Whether you are enjoying a relaxing Labor Day at home or you are stuck at work wistfully looking out the window at the fleeting days of summer, hopefully it will bring you comfort that I

Earlier today we mentioned that Mary King missed a movement in her dressage test but continued and finished the test.  After she halted ground jury member Marilyn Payne walked out of the judging box and

It’s late and I leave for Five Points on Thursday so here are a few quick late night notes. Link: Burghley Scores–Dressage on Thursday from 4:30am to 11:30am ET Ireland has named it’s squad for

We are well on our way to a five post day on Eventing Nation, which is really just a quick way of getting me to apply to law school.  But, eventing news doesn’t care about

I am very pleased to report that I have gotten word from the Loudoun horse trials secretary that the rider who was airlifted from Loundoun was released from the hospital Monday night.  Brittany suffered at

I have always been told that I have a face for radio.  So when our friends at the Horse Radio Network asked me to come on their Stable Scoop radio show and chat about Hahahorses.com,

One thing is clear: it’s an exciting time to be an eventer.  We have Burghley this coming weekend, then the AECs in two weekends, and the World Equestrian Games in just under a month.  Michael

It’s a beautiful cool summer day here at Richland Park today.  I wish I had remembered to pack bug spray but I’m still very excited for a great weekend at Richland.  I would like to

Will Faudree and Phillip Dutton join us this week while they were on the road and on their journey to the final selection trials for WEG. Take a listen… Eventing Radio Episode 94 – Show

As nearly the entire short list and much of the Canadian and US eventing community descends on Michigan for the Richland Park CIC3* this weekend, officials are taking extra precautions to guard against the recent

In a story that really illustrates the changes of fortune in eventing, Oliver Townend has withdrawn Ashdale Cruise Master from the British WEG team reserve list.  Oliver cited his goals to focus on the Olympics

Our friends at Point Two are back in the news with an article in the New York Times about safety airjackets.  The author, Katie Thomas, is a well respected journalist and one of the only

I’d like to extend a huge Eventing Nation happy 69th birthday to Denny Emerson.  If I wrote about all of Denny’s accomplishments I’d be sitting here all day, but my favorite part about Denny is

–A secret sneak peak at the USET Point Two vests for the World Equestrian Games.  The photo, which was achieved at great risk by EN spies, is a  working version and the final vest might

The FEI has changed the European young rider results to give Germany and Great Britain a tie for the win.  The FEI’s own press release explains that they made a “very simple mistake” in the

Do you want to be the next coach of the US Eventing Team after Uncle Mark retires following the London Olympics?  The USEF has released the details of the application process for the USEF Eventing

Some days are great days across Eventing Nation, but today is not one of those days: (1) We have some bad news coming from The Event at Woodside in California, where Sarah Berry’s horse, Yo

(1) Connemaras won two divisions at the GMHA Training 3 Day on Friday.  GMHA also held a Novice 3 Day, and I love to see the three-day available to as many levels as possible.  Katherine Erickson

As a quick Monday night note, Point Two has announced that they will be donating $50 for every vest sold during the month of August to the local USEA area of the purchaser using promocodes.

I’m on the road to Lexington, Kentucky and took a brief break from driving to eat at my favorite fast food restaurant, which we all know is Steak ‘N Shake.  Other than Steak ‘N Shake

Photo courtesy of Hannah Burnett Amy Tryon and Leyland delivered a 31 to lead the Rebecca Farm advanced division going into the jumping.  Amy is also placed third on Coal Creek with a 33.7.  It

  Inside Air Horse One on the way to Montana The east coast horses competing at The Event at Rebecca Farm this weekend have landed from their flight and are all safely settled in at

It’s been a long day and I’m leaving for an event tomorrow morning so I’m including everything in one big post.  As you may have noticed, I misspelled our email address ([email protected]) in the Ecogold