Greetings friends, how are you?  I never feel like I have time to write irrelevant ridiculousness anymore–just relevant ridiculousness.  Regrettable, I know.  With that in mind, we have two quick stories out of Lexington this

Just as lec predicted, British Eventing took the interesting step of naming their complete 6 horse WEG team on Tuesday: Tina Cook riding Miner’s FrolicWilliam Fox-Pitt riding Cool MountainPiggy French riding Jakata Pippa Funnell riding Redesigned Mary

Remember how I mentioned that Dag Albert and Tubber Rebel were in 104th after the Barbury CIC3* dressage with a score of 91.5 (39%)?  Well, even though that photo might be the one and only

NYT: One of the carriage drivers passed away in the hospital Sunday night after the Iowa parade stampede Bellvue’s fire chief, about the stampede: “This is just something that happens that we can’t prevent,” he said.

Monday Update: The NYT is reporting that one of the carriage passengers has passed away We have some sad news coming from Bellevue, Iowa, where several horses broke loose and ran wild through the crowd for several

The FEI has issued a press release stating that the disqualification of McLain Ward and Sapphire at the show jumping World Cup in Geneva was incorrect:  “After a full investigation into the facts surrounding the

Let me just take a moment to say how awesome our writers are here at EN.  Visionaire is eventing this weekend so the Sunday Jog-Up is taking a brief vacation, and a Sunday morning without

Greetings friends, I know we usually put most of our links to interesting stuff that isn’t quite important enough for it’s own post in our Twitter feed in the sidebar, but I thought we would

After the spring four-stars, New Zealand has released its latest A&B lists for the World Equestrian Games.  Andrew Nicholson is the only A-lister, as Joe Meyer was previously on the A-list but has been dropped

Irish manager Ginny Elliot has named 6 pairs from which Ireland will chose their 5 horse WEG squad. Mark Kyle and Step In Time Elizabeth Power and Kilpatrick River Michael Ryan and Ballylynch Adventure Patricia Ryan and Fernhill

Jan has just reported on her website that she is back riding and has even started jumping: “I had an MRI and MRA that showed my artery is completely healed and the blood supply is

Sometimes I get to write about news that is obviously a big deal, and other times I write about things that, like the tip of an iceberg, don’t look like much but are indicative of

We’ll have much more on this later, but I just got ahold of the 9 names on the Canadian short list: Hawley Bennett-Awad and Gin & JuiceDiana Burnett and MannyKyle Carter and Madison ParkRebecca Howard

Lauren O’Brien’s Pan American gold medal winning horse Wexford was euthanized at Lauren’s farm in North Carolina last Friday, according to the Chronicle.  Wexford competed in multiple four-stars throughout his long and prosperous career, and

Pippa Funnell and Redesigned, Wikimedia Commons We have a big week ahead of us here at Eventing Nation.  Here are a few quick news and notes from the weekend. (1) Pippa Funnell won the Bramham

Greetings friends and welcome to the weekend!  I’ve been traveling most of today but here are a few notes which would be better characterized as the ramblings of an exhausted traveler. (1) I don’t mean

We said it this morning and we’ll say it again, thank you to all of the fine folks defending our country around the World tonight, and thank you to the many men and women who

I’m back home from my friend’s wedding this weekend which was a beautiful southern celebration with incredible southern hospitality.  All I’ll say is that South Carolina has a lot of beauty.  I should also mention

The past week has been a tough one for our four-legged companions.  Unfortunately, all too often horses are the victims of humanity’s weakness.   The worst—A man was arrested on Tuesday for starting a fire

We are in the middle of an upper-level eventing lull after Jersey and before Bromont and Luhmuhlen.  I’m taking advantage of the time to rest up a bit and be a groomsman in a wedding

Jennifer Wooten-Dafoe and The Good Witch Will Coleman and Twizzel Michael Pollard and Wonderful Will Allison Springer and Arthur (1) Each of these pairs has submitted a WEG application to the USEF.  The Good Witch,

(1) Welcome back to eventing Oliver Townend!  Oli rode 15 horses at the Bridgstock International horse trials over the weekend in Northamptonshire.  Oli won one division, placed 10th in the intermediate on Unsteelable (a horse

The USEF has issued a press release forming a search committee to find Captain Mark Phillips’ replacement when the current US coach retires after the 2012 Olympics.  The committee:  Chairman: Eric Straus, New Canaan, CT Robert