via Trailershut Oh please… you actually thought you were going to get away not having to hear about The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn? You must be a fool. Kidding. Obviously this must be a

Good Morning Eventing Nation, and welcome to Friday! The Friday before Thanksgiving means that for many, that this is the last day before the week long vacation begins! I was listening to the radio the

Frank Osthold and Mr. Medicott Two German equestrian websites are reporting the sale of Frank Ostholt’s Olympic and WEG partner Mr. Medicott and that the horse will now be ridden by the USA’s Karen O’Connor. 

Because I love this girl, her positive attitude, and her pain in the butt way of making me want to run ridiculous races, I decided to use a picture of her. Here’s to giving your

Omega Alpha riders Selena, Steph, and Jessie signing autographs at the Royal Winter Fair Good afternoon Eventing Nation!  I can’t believe Wednesday is almost over–this week is flying by.  We have a tremendous next few

Do you like racing? Can’t stop watching those Rolex commercials that never get old? Better question, do you have a secret crush on Dustin Hoffman?? Your dreams are about to come true. Luck, a new

Photo via USEF For the last five years Winsome Adante has held the title of highest scoring horse in the USEA of all time. There’s a lovely quote from Kim on her website:“I did my

Well, finding out that Boyd is a lady has really eased a lot of my problems. I no longer have to have a mad crush on him. Nor do I have to be intimidated by

Happy Sunday, folks! Well John has survived his speaking in Michigan. While I haven’t heard details, I am assuming he wasn’t booed off stage. Did anyone here listen to him? Go on… spill the truth.  There has

Good Morning Eventing Nation, and welcome to the weekend! Now that it’s off-season for some and is very close to being for others, It’d be nice to think that the time our equine companions are

Photo by Shawn Mcmillen Good Morning Eventing Nation! Well the 2011 eventing season is certainly starting to feel like it’s on the way out, with the final international competition of the season concluding last weekend

  via dorothystewart.net John likes to steal links. I feel like I should call the police. But I’m not. I want to find all the most ridiculous news possible, post it, and then make John

Buy your USEA Winter/Spring omnibus featuring EN’s good friend John Nunn on the cover here We have had a sad past few days around Eventing Nation with the passing of Hickstead and two important members

Well after a two week hiatus from writing on Eventing Nation while I was on a vacation in Europe, this was certainly not the news I had hoped to write about on my first day

Barn sunrises are the best kind of sunrises, obviously Do you know who Karen Stives is? Read this article from The Horse Channel and you will. She was the US individual silver and team gold

EN John getting his learnin’ on Today, November 8, is always Dunce Day apparently. Thank goodness for Google, or I wouldn’t ever have an intro for the N&N. November 8 marks the death of Duns

Photo via Phyllis Dawson We have been following the development of young Quinn Himself all season.  Quinn moved up to training this weekend around a quite challenging course with a clear round.  Quinn was in

      What a weekend for James Alliston. A win in the CCI*, second in the CCI** and a big win in the CCI***. I’d say that is something to be excited about. I’d

Happy Sunday folks! Today brings the final day at Galway Downs. With James Alliston leading the CCI***, and Nate Chambers following close behind, it should be an exciting finish. James has been on a roll

As cross-country gets underway today around Eventing Nation, here’s a quick look back at the Friday Galway dressage from Josh Walker and the USEA.  Galway cross-country starts bright and early this morning at 8:30am local

Good morning EN! It’s a busy Saturday out there. With Galway Downs well under way, and the indoor eventing at the Royal, there is a lot of excitement to track. Cross country will be taking

Doug golfing in public might be the only thing I fear more than public speaking Good morning Eventing Nation!  I’m so glad that Coren, Annie, Ali, and Abbie have finally let me do a news

Bringing back the EN love, thanks again to master photographer Lee Lee Jones Ever since The Royal Wedding (yes caps are necessary) I’ve had an unhealthy obsession with the British monarchy.  Duchess Catherine might actually