The idea was to get a baseline

For the second straight day we get the pleasure of introducing a new sponsor to Eventing Nation.  World Equestrian Brands, as the name suggests, has a variety of premium equestrian brands, including Amerigo saddles, Amerigo

Australian Eventing has made their coaching decision and they will be led by female eventing coach Prue Barrett leading up to the London Olympics.  For unknown reasons Australian Eventing decided to send out the press

It was dressage all day in Aiken on Sunday.  Boyd and Kim started the morning off with some high powered dressage.  Just to set the scene, the weather here in Aiken was sunny and probably

We have yet another big day planned for your Eventing Nation Sunday.  We’ll get things started with a recap of the Ocala training sessions from Hannah Burnett, Annie will have a lunchtime post, and then

I have just arrived in Aiken, and I need to get some sleep before my third straight day of trying to read Mark’s lips training sessions.  But, there were two quick stories from the Sporting

A year ago this month marks the anniversary of Jan’s cross country fall at Pine Top Horse Trials. As we remember all too well, Jan’s fall left her with with several fractures, a concussion, and

Good morning Eventing Nation!  We work hard every day to bring you links to all the eventing news and content around the world, and today is no exception.  Before we get to our traditional weekend

The majority share of Michael Jung’s WEG champion ride La Biosthetique Sam has been sold to the German Olympic Equestrian Association (DOKR) by Sabine Kreuter, and Michael will keep the ride, according to a DOKR

Good Morning Eventing Nation! Yesterday was a big day and I’ve got a feeling that today is going to be even bigger. Ocala is the place to be right now. The Canadian training sessions came

In a heartwarming story about the power of horses and social media to unite people around the world, 52 abandoned horses destined for slaughter have found homes and been saved in a matter of days. 

Eventing Nation has obtained a copy of a letter sent from Akaash Maharaj, Equine Canada’s Chief Executive Officer, to FEI President Princess Haya regarding the recently announced restructuring of the FEI statutes vian an extraordinary

The Chronicle has written an article this afternoon about some changes coming to Jersey Fresh:  “The Horse Park of New Jersey has announced three new divisions to the ninth edition of the Jersey Fresh Three

With all of the attention we have been giving the US coaching search and training sessions lately on EN, we haven’t been showing our Canadian friends much love.  So, this ‘News and Notes’ intro is

As we know, the PRO Derby Cross will be held March 5th at the International Equestrian Center of Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida.  The teams have been chosen from event riders, show jumpers and polo

Here are a few quick notes for your Wednesday afternoon: –The Full Gallop live scores don’t appear to be updating yet.  Hopefully the scores will start showing up soon.  When they do start being posted,

There is a horse trials today!!  While most of Eventing Nation is either stuck in snow or at work, Full Gallop in Aiken is hosting a one day Beginner Novice through Intermediate horse trials today. 

Since we haven’t talked about the US coaching search since…well, the last post, I thought we might talk about it again.  By now, all of the entries are officially in and there are a few

If you haven’t already noticed it, we have a new SmartPak banner graphic posted in the EN sidebar.  The banner is pretty self explanatory–it means that you can get free shipping for SmartPaks over $40! 

In my news and notes this morning I mentioned a tweet by Ecogold that it was rumored My Boy Bobby had retired and would continue being ridden at the lower levels.  The Chronicle has confirmed

If you didn’t catch the news last night (don’t worry, only Coren reads Eventing Nation on Sunday nights), Leslie Law became the 5th confirmed application for the US coaching position.  I say ‘application’ because there

EN’s good friends Holly and Chuck Hudspeth will be having a baby girl in early June!  Holly told me they are naming her Hailey Charles Hudspeth so that Chuck won’t have to change the monograms

Hopefully this won’t be you this season! Stay mounted.  [Image via We Are Flying Solo] I know the event season has been under way for a couple of weeks now but this weekend was the