Tuesday News & Notes from Cavalor
As the 2016 season officially winds down, it’s a great time to reflect on another competition year in the books. Out on the West Coast there are still a couple of events left, but Galway
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As the 2016 season officially winds down, it’s a great time to reflect on another competition year in the books. Out on the West Coast there are still a couple of events left, but Galway
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The Tryon International Equestrian Center was host of the American Trakehner Association Annual Convention this past week. German gold medalist Andreas Dibowski taught a three-day clinic, there were mare, stallion and young horse inspections, and
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Someone’s happy with himself after running around XC Good boy Mowgles ❤️ A photo posted by Maya Black (@mayablackeventing) on Nov 5, 2016 at 1:48pm PDT Oh how we relish a day of safe trips
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Yesterday two new horses arrived at the farm where I work, which is a pretty exciting feeling. I’m lucky in that my job with the Equine Welfare Society helps me fulfill that desire to have new
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The FEI announced today that the 2018 World Equestrian Games will be held at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina on Sept. 10-23, 2018, about one month later that the original dates when
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Clipping season is upon us, and I’m all about it. I clip like a machine, and I’ve got 8 horses to clip this week alone alongside my regular work! Some people really can’t stand clipping,
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Southern California welcomed the one and only William Fox-Pitt yesterday for part one of a two-day clinic. Hosted at the lovely Copper Meadows Eventing facility, William worked with groups ranging from Training level to Advanced
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The 2016 Virginia CCI/CIC and Horse Trials wrapped up yesterday at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington with great competition and gorgeous weather to conclude the fall season for many East Coast riders. Lindsay Kelley and
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Happy Halloween, EN! Looking like a crazy person for a day and shoving sweets in your face as fast as humanly possible with little to no regard to your health and well being? This is
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Whether you’re showing, thoroughbreding, or utterly neglecting your barn time to attend a highly questionable Halloween party this weekend, we hope you’re having a darn good time. The EN Chinchillas are on remote assignment helping
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Big time shenanigans on the West Coast this weekend! William Fox Pitt is at Dragonfire Farm today and tomorrow. Immediately afterward, he heads south to Copper Meadows for two more clinic days there. To say that
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It’s been a busy day at Virginia Horse Trials, where more than 500 horses are competing during what has been a picture-perfect weekend so far in Lexington — sunny skies, unseasonably warm temperatures and hardly
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After spending the past 10 years as High Performance Coach of the New Zealand Eventing Team, Erik Duvander will step down from the role at the end of this month, Equestrian Sports New Zealand announced yesterday.
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The Virginia Horse Trials will forever be my “hometown” event, even though I live over the mountain from the Horse Center. The Virginia Horse Center is where I did my very first unrecognized eventing competitions
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The Virginia Horse Trials CCI/CIC got started today with the First Horse Inspection for the CCI* and CCI2* divisions. With nearly 550 horses entered in the CCI*, CCI2*, CIC2*, Area II Championships, Beginner Novice through
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Tamie Smith announced this morning that her three-star mount Twizted Syster has been sold to the UK as a new ride for Rafael Losano, a 19-year-old Brazilian eventer who works for Mark Todd. “It is not without
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Clipping season has me driving home at 2pm on a weekday and looking in the mirror to find that I am, in fact, sporting a beard. Having just body clipped two horses in a row
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Did you know that there is a shortage of eventing officials in the U.S.? Technical delegates, judges and course designers play a critical role in our sport, and as our current group of wonderful officials retire,
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Can you believe it’s already time for the winter migration? I definitely can’t. But like it or not, wherever you look now, eventers are packing the rigs and heading south for the colder months, and
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Everyone is looking forward to the unveiling of the Ocala Jockey Club’s new cross country courses, which are nearly ribbon-cutting ready in advance of the inaugural event. The inaugural Ocala Jockey Club International 3-Day CIC
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One of the highlights of my weekend was getting to meet Becky Holder’s legendary Courageous Comet in person! After seeing the entry list for the schooling show at Southern 8ths Farm, I was kicking myself
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It’s so gratifying to see young hardworking eventers turn into hardworking eventing families, and then make hardworking eventing babies! In this case, Aubrey Davidson is clearly already working very hard at being as adorable as
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How can we minimize risk factors in evening? What risk management initiatives need to implemented, on a global basis, to improve horse and rider safety?
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