Jon Holling has been named to the US Pan American Games squad and now there’s nothing for him to do but lose sleep, obsessively trot his horse, go to the mandatory outing at Morven, and

Copyright The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship; Intermediate Horsemanship, C Level From: Susanna Rodell You’ve probably been there: Last Friday I got out to the barn nice and early, all pumped for a

Tiana Coudray placed second as the Blenheim CCI3* as part of a great weekend for the USA contingent.  Tiana’s journey to Blenheim this year was full of extremes both up and down.  Tiana was kind

EN blogger and Jersey Fresh CCI2* winner Lisa Marie Fergusson returns this afternoon with a recap of the Stuart Horse Trials and a look ahead to moving up at Millbrook as part of her quest

Lindsey Taylor, who is Boyd Martin’s head groom, recently wrote a great recap of Burghley for the Area IV newsletter.  Lindsey and the good folks at Area IV felt like the national and international eventing

Hamish and Tiger in front of the Wilton House From Hamish: I always seem to be writing for Eventing Nation when I’m saying goodbye. It only seems like a few days ago that I was

EN guest blogger and working student Jenny McCoy writes about her Burghley experience.—- From Jenny McCoy: When I flew over to the UK I was super excited to have this wonderful, detailed, entertaining blog about

From Meg: Well, although we had a slight disappointment in the mud yesterday, Tate and Sinead finished strong in 15th. He was jumping very well in those conditions, which are not his favorite (or pretty

By now, Meg needs no introduction around Eventing Nation.  But for those just returning from Siberia, she is the head groom for Sinead Halpin and Manoir De Carneville who demolished their second straight 4* course

Photo via ESJ From Sally: Have you ever wondered just what the officials do when the cross country is running? There is a whole under structure to an event such as Burghley that is seldom

Working student, vet tech, and EN guest blogger Jenny McCoy is on her way to Burghley for a fun weekend of spectating. Jenny was kind enough to send us a quick update from her travels

Here’s a quick post from Hamish, written on his way to Burghley.  So we can only hope that this was written at least a few hours ago as the Burghley first horse inspection is just

An introduction of Jacky is hardly necessary by now, but a ‘thank you’ is always necessary. So, thanks for writing this Jacky and thank you for reading. —- From Jacky: As August draws to a

Eventing Nation’s Burghley guest blogger Colleen Rutledge is staying positive at Ann Taylor’s Washbrook Farm as Burghley draws nearer and nearer.  Be sure to check out Colleen’s Burghley blog on her website here.  Many thanks

In this post, Sharon writes about having to withdraw Rafferty’s Rules from Burghley and the Pan American Games.  We asked Sharon to be a guest blogger on Eventing Nation not because of her potential destinations

Megan Kepferle is Sinead Halpin’s groom and one of the best personalities in all of eventing.  If you read Eventing Nation, you have surely seen our many links to Meg’s blog and now we are

One of the sad realities of eventing is that if you stay in this sport long enough heartbreak is inevitable.  Yet I never cease to be amazed at the resilience eventers consistently show in tragic

Announcers are one of the most important indirect contributors to Eventing Nation.  Whether I am typing, running from jump to jump, feeding the ever-hungry chinchillas, or watching a far corner of the cross-country course, I

Susanna Rodell is a professional journalist, a member of the USPC National Communications Committee, a former Pony Club District Commissioner, and perhaps most importantly a Pony Club mom.  Susanna recently contacted us about writing a

I met Colleen Rutledge for the first time at Jersey Fresh and I found all the rumors to be true.  She was quiet, charming, and incredibly intelligent and I instantly became a huge fan and

Jacky Green was once again very kind to send us a full report from Hartpury, which ran cross-country today.  I’m glad to hear that the US riders had a great day and it should set

Burghley is getting closer by the day and so grows the pressure of the final preparatory competitions such as Hartpury, where the US horses in the UK are getting in their final pre-Burghley runs this

I’m pretty excited about our new guest blogger, Hamish Cargill, although I can’t really take the credit as it was John and Samantha who orchestrated Hamish’s grand entrance into the EN spotlight. Regardless, judging by