Thursday News & Notes from Smartpak
There is a good portion of the eventing crowd that stayed in Virginia for the winter, as we figure it’s mostly south enough to avoid the worst of the worst winter weather, but sometimes, we
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Carolina International Boosts Prize Money to $70,000
Carolina International burst onto the U.S. spring calendar last year with an all new CIC3* and $40,000 in prize money across the CIC divisions. Now the organizing committee is raising the bar even higher, committing to $70,000
...» Read More!Horses and Hope Named Official Charity of Rolex Kentucky
Equestrian Events Inc., producer of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, has named Horses and Hope the official charity of the 2015 competition. All proceeds will go towards a new mobile screening van equipped to screen
...» Read More!Monday Video from Tredstep Ireland: Get a Sneak Peek at Cruising’s Clones
Post by Ear to the Ground. The news broke, after being kept secret for three years, last week that the legendary Irish stallion, Cruising, has two clones who would be made available to breeders in
...» Read More!Pine Top Advanced Bracing for Frigid Temperatures + Schedule Change
As much of the East Coast is bracing for Winter Storm Octavia, Pine Top is preparing for unseasonably cold temperatures to impact this week’s event in Thomson, Georgia
...» Read More!Monday News and Notes from Success Equestrian
There were an awful lot of mornings last winter when I woke up to zero degrees, high winds and horses waiting to be fed. I thanked goodness for heated automatic waterers, a balaclava, good snow
...» Read More!Sunday Links from ERS-Eventing.com
Don’t you just love those photographs that evoke primal reactions? Just looking at all that hay fills my mind with memories of the most delicious and comforting smells. Then about half a second after that my arms
...» Read More!Weekend Score Update: Brown, Thieriot are CIC Winners at Fresno County
Who would be surprised that Ballynoecastle RM (Reggie) jumped clear on cross country today to hold onto his overnight lead in the Advanced Test A division at Rocking Horse? With a bit of breathing room
...» Read More!Francisco Seabra Dies on Course in Spain
It is with great sadness we have learned 30-year-old Francisco Seabra of Portugal died on cross country at the Rancho Alegre Eventing Tour de Utrera in Sevilla, Spain, today while competing in the CIC2*. According to
...» Read More!Saturday Links from Tipperary
If I wasn’t so shamelessly in love with California, I’d be packing my bags and heading for Kentucky. If you do not follow the USEF High Performance Eventing Facebook page, you may have missed some
...» Read More!Two Clones from Cruising’s DNA Available to ISH Breeders in 2015
Two clones from the famed late stallion, Cruising, will be made available to Irish Sport Horse breeders this year as the first equine clones in Ireland, Horse Sport Ireland announced today. Cruising Arish and Cruising
...» Read More!Tatendrang’s Lust for Life
Andrew Palmer and the 9-year-old Trakehner stallion Tatendrang had hoped to compete in their first Advanced level horse trials together this weekend at Rocking Horse, with a season of three-stars on the horizon. Unfortunately, due
...» Read More!Friday News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips
Yesterday I did some gallops in a huge field that magically has a long slow uphill on one side and somehow a much less steep downhill on the other side, which makes it incredibly fun
...» Read More!Elisa Wallace Ends ADM Sponsorship Amid Controversy
Amid the recent controversy surrounding feed company ADM Alliance Nutrition, Elisa Wallace has elected to discontinue her sponsorship after waiting for weeks for an acceptable response from the company.
...» Read More!Thursday News & Notes from SmartPak
The next two weekends will have a lot of Eventers in Florida and South Carolina gnawing down their fingernails and obsessing just a little too hard over nicks or cuts anywhere on their horses. Why more
...» Read More!Nina Fout Selected for Plantation Field’s Course Designer Development Program
Plantation Field announced today that Nina Fout, who rode 3 Magic Beans to a team bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has been selected for its new Course Designer Development Program, in which she’ll work
...» Read More!$15,000 Eventing Prix Invitational Set to Challenge 32 Eventers
After the success of last year’s $10,000 Eventing Challenge, hosted at Southern Cross Equestrian in Ocala, Scott Keach and Max Corcoran are bringing back the challenge this year, with a few changes. Sponsored by Ocala
...» Read More!Monday News and Notes from Success Equestrian
My first event of the season wrapped Sunday evening at Pine Top’s Intermediate Horse Trials. I spent the days working for Mark Lehner of Hoofclix photography and catching up with longtime friends who happened by.
...» Read More!Royal Palm Farm Continues to Monitor Horses Exposed to Monensin
After finding out that 32 horses in the barn had been exposed to Monensin through the feeding of ADM Alliance Nutrition Patriot Performance and Patriot Junior, Andrew Palmer and his team have been closely monitoring
...» Read More!Sunday Links from ERS-Eventing.com
I’m sure that picture has a few of you scratching your heads. It has me perplexed as well. I’ve been dying for a mustard/gold show coat since I saw a picture of my Aunt Merry
...» Read More!Saturday Links from Tipperary
Rain! Glorious and much needed rain! The Pineapple Express is roaring through my neck of the woods this weekend and it is a welcome sight. Sure, it happened right after I found myself starting to
...» Read More!Phillip Dutton, Will Faudree Victorious at Pine Top Intermediate
Pine Top’s first horse trials of the year got under way today with four Intermediate divisions running a one-day format. It was a frigid morning to begin the day; the thermometer read 24 degrees during
...» Read More!Ocala Score Update: Banner Day for Marilyn Little and Liz Halliday-Sharp
Marilyn Little had a bang-up day at Ocala Horse Properties Winter II Horse Trials, winning the Open Intermediate A and Intermediate Horse divisions. You might remember seeing RF Overdressed’s name from the first winter H.T.
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