Riding a fine line
In the the latest developments of the FEI’s attempt to police hyperflexion, the FEI has sent out a press release trying to clarify acceptable neck positions in the warmup that are definied in the new
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Update: Oliver and William Both on Flight to Miami
As we reported yesterday, Oliver Townend and William Fox Pitt have been forced to find an alternative route to Kentucky due to massive flight cancellations in the UK caused by the Icelandic volcano that erupted
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Ocala CCI: Tiffany Loudon-Meetz and Lo Fino jumped a clean round with no rails in hand to win the CCI2* and $6,000 prize money EN’s Hannah Burnett won the CCI* riding Harbor Pilot for David. After entering the arena tied
...» Read More!McLain Ward and Sapphire Disqualified from SJ World Cup
As a quick note before we jump into our penultimate preview group, the FEI announced in a press release last night that McLain Ward’s incredible show jumper Sapphire was disqualified for veterinary reasons from the World Cup Final
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Evening Update: *Badminton XC Course Preview, Top 10 Things to Know About Clean Sport (from the FEI) Mark Phillip’s criticizes the use of Greenwich Park for the London 2012 equestrian events due to rising costs
...» Read More!The Problem With the NYT Reporting About Something…
…is that everyone else decides they need to report it. I had a history teacher in high school who told me that the media is filled with the laziest people on the planet and
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WIN: The USEA has launched a new site today called Discover Eventing, which educates eventers and prospective eventers about the sport. A lot of the content is oriented towards people with little eventing experience who
...» Read More!Darren Chiacchia HIV Case in the New York Times
The New York Times has just published an article about Darren’s arrest and felony charge. The article presents a thorough description and discussion of the case from each side’s perspective. *Read the full New York Times
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Afternoon update: FEI to freeze rankings for riders on maternity leave, Ashley Adams part 11 Kentuckians will get to purchase Ground Passes (tickets to get into the Horse Park) for the WEGs at the discounted
...» Read More!For Anyone Who Says Riders Are Wimps…
…they need to meet Amy Tryon. We mentioned a few weeks ago that Stephen Bradley rode Leyland and Coal Creek at Southern Pines II because Amy had a minor medical procedure that would sideline her
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Evening Update: Paddock Vac sponsors dressage rider Betsy Steiner. A few weeks ago, AH sent me a funny link to Pasture Vac, but I forgot to do something with it for the site until now.
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Happy day after Easter Eventing Nation! It’s a big news day throughout the equestrian world, so lets jump right into it: –First and most importantly, because today is the day after Easter, marshmallow Peeps go
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3D3W: Gina Miles (Part II) Among other things, Gina says of McKinlaigh: “I think we’re probably gonna steer him more in a direction of lower stuff…The Olympics is a good way to finish out a career.”
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The WEG organizers have raised their economic impact projection figures. By the numbers: over 460,000 individual tickets are being sold, attendeed are buying an average of 5 days worth of tickets, the average room rate
...» Read More!Courtney King-Dye Out Of Coma
Good news from Courtney’s site today, which reports that: “While Courtney is no longer in a Coma she still needs more time to fully emerge. The Head of the Brain Injury Department has described her
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Afternoon update: The New FEI Banned Drugs Database was just launched. Duke fans handled our joking last week with poise, and a ‘let’s see if the hillbillies can walk the walk’ attitude, and, at the end of
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The Ram Tap T3DE has been canceled due to insufficient entries. This is a setback for the Classic Series, but one that is overshadowed by the strong success of other T3DE’s, such as Waredaca last fall. Ashley
...» Read More!Oliver Townend Enters Carousel Quest At Rolex
Oliver Towned has entered Carousel Quest in Kentucky as part of the final stage to win the Rolex Grand Slam and its $350,000 prize. In a March 9th interview, Townend stated: “We decided a
...» Read More!Major Staff Departures at TheHorse.com
If you have noticed a major decrease in new articles and content at TheHorse.com recently, it is because the website is undergoing a dramatic transition. Eventing Nation has learned that 3 of TheHorse.com’s 5 employees
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Zara and HRH Princess Royal talk about how eventing attracts big-name sponsors in England, among other things. The CDCTA horse trials changed their date from Easter to April 3rd because of issues finding enough volunteers,
...» Read More!Jan is Home
-Updated Tuesday evening- Jan’s website announced today that she has returned home: Jan is improving every day and in the last few days has begun speaking more and more words, at times stringing them together
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*Afternoon update: USEA Poplar recap, Boyd’s SoPo recap, Tony Stewart gives to ex-racehorses Bruce Davidson has had back surgery and will not be going to Rolex. No word yet on who will be riding Cruise
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*The Badminton accepted riders list has been posted. Phillip and Woodburn are the only US entries. 8 goals from Denny Emerson *Phillip has 5 entered in the Rolex entry list. Horses are coughing at
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