Boyd Martin and Ryan Wood traded their riding boots for sneakers and accepted the Tough Mudder challenge this weekend at Plantation Field in Pennsylvania. It’s an obstacle race that’s all about teamwork and rising above
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Yawn! What a weekend. I moved myself, my horse and all my belongings from Middleburg, Virginia, to Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday. It’s a strange, but liberating feeling to have your entire life fit in a
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Remember the intrepid little Swedish eventers Edwina and Tusseman? Well, Edwina has a new ride on Fabian, an 18-year-old Shetland Pony being leased to her. The adorable little chestnut has competed up to P70 (Pony, 70 cm
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Following Monday’s announcement that David O’Connor has stepped down as U.S. Eventing Technical Advisor, the pressing question weighing on the collective eventing community is who will become the next Chef d’Equipe of Team USA. Joanie Morris, USEF Managing Director of
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Ugh, the first real horrible summer heat wave hit Virginia this week. I’m like 90% sure that five days ago I was turning on the space heaters in my room, and then suddenly its 95
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Entries for the Luhmühlen CCI4*, scheduled for June 15-18 in Germany, went live this morning with 58 total names on the list, including six American combinations. Four of the six pairs are rerouting after retiring
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The eventing community has gone above and beyond in raising money towards Lee Lee’s recovery, with everyone from riders and trainers to local tack stores donated their time and services towards helping Lee Lee. EN
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Though he’s designed many Intermediate cross country courses at Waredaca Horse Trials, David O’Connor will now expand his responsibilities to include laying out the Training and Preliminary tracks
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The weather has been totally nuts, ya’ll. First it was raining and fifty all weekend, then we finally got our spring weather….on Monday. Two days of that and we’re due for heat in the 90s,
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EN, meet Abbey and Chalupa. This little dynamic duo competed in their first recognized USEA event together this past weekend at Mill Creek Pony Club Horse Trials in Kansas City, much to the delight of
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David O’Connor has stepped down from the position of U.S. Eventing Technical Advisor to focus on advancing safety and global risk management in eventing
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Emily Gilruth is “progressing steadily” after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a fall at Badminton Horse Trials, British Eventing said in an update released today.
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I had some ‘proud mom’ moments myself this weekend watching my 6-year-old Thoroughbred, Beau, act like a seasoned pro in his first competition. Due to my busy work schedule which often requires weekend travel, I’ve
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Looks like there’s a new Miss Stickability in town. 19-year-old Cornelia Dorr almost took a swim yesterday at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event, but bounced back into the tack. She went on to finish
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Once a year I get to have all my animals in the same place and it’s pretty cool to have my whole herd together, if a bit of a circus. I’ve got my event pony,
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Our winter in Virginia was the driest in the whole world, which was great because no mud! But now it’s spring, and I literally don’t get a single week without several days of rain. What
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North Americans will be out in full force at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in Co. Meath, Ireland, with six American combinations and one Canadian combination slated to compete in the CCI3* May
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EN is heartbroken to report that Shanghai Joe, owned by Shane and Niki Rose and Lee and Bill Brydon, was euthanized yesterday due to the severity of injuries he sustained after slipping and falling in the stabling
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Ah, horses. Always keeping you humble and reminding you that plans are nice, but nobody cares. I’ve been working with a young horse on standing still at the mounting block this week, and he thinks
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The happiest thing in my Facebook News Feed at the moment might be all the adorable baby pictures! Not human babies – baby horses, of course. They’re way cuter if you ask me. Big congratulations
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One of the best feelings at the end of an event is knowing that you’re coming home with a healthy horse. I’ve been reading a whole lot of internet flaming surrounding Badminton this past weekend,
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Georgia Ranson and Brambleridge Capability Brown turned heads at this morning’s horse inspection. #dressedtoimpress #matchymatchy #derbyspirit #derbyhat #classicseries #longformat #hotc3day #hotc2017 A post shared by Heart of the Carolinas 3Day (@hotc3day) on May 7, 2017
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Considering Andrew Nicholson had won eight four-stars before today, you’d think one of those victories would have come at Badminton. But in completing Badminton 35 times in previous years, Andrew had never held the Mitsubishi Motors Trophy on
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