From Chelan: Well I feel a little like a kid at Christmas who had way too many presents, opened them all in a hurry, and now don’t know which one to play with first! I

We have dressage fully underway at Pau right now, the riders at Galway are getting ready to start their dressage, the FEI approved a list of prohibited substances that excludes NSAIDs from competition a few

  PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES …………. I drop in on the Chronicle Forum most every day, and have lately been following the thread about the upcoming USEA Annual Convention in Arizona. A lot

Friends, I know we have been doing a lot of writing recently about horses all over the world, but bear with us in this post as we turn your attention to yet another region of

Before we get to Kimberly’s post, I just wanted to mention that Boyd and Remi have arrived and settled in well at Pau. I had a bit of trouble getting in touch with Boyd earlier

The Galway three-day and horse trials is just a few days away and Chelan Kozac, Eventing Nation’s Canadian Olympian and guest writer extraordinaire, is already on scene and we are all looking forward to a

We bring you part four of Jenny’s adventure as a working student and EN guest blogger. Jenny has ambitiously decided to spend the next year as a working student in Lexington, Kentucky. And yes, I

Eventing Nation’s UK connection and guest writer, aka lec, recently sent me an email mentioning that she was planning to attend a clinic for eventers on the proper technique of how to fall off a

Brooke Baugher won the Waredaca training three-day division C over the weekend and was kind enough to write about her experience for Eventing Nation.  I have known Brooke for many years and watched her develop

From John: A few weeks ago I sent Katie an email passing on a reader’s email request that she write one of her funny fake interviews with a special target…me.  My only requirement was that

Thanks to Sinead and Doug for keeping us posted on all things Boekelo this past weekend.  Sinead has this final post from the Netherlands and Sinead and Hannah Burnett, the Fair Hill CCI3* winner, will

Let’s take a break from everything for a moment tonight and visit with lec about her new horse Arthur, who she rescued several months ago.  Lec is working to show Arthur the ropes and develop

I want to thank Doug for taking the time out of his busy Boekelo schedule to keep his fans back here in the US posted on how the event is going for him.  The Boekelo

Before we get to Boekelo, I’ll just make a quick note that all of the CCI3* jog at Fair Hill went through Wednesday afternoon with no holds and of course no spins.  Sinead kindly sent

As you know, Leah has quit an investment banking job in exchange for a life as an aspiring eventing professional and has kindly offered to share the ups and downs of her experience with Eventing

Photo from Doug’s site From Doug: Since the last update, we flew over the atlantic landing in Amsterdam. Customs etc. went smoothly. We did however have a few delays before leaving the airport. First of

Sinead Halpin and Doug Payne have generously offered to keep EN posted on their trip to Boekelo.  The horses and riders left tonight for the Netherlands and, God willing, they will all be gathered together

Eventing Nation has been really focused on the WEGs for the last two weeks but it’s important to remember that most of the eventing world has been carrying on with business as usual. This afternoon

Sara Ike, Sinead, Will, and Nat VC I’m going to guess that after the past several days I’m not on the USEF’s Christmas list anymore, but wow, I definitely wish I had one of those

From Steph: Hey Eventing Nation, I would like to start this off with a gigantic Thank You to everyone who was involved with this trip to WEG. That includes ‘my’ people, as well as those

After heckling me all weekend in the comment section for not giving Courageous Comet enough attention, Katie Lindsay–event organizer and one of EN’s favorite guest writers–came through in a big way by writing her favorite

From Chelan: WEG wrap up–aye carumba-slightly delayed for obvious reasons!  Okay so is anyone else still in shock?? I imagine I am not the only one. But let’s begin at the beginning Sunday– The jog-please