Tim Bourke and Marley Stone Bourke’s ridiculously adorable two-year-old son would like you to know that he’s in the running for the 2039 Land Rover Kentucky Dubarry Best Dressed award, and he’s clearly working on
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View this post on Instagram All I can say is WOW after an amazing weekend at the Hagyard Midsouth Team Challenge HT. Claire and Lacey were in a huge (24 competitors) Open BN division loaded
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A true athlete and a total legend, Icabad Crane has been retired from competition. He spent the first six years of his career on the racetrack, making appearances in such prestigious races as The Preakness
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A small but passionate group of horse people gathered at Tryon International Equestrian Center on Saturday to real-talk about a topic that doesn’t get enough attention in our sport: diversity. For the 2019 Tom Bass
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There is so much happening at Fair Hill International this weekend, it’s a little bit nuts. The CCI divisions are big in their own right (and they’re keeping this reporter busy all on their own), but the YEH Championship divisions are
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EN readers voted Aussie young rider Tiahn Barnard the winner of last week’s E.A. Mattes “Fab Freebie” cross country style contest — congrats, Tiahn! We received nearly 700 entries and put the top 15 to
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I know everybody was kinda bummed to get rained on yesterday during the jogs at Fair Hill, but bless anything and everything because we SERIOUSLY needed it. I don’t even remember the last time it
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We are incredibly saddened to report that French rider Thibault Fournier is currently hospitalized after suffering a serious fall at an event in Pompadour, France. He is currently in a coma, but reported to be stable.
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The FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships, otherwise known as Mondial du Lion, will take place next week from Oct. 17-20 at at Le Lion d’Angers. It’s a highlight of the global fall eventing calendar as future eventing superstars
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It’s hard to believe, but we’re closing in on the end of the 2019 season. The final West Coast long format of the year at Galway Downs, Oct. 31 – Nov.3, is right around the corner, and
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Sing it now: 🎵I get by with a little help from my friends! 🎵Team USA has a contingent of over 50 people present at Military Boekelo this weekend including team members, grooms, USEF staff, owners and other supporters. The stars and stripes are sitting in second place in the Nations Cup ahead of cross country
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I’m not sure if this is just a horse person thing, but I do feel like it’s a particularly eventer thing: cramming wayyyy too many people on some sort of transport vehicle. How many people
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It has begun: clipping season! This time of year a lot of people are not excited, but I am because number one, fall is my favorite time of year and I am 10000% over summer,
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Ian Stark was out competing stateside this weekend at The Event at Woodside in Northern California. He took the ride on Erin Kellerhouse’s Sir Elijah Craig in the Open Preliminary. Though he was HC in
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It truly, truly is the Year of the Pig. While eyes were glued to Event Rider Masters finale or one of the many stateside events this weekend, Piggy French quietly racked up not one, but
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I essentially watched the entirety of the Thoroughbred Makeover live stream while manning the site yesterday and in doing so witnessed the incredible versatility, trainability and talent of the Thoroughbred – the mission of Makeover –
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View this post on Instagram Lexus and I have arrived at Tim Lips for training sessions before @militaryboekelo !! He’s looking great and can’t wait for @tsmitheventing to get here. Looking forward to an amazing
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The organizers of the MARS Bromont Rising Program have just announced the riders who have been selected to participate in a two-day training camp at Mardanza Farms and compete at the nearby Ocala Jockey Club
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Custom Made, a legendary U.S. event horse, was laid to rest on October 2 at the age of 34. Custom Made, the 17.1-hand Irish Sport Horse gelding (Bassompierre x Purple Heather/Ben Purple), was foaled in
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I’ll fully admit to being completely biased, but in my humble opinion there’s nothing like eventing in the fall in New England. This photo gives you a taste of what you’re missing out on if you’re anywhere
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Last month I said goodbye to my first event horse, Mishka. Longtime readers may remember him from a story I wrote a few years back, “You Become Responsible, Forever, for What You Have Tamed.” He
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View this post on Instagram Great Pan Am ceremony with our team tonight at @stableviewaiken! @boydandsilvamartin @tsmitheventing @lynn.symansky.equestrian #eventing @useventing A post shared by Doug Payne (@dpequestrian) on Sep 28, 2019 at 4:24pm PDT That’s
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Horses never cease to amaze me. Yesterday I went on hack and was merrily trotting along until my mare slammed on the breaks, threw her head down, and jumped sideways all the same time in
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