Let’s face it, horses are the kindest animals on the planet.  Not just because they will tirelessly carry us for hours through fields on a fox hunt, and not just because they keep jumping around

I feel like in every person’s life there are 20 to 30 moments that either go one way and your life changes forever or they go another way and things stay the same.  Eventers might

Remington in Amsterdam Just an hour after I published the post late last night I found myself in the hospital for a family emergency which explains the long gap in post times.  But, things seem

Dinner at Five Guys took longer than I expected As much as I love democracy, I absolutely hate the last few days before an election.  We are five days away from mid-term elections here in

Riders, Horses, and Grooms of the Allied Expeditionary Force!  You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.  The eyes of Eventing Nation are upon you. After

Lainey posted the following on her Facebook profile late Tuesday night: “It is with my utmost apologies that I have to withdraw my entry from Pau CCI****. Just last week a slight lameness appeared and

Today’s news and notes are brought to you by people in China with way too much time and money on their hands.  Please contain your amazement that our friends in China have embraced yet another

 I’m going to be honest, when I first saw this news my first reaction was to wonder is ‘Rottinghuis’ a verb or a noun.  But then suddenly I remembered several articles I had read on

Rumors about the sale of eventing world champion La Biosthetique Sam continue to swirl and the latest reports suggest that the horse will be bought for a British team rider.  In a Horse and Hound

Those are five words I never thought would make an Eventing Nation headline.  But, as the headline says, pop-star Lady Gaga has postponed two shows in Paris because of “logistical difficulties” related to the strikes. 

Photo courtesy of Amber Heintsberger Do you want to own part of the horse who placed 10th at the World Equestrian Games?  If so, I have good news.  Boyd has announced on his blog that

So much for a slow news day.  In the past couple of days, something minor came up with TruLuck and the decision has been made to remove him from the list of US horses traveling

After the WEGs and Fair Hill, eventing in the US will calm down a bit this weekend with just five registered events.  The Midsouth three-day and team challenge is one of my favorite events each

Some competitors didn’t have as good of a weekend at Boekelo as the US riders.  Take Zara Phillips, for example, who fell from High Kingdom into the water jump when the horse tripped on landing

What makes a perfect weekend? A perfect weekend varies for every individual. For me, a perfect weekend would be obtained by my dog not waking me up at 4:15 am thinking it’s time for his

After a frustrating morning getting our server fixed, things seem to be more under control this afternoon here at the Eventing Nation corporate headquarters.  Here are a few thoughts to wrap up a long and

According to the world’s most trusted source for news and information…Facebook, Sharon White will have surgery on Monday as part of her recovery from a fall in the CCI2* at Fair Hill.  From Sharon’s Facebook

Sometimes there’s only bad news.  I was sitting in the barns earlier tonight when I heard that JB’s Star had been euthanized and it is just a horrible feeling.  The horse broke the humerus in

I have just arrived at Fair Hill and unrolled my sleeping bag established the Eventing Nation mobile command center.  Walking around Fair Hill reminds me how quickly 2010 has flown by.  Here’s to a weekend

Last week we mentioned that the USEF would be giving several grants to compete at the Pau CCI4*.  Today I received the following text from our very own Coren Morgan: “Boyd Lainey and Phillip.”  Coren

Well, it’s official.  One of the most talented horses to ever walk the Earth has been sold to former German showjumper and now top European breeder Paul Schockemohle, according to the Horse and Hound.  During the

Cathy Wieschoff hacking through the tunnel at Fair Hill on a 5yo YEH Can you believe it is already time for Fair Hill?  Good thing it’s been a while since we have spent a weekend

During the World Equestrian Games, rumors swirled around the Kentucky Horse Park with whispers of two major horse sales–the wonder-stallion Moorlands Totilas and Michael Jung’s eventing World Champion mount La Biosthetique Sam even while the