Photo of Megan and Hopper via Team CEO Eventing I am very saddened to report that Megan Moore’s horse The Grasshopper aka “Hopper” has passed away on the advanced cross-country at Pine Top Horse Trials

Good Morning Eventing Nation! The only USEA event this weekend is a big one–Pine Top in Thompson, GA.  Pine Top has the perfect combination of good footing, good courses anda good weekend date to attract a

A very dreary Pine Top, courtesy of Doug Payne It’s been a busy week on EN, and more to come this weekend.  We’ve enjoyed a lovely week here in Kentucky– it was 70 yesterday!– but

I’M reading Eventing Nation. What are YOU doing?? I’ve been following the news all day, and I just can’t come up with anything much more exciting than the new release of Horse Lovers Camera. It’s

I received an email from the USEF, about a substance I’d never heard of, but is now apparently banned.  Calming products aren’t very commonplace in eventing (face it, we like fire-breathing dragons on cross-country), but

Florida’s most wanted. Thanks to Jess Halliday for the photo.   Did you know that this year’s Olympic games mark the 100th anniversary of equestrian participation? Now you do. According to FEI President Princess Haya,

That’s what happens when you leave your tiara at home, Zara. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons.) In one of the more hilarious news bits of the day, British eventer/granddaughter of the Queen Zara Phillips was denied access

Bonnie and Flynn photo via Jessica Bortner-Harris Good morning Eventing Nation! Thanks for letting my brother take the wheel for yesterday’s notes. Generally, we try to keep our ghost-writers under the radar, but I thought

  Lainey Ashker and Jolly Good Sport sporting Kentucky Horsewear Gera boots Good Morning Eventing Nation! I come to you from the cutest little bed and breakfast in Middleburg, VA!  I spent the weekend at

Good Morning Eventing Nation! I hope your weekend has been pleasant thus far! It’s a busy morning for Eventing, with four events taking place across the country. My apologies for forgetting to link to the

Happy weekend EN!  Samantha had to hit the road from Ocala to race a blizzard back to Kentucky.  I want to give a big thanks to Lily, Harry, and Samantha for a great Friday of

As the story goes, a UK court awarded British rider Polly Jackson 72,000 GBP (~$113,760) after she sued the owners of her horse Bournston Highland Charm for breaking their commitment to let her ride the

Good Morning Eventing Nation! I’ve missed you this week! I hope you have something fun planned for the weekend, which hopefully involves taking advantage of some of the President’s Day Sales. A couple months ago

Denis, center, presents a donation for TPF fire relief on behalf of Plantation Field EN would like to welcome the great Denis Glaccum to the worldwide web blogosphere.  A pillar of the sport of Eventing,

A look at last year’s Ballindenisk course with Mike Ryan Pippa Cuckson has published a great article about the start of the British high performance season at the CCI3* at Ballindenisk in Ireland next week. 

Networking. Good morning EN! The big news today comes from across the pond, where Oli Townend has taken over Armada’s reins from Andrew Nicholson. Armada is a proven four star horse with several impressive finishes-

That’s right. Happy Valentine’s Day!Can you feel all the love in the air?! Happy Valentine’s Day Eventing Nation! We, here at EN, would love to be your Valentine, John more so than the rest of

He’s back!  Photo of Becky and Comet courtesy of Mark Lehner and HoofClix.  For more great Pine Top photos be sure to check out HoofClix.com There is no doubt that this past weekend will go

Lovely Greetings Eventing Nation.  While most sports fans are bemoaning the end of the football season and feeling like March Madness can’t get here soon enough, eventing fans have plenty of action to follow. This weekend

Good Morning Eventing Nation! Welcome to Sunday. This weekend certainly has been a tragic one, with the astonishing Kesmarc tragedy on Friday morning, and then the death of the lovely Jack’s Irish Z on Saturday

Photo via Samantha Earlier today we reported that Katlyn Hewson’s horse Jack’s Irish Z was humanely euthanized during the intermediate cross-country for the Ocala Horse Trials.  I spoke with Team Slezak this afternoon and obviously Katlyn and all

Photo via Slezak Eventing The hardship that started yesterday with the KESMARC explosion continues today for the Ocala community and all of Eventing Nation.  Katlyn Hewson’s horse Jack’s Irish Z was humanely euthanized during the