The Ginger Giraffe, part 1
Eventing Nation’s UK connection, aka lec, recently adopted a rescue horse and generously offered to take us on a multi-part tour of the horse’s development. Today she writes about how she came to find the
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Steph Rhodes-Bosch Road to the WEGs, Chapter 3
Steph Rhodes-Bosh, a Canadian short lister and 5th place Rolex ’10 finisher, checks in with her latest blog entry after competing at Waredeca last weekend. Click here or in the “categories” portion of the sidebar
...» Read More!Can Am challenge
Friends, let me know if this ever happens to you. You’re sitting down to write the morning post on Eventing Nation, either at 2:30 in the morning or noon the next day and your plan
...» Read More!Wayne Du Page Report from a Groom
Behind every great ride is a great groom. Frances, an Eventing Nation reader and now certified superb guest writer, groomed at the Wayne Horse Trials in Illinois this weekend and was kind enough to write
...» Read More!Lower Level Rider Profile
Once again, it is time to meet a fellow member of our Eventing Nation. To see previous rider profiles, click on “Rider Profiles” in the Categories sidebar. These features have been interesting and insightful– I
...» Read More!Leah Lang-Gluscic, chapter 3
Ok, hopefully I’ll have time soon to write a comprehensive overview of our autumn guest blogging schedule, but we have heard so far from Holly Hudspeth, Steph Bosch, and Leah. As you know, Leah has
...» Read More!Casper’s pentathlon relapse
As part of writing the pentathlon mini-series, JER took a few pentathlon-related photos, including the infamous photo of Casper that we ultimately used for all five of the pentathlon posts. JER’s mule Casper has become
...» Read More!Ecogold Photo Contest: “Horses at Work” Champion
Congrats to student’s desk for winning our Ecogold photo contest, and a set of four indestructable Ecogold XC boots. This contest started on EN, as all good things do, when an eventer sitting behind a desk
...» Read More!Samantha Clark’s Gatcombe Report
Samantha Clark, host of the 2010 Radio show, and EN favorite traveled home to the UK this weekend for the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe. Like Millbrook, quite a few WEG horses were at
...» Read More!JER Pentathlon (5/5): Run Shoot
Here is the fifth and final part of JER’s pentathlon mini-series, which has been incredibly enjoyable to read and has helped push the quality of writing on Eventing Nation to new highs. The bar is
...» Read More!Katie Lindsay: Fun and Games at the Dressage Show
OK, as promised – “Fun and Games at the Dressage Show,” the second in my interdisciplinary fantasy interview series. (No, I will not whine any more about John’s writing skills versus mine – not too
...» Read More!JER Pentathlon (4/5): Ride
JER’s instant “Best of EN” Pentathlon mini-series continues with our phase: riding You’re doing what this weekend? Part 1 (intro), Part 2 (fence), Part 3 (swim) From JER: The riding phase of modern pentathlon has
...» Read More!JER Pentathlon (3/5): Swimming
Not to rain on JER’s parade, but you know those great strong rides from great riders in all the Burghley videos? Well, imagine the exact opposite and that’s how I rode the coffin today. I’m
...» Read More!JER Pentathlon (2/5): Fencing
First, as a quick note, Eventing Nation seems to be crashing today for unknown reasons. Literally, I finished walking the course with David, checked my email and saw that EN had crashed. We are working
...» Read More!Lower-Level Rider Profile
It’s Friday! What does that mean? Just a few more hours of daily grind until you are free for a glorious weekend. I hope. Or, just another day spent feeding and caring for horses. But,
...» Read More!JER Pentathlon (1/5): Introductions
From the epic JER: You’re doing what this weekend? At the dawn of the 20th century, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, envisioned a multi-sport discipline that would test the skills
...» Read More!Holly Hudspeth and Last Monarch: Road to the WEGs
We are getting into the thick of guest blogging season as the WEGs approach, and I am very proud to welcome back Holly Hudspeth and “Stewie”. As everyone knows, Holly and Stewie are members of
...» Read More!Ecogold Photo Contest: “Horses at Work” Finale
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to look through our four Ecogold photo contest finalists and crown a champion. I’d like to thank all of the entrants to the contest for sharing
...» Read More!Are You Smarter Than THESE Pony Clubbers?
Kim B, an Eventing Nation reader, attended the East Coast Pony Club Championships last weekend at the Virginia Horse Center and was kind enough to tell us her story with words and photos, playing off
...» Read More!Katie Lindsay: Fun and Games at the Hunter Show
What pisses me off worse than anything in the world is the blinding rage I feel when reading something really good that was written by someone who is a better writer than I am.
...» Read More!Lower Level Event Rider Profile
It’s finally Friday! And time for another Lower-Level Event Rider Profile. We’ve met Nation members from all over the US and the world, and today we’re paying tribute to Montana (tip of the hat to
...» Read More!Young Riders Tips from Lauren Kieffer
It seems like a millennia ago now, but Lauren and I were teammates on the Area 8 YR team in ’05 and ’06. The team in ’06 was stacked–we had one Rolex horse, Bru McGuire, two
...» Read More!Ecogold Photo Contest: “Horses at Work”
So, I was going to write a serious post–no, honestly, I was. It was going to have something to do with a British show jumper having a rotational, and the donkey parasailers getting let off the hook on
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