Friday nights are known for being slow news times, but not tonight.  It’s late so let’s get right to the facts.  Peter Atkins and his legal team just sent Eventing Nation the following press release

Zenyatta graces the top of an Eventing Nation post today for what I imagine will be the final time for quite a while–probably until her first foal is born.  The greatest female racehorse of all

It’s later than I would care to admit and I have an early morning, but the timestamps on articles never lie.  Fortunately, spending two weeks every summer at the 4-H county fair with 7:30am show

After 8 years of waiting, “Waity Katie” no longer has to wait. After a brief split in 2007, Prince William has finally proposed to Miss Middleton during their holiday in Kenya several weeks ago. In

As a quick update on the feud between world champion La Biosthetique Sam’s 60% owner, Sabine Kreuter, and the horse’s 40% owner and rider Michael Jung.  The court injunction sought by the Jung family a

If you are going to Ocala for the winter and you need a new truck, you might consider going to Nations Trucks in Sanford, Florida.  The dealership is offering a free AK-47 assault rifle with

Riders enjoying a P Dutty clinic this weekend, photo courtesy of Retreadeventer With the conclusion of 2010’s last fours-star on Sunday, today officially begins the off-season of eventing.  By my count, there are just 5

With Adelaide finishing each day around 2am ET each morning, we have gotten away from our typical ‘links’ post on weekend mornings.  So, here is a delayed set of weekend links to all the information

Big time horse owners are a critical component to eventing and I have often said that “behind every great rider is a great owner…or three.”  The reality of eventing is that if you want to

First and most importantly, I want to say ‘thank you’ to all the veterans who have served our great country.  We will go to the barn today, ride our horses, go home this evening to

The Eventing Nation IT room Today we dealt with the second major server problem on Eventing Nation in less than a month.  In the end, like US team meltdowns, occasional server problems seem to be

One of the coolest photos ever, sent in by Jade Cooling Mercifully, this is shaping up to be a bit of a quiet week in eventing as we await the start of Adelaide.  In just

Members of the beautiful Team Canada and Gordon from Omega Alpha at The Royal This weekend was one of the busiest weekends ever on Eventing Nation because there were so many important events going on

As a quick update on Allison’s protest of her stop at #14, the ground jury was still reviewing the situation as of Saturday evening.  Galway sent out a press release Saturday night announcing Jennie as

You won’t see a more exciting race than that in an entire lifetime of watching horse racing.  Zenyatta lingered in her traditional spot in the back of a pack for just a split second too

With the posting of the signed score sheet, Jennie Brannigan and Cambalda are the official leaders of the Galway CCI3*.  Protests and score changes are a part of eventing and ultimately we all have to

Today will feel a lot like Friday on Eventing Nation–Pau early and then Galway and Zenyatta later in the afternoon. Here are all the Saturday morning links you will ever need, each in one sentence

The Pau horses are just bedding down in their stalls for the night as the Galway CCI3* horses start their dressage.  Earlier today, Alexandra Slusher and Juicy Couture took the lead in the Galway CCI2*,

For better or worse, Princess Haya was re-elected to a final four year term as FEI President early Friday morning.  According to the Horse and Hound, “from 120 possible votes, 90 national federations backed Princess

I will say this about the FEI–they certainly have an interesting way of doing things.  I suppose if your organization has a track record of questinable political maneuvering then it makes sense to hold a

As the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday approaches, Zenyatta is doing something that few horses have accomplished in my lifetime–Zenyatta is going mainstream.  Over the past few days, Zenyatta has been featured in Oprah’s magazine,

Young Riders get the same FEI medals as the World Equestrian Games champions and they will compete in the same arenas–again.  Young Riders will return to the Kentucky Horse Park for the third consecutive year

Aboard Air Horse One US horses are in transit all over the world today.  Remington is in France, the horses from the US who will be competing in the Asian games later this month are