Friday News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips
The newest social media trend going around is to receive a tag from a friend instructing you to pick out five of your favorite horse photos. I somehow don’t have a ton of photos of
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The newest social media trend going around is to receive a tag from a friend instructing you to pick out five of your favorite horse photos. I somehow don’t have a ton of photos of
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The worldwide eventing community panicked when the FEI released the 2015 rulebook for eventing on Christmas Eve with sweeping overhauls to the bitting section for dressage.
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The FEI released the new 2015 dressage tests today for the one-star, two-star and three-star levels. All tests will be valid March 2, 2015, for use in FEI competitions. Coach David O’Connor addressed some of
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I cannot believe that eventing competition starts this weekend. First week in January? I feel like it gets earlier and earlier every year! I prefer to have a longer winter break, for both myself and
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The 2015 eventing season kicks off this weekend at Ocala Horse Properties Winter I Horse Trials in Ocala, and Buck Davidson is easing back into the swing of things with just 13 rides. No big
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Karen O’Connor announced on the O’Connor Equestrian Facebook page that she has been appointed the coach of the Mexican eventing team and will take up the role immediately. We are waiting to speak to Karen about
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The USEF just announced the dates and locations for the 2015 winter High Performance Training Sessions with Coach David O’Connor: Jan. 12-13 – Tucalota Creek Ranch in Temecula, California Jan. 26-28 – Stable View Farm
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The final FEI World Eventing Athlete Rankings for 2014 have been released, and William Fox-Pitt finished the year as World No. 1 by a healthy margin, leading second-placed Jonelle Price by more than 80 points.
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Great news, EN! The USEF reversed its ban on helmets cameras today, just in time for the first event of the season this coming weekend in Ocala. But, organizers can still choose to prohibit the use of
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I’ll be going back and watching the George Morris Horsemastership Training Session videos in their entirety on the USEF Network. But one of my favorite lessons from George that I’ve come across so far is
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Why is it that packing up an entire barn to head to a distant event seems to be such an easy thing when moving across town is such an ordeal? I am utterly exhausted from
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What a wonderfully chilly start to 2015! Brrr!!! I have been snuggled up in a fleece pull-over in a determined effort to avoid turning on the heater. It’s so rarely used that when I do
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Laine Ashker begun her new year in the most tragic of ways, bidding an untimely farewell to Seajack, her 2006 homebred gelding who suffered an aneurysm yesterday. Sired by Aberjack, Seajack took Laine through the
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How do you ring in the new year? By taking your gigantosaurus failed dressage horse foxhunting for the first time! Leo officially went foxhunting for the first time yesterday on the first day of the
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In the latest development in the ongoing feud between Andrew Nicholson and Equestrian Sports New Zealand, ESNZ confirmed this week that Andrew was intentionally dropped
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! The year of the horse is officially over (sorry ponies) and now we are entering the year of the sheep (or goat, depending on what you read). Apparently, the sheep is a
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As we prepare to bid adieu to 2014, we’re taking a look back through the EN archives at the most read news stories of the year. Some make us laugh, like Avery Klunick’s amazing save
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Temecula, California, home of the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, saw a rare snowfall this morning that dropped three inches of white stuff on the south side of the city where many of the area’s eventers
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Jennie Brannigan posted the happy news on Facebook this morning that Tim and Nina Gardner have been named the 2014 USEF Eventing Owners of the Year. “From showing up to watch Novice horses go at
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Good morning! I’m still pinching myself to make sure that 2014 is actually almost over. It’s hard to believe, and I know we say that every year but this year seems different somehow. I went
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The cross country course at Pine Top will have a fresh look this season, as Derek di Grazia has taken the reins for the design. Glenn and Janet Wilson’s property lends itself perfectly to cross
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I come from a Southern family and therefore the holiday season means one thing: casseroles. With only the New Year left to justify eating gobs of goodies and being a little less productive than usual,
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It is hard to believe it, but today is the last Sunday in 2014. The year has whipped past in spectacular fashion and I’m finding myself perplexed as to where all of that time went.
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