I am shocked and saddened to write that our sport has lost one of its brightest young stars today.  Late Tuesday afternoon Lisa Marie Fergusson’s lovely young advanced horse Smart Move had to be humanely

Brodi is excited about the hoidays too!  Photo via Alison A couple days ago, on Saturday, some lovely girls (Ann, Ashley, and Kristine) at my barn slaved all day and made each of the 40

Well the USEA convention has finally wrapped up. With this wrap up comes the final end to the season. Rumor has it, the convention was a good time. However, we will keep it at that

The 2012 USEA convention is in Colorado and 2013 is going to be in Cincinnati, OH If you are reading this and attended the USEA Annual Meeting this weekend I want to congratulate you on

Good Morning Eventing Nation! Well today is the final day of the USEA convention, I’m sure everyone had a great time but will be glad to be returning to normal life. There’s only a certain

I have included notes from the USEA annual meeting in this post and you can watch Clayton Fredericks’ keynote speech below, but here’s a quick look at the Pan American Games Review forum from Saturday

Before I jump into the discussion of the influence of tack on biomechanics, I’d like to make a quick note on planning the eventing calendar.  I sat in on the calendar planning open forum at

One key theme of the USEA convention this year has been a major increase in concussion awareness and safety.  Brain surgeon and concussion expert Dr. Allen Sills spoke at a forum on Saturday morning at

If you are on the East Coast, in the midst of rain, sleet, and snow we’ve been having this week, this ‘View From My Horse’ should be a very welcome view indeed! And for those

Good Morning Eventing Nation! I could say I wish I was at the Convention in Nashville right now, but considering the amount (and length!) of posts John has cranked out over these past couple days

Don’t worry videos are coming shortly The Training Solutions from Top Riders forum is easily my favorite forum at the USEA convention each year.  Karen O’Connor, Boyd Martin, Phillip Dutton, Leslie Law, Clayton Fredericks, Buck

Any rule discussion should begin with a recognition of two principles.  First, writing good rules is very very hard and second, no rule can make everyone happy.  Also, please note that the open rules forum

The Friday morning official activities started with the USEA Board of Governors Meeting.  Here are a few quick notes from the meeting: Financial Report — In my opinion, the most significant news of the meeting

FRIDAYFRIDAYFRIDAY! Well it’s here, folks. With Friday comes not only the end of the work week, but the excitement of more happenings in Nashvegas. I am sure John is living it up to the fullest

Behold photographic greatness The Thursday activities at the USEA convention–or at least the activities I will write about–concluded with the Event Owners’ Task Force meeting.  Before I jump into writing about syndicates, let me just

Don’t worry, terrible pictures of bland convention halls are on their way to a computer near you soon After the Professional Horseman’s Council everyone headed over to the Active Athletes Committee meeting for what turned

Your very official Thursday schedule I arrived at the PHC meeting slightly late after a long drive from Virginia to Nashville.  A quick sprint down a few hallways, a hurried registration, and a run down

Good morning EN, I hope this post finds you feeling chipper. I would feel a lot better if the atrocious weather on the East Coast would pass on. I paddled my way to the barn

Sports Illustrated has published a great article written by Stephanie Apstein about Boyd Martin and his program’s recovery from the True Prospect Fire.  The article tells the story about the fire, the grieving, and the

The Stink makes me happy. Photo via the lovely Taran Joergensen Eventers are planners by nature. Most horse people are, I guess. We plan out our show season then our gallops then jump and dressage

Cats… Good morning Eventing Nation! It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not planning on getting fit for the new year or scamming on how to get my horse and I to Aiken. I’m

Marilyn competing at a Grand Prix this year, photo via Jackson Schrickel Earlier today I spoke with Marilyn Little-Meredith about her purchase of Raf Kooreman’s talented three-star mare and Olympic prospect Cavalor Demeter.  This was

Yes… it’s a tattoo. Get it Liz! We be lovin’ it. Well it’s Monday again. I don’t know what Monday brings for all of you, but for me it brings the start of final exams.