Of course, our friends at the USEF formally announced the 2011 Training List and Developing Riders list when I was cruising at 40,000 feet on my way to Scottsdale for the USEA convention.  But hey,

I get to write Eventing Nation’s ‘Wednesday news and notes’ and instead of a bunch of links I thought I would provide a quick update on the

It’s a sad day today. As most know by now, Colin Davidson, a good young eventer and friend to many of the EN community, died yesterday. Our sincerest thoughts and prayers go out to all

Eventing lost a good rider and a good man today, and I lost a friend.  Colin, who was injured in a one-car accident last night, was an organ donor and after his condition deteriorated overnight

Afternoon update: Colin was removed from life support earlier this afternoon after recovery was deemed impossible and when suitable organ recipients were found because Colin was an organ donor.  More later. Colin Davidson, a member

OK, I confess, I love winter. Cold, dark, and wet weather for some odd reason motivates to work harder, clean more, and do all the things (like cleaning out my closet) that I have been

In case you were wondering the result of the South Carolina game yesterday, your answer is here. Sadly, the result wasn’t in Coren’s favor. When I skimmed the  article, it contained a quote that I

Today my friends is a big day. For those of you who do not know who Marcus Lattimore is, start getting familiar. At approximately 4pm ET you will watch him and the rest of the

How would you like to be Lebron James?  I have never seen such a dramatic fall from popularity to public vitriol that Lebron has experienced since he decided to take his “talents to South Beach,”

The German website Buschreiter.de is reporting that Michael and La Biothetique Sam have been named to the German ‘Championship squad,’ which, much like the USEF training list, is a list of the top German pairs

Happy Thursday Eventing Nation!  Today’s News and Notes introduction is about Beth Collier’s beautiful 2011 calendars.  Beth has been a reader, emailer, and good friend to Eventing Nation from our beginning so we are happy

One of the things on my to-do list for today is reserving my plane ticket and hotel room for the USEA convention next week.  As usual I have delayed making my travel plans until the

The Henny situation is unlike anything we have written about on Eventing Nation before in the sense that the eventual outcome will have nothing to do with horses at a competition–it’s about judges, lawyers, and

By far the most exciting news of today is contained in the e-mail below from Jen Carter of Ocala, FL, wife of Canadian Olympian and WEG team silver medalist: “I was filling Kyle in on

The bad news is that it’s Monday.  The good news is that, if you’re anything like me, there are still plenty of leftovers…dare I say left over from Thankgiving.  So, let’s all enjoy our Turkey

EN’s Chinchillas are still full from Thanksgiving Are there two days out of the year more American than Thanksgiving and Black Friday?  After spending all of Thursday gorging ourselves with food, most Americans spent the

By now, most should be recovered from severly stuffed tummys. Slowly, I am awakening from my food coma and becoming capable of holding my eyes open long enough to write this. Right now, having proper rest is most important. I feel

Not that we’re trying to turn Eventing Nation into the go-to source for all eventing baby making news, but it’s a slow news day and I want to welcome Henry Elliott Bull into Eventing Nation. 

Happy day-before-Thanksgiving Eventing Nation!  I want to start off today by giving a big congratulations to Holly and Chuck Hudspeth.  Holly finally gave me the go-ahead to tell Eventing Nation that she is eating for

First, it would be impolite for me not to say thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes yesterday.  The attention that comes with writing for Eventing Nation is something that feels a bit unnatural for

(I googled “Happy Birthday Weirdo” just for this picture) Today is a very important day for Eventing Nation because…. it’s John’s birthday!! For those of you who don’t know John personally, you should know, this

The disputes between owners and riders of the WEG gold medal winning horses Moorelands Totilas and La Biosthetique Sam have been a controversial and topical issue almost since we crowned them champions here in Lexington

Eventing Nation loves you Henny!!! Hello Eventing Nation! It should be a great weekend! The weather’s going to be mild, and I’d bet most people are going to be out and about, trying to spend