The Last News & Notes of 2018 from Fleeceworks
Well. It’s the last day of 2018. What can we say? It’s been a helluva year. We’ve had our ups and downs, our wins and our falls in the water jump, learned lots of new
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Well. It’s the last day of 2018. What can we say? It’s been a helluva year. We’ve had our ups and downs, our wins and our falls in the water jump, learned lots of new
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Helen Laffitte of Green Hill Sport Horses has thought up the most fun idea for a fundraiser: raffling off a horse! This is all in an effort to support Area I eventer Jessica Halliday who
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We are so delighted to see Sara Kozumplik Murphy back aboard her main squeeze Rubens D’Ysieux for the first time since since their fall on August 6th at Millbrook Horse Trials from which she sustained multiple fractures
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Well this is just about the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. Daisy Murphy, the 2-year-old daughter of Irish Olympian Joseph Murphy and his wife, Jill, absolutely stole the show with her wee pony, Pepsi, on
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We’re terribly sorry to report the passing of Bonner Carpenter’s amazing four star Mexican Quarter Horse, Acapulco Jazz. He took Bonner around Kentucky in both 2008 and 2009, and was a fan favorite throughout his career.
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French team rider Maxime Livio will headline the 2019 USEA Educational Symposium on Feb. 18-21, 2019, at Grand Oaks in Weirsdale, Florida. The USEA Instructors’ Certification Program (ICP), Future Event Horse (FEH) Program and Young Event Horse (YEH)
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Merry Christmas, EN! We hope you are enjoying a day with family, whether that be horses or humans. Take the day to eat good food, have good conversations and dress your pets up with antlers.
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All eventers who made the trek to MetroStage in Alexandra, Virginia, to see announcer extraordinaire Brian O’Connor reprise his role as The Chairman in Christmas at The Old Bull & Bush have been treated to an evening of festive frivolity.
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PLOT TWIST! After Phillip Dutton and Z were defeated in Round 1 of voting for 2018 EquiRatings Horse of the Year, we thought America’s chances of repeating a victory were over. But Diarm Byrne, co-founder
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Since it’s right before Christmas, this is a big weekend for barn holiday parties. Got a potluck coming up? Here’s a surefire way to liven it it: get a NEW CLEAN set of muck fork
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Hot off the presses! US Equestrian has just released the 2019 eventing training lists, which are structured following the new U.S. Eventing Pathway Program.
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Jonty Evans continues to make steady progress in his recovery from a traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall from Cooley Rorkes Drift at Tattersalls International Horse Trials on June 3, 2018. After spending six
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I’m so lucky that I live on a dirt road, because honestly this year I would have been so screwed without it. My hacking almost always involves crossing a river (or three) to access the
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Well guys, I went for my first beach vacation since I was a kid last week, and it was weird. By weird I mean, my legs ACTUALLY TANNED for literally the first time since I
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The deadline for all USEF members to complete their online SafeSport training is fast approaching on Jan. 1, 2019. I completed my SafeSport training last week and am checking in with a handy list of tips
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The USEA has announced the dates and locations for the 2019 Future Event Horse (FEH) Championships and the 2019 Young Event Horse (YEH) Championships, as well as a new qualification structure for the YEH Championships. YEH
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I sincerely hope anyone who made the early migration down to Florida packed their rain boots — or better yet possesses carpentry skills to build an ark. Ocala has been inundated with torrential rain over the past few days.
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Ocala, are y’all ok? Here in Georgia we’ve had buckets of rain, and I’ve heard that it’s even more saturated in Florida. On the bright side? Free water jump! Turn those trot sets into resistance
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Warmest of congratulations to Kelly and Seth Beaver who welcomed their first child into the word this past Tuesday, December 11th. We featured Kelly here on EN about a year ago as the “Ambitious Amateur”
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You know Brian O’Connor as the voice of U.S. eventing in Area II and beyond, but did you know he is also an actor? While he ultimately pursued a career in announcing, Brian’s background is in theater,
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You probably saw all over equine social media yesterday (and right here in Thursday’s News & Notes!) that yesterday was National Day of the Horse. Ever since National Chocolate Pudding Day 2017 when we started more
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This weekend, it snowed in Virginia. Like, a lot. Way more than anybody expected. And moreover, it’s Thursday and it hasn’t melted, which is just crazy because usually it is gone within a day or
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Super groom Max Corcoran was carrying a bag of ice to her equine charges when Katherine Cooper approached her at Millbrook Horse Trials to ask if she would consider becoming the next president of the
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