Australia’s Chris Burton and Trisha Rickards’ Polystar I rose to the challenge at Arville and took the Event Rider Masters win as the only pair in the field to finish on their dressage score.
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For Sara Gumbiner and Polaris, the Kentucky Three-Day Event has always been in the stars. Sara and the 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Brandenburg’s Windstar X North River Lady) have been partnered for seven years, with
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How much struggle can you fit in 280 characters? PLENTY. Here’s your latest batch of #EventerProblems as shared on Twitter. Friend: I think there’s a hair in your food…Me: nope it’s a piece of hay
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Eventers are visionaries. They see the world in a different way from their un-horsey brethren. For eventers, even the most mundane everyday object can suddenly seem full of potential … to be jumped. Your latest
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Washington State eventer Robin Loch had us in stitches with her latest YouTube video parodying cross country jump judge stereotypes. Any of them ring familiar? Be sure to subscribe to Robin’s YouTube channel, EventerGirlProbs, and
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2017 was a rollercoaster year for 18-year-old Colin Gaffney of Akron, Ohio. There were the highest of highs, including a move up to the one-star level and to Intermediate plus and a top finish in
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Just as you don’t have to be Irish to enjoy a Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, there’s a fair amount of Irish cultural appropriation inherent in the naming of event horses. In fact, over 350
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Earlier this week I finally went to the doctor about an infection that wouldn’t clear up, despite putting myself on a course of expired SMZs my friend found in her tack truck and was about
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It all started when my mom, Connie, sent in a bid to a stallion service auction for the Olympic silver medalist Starman, by Calypso. We figured there was no way we’d win and had long
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Baby horses do the darnedest things. Lissa Green handled this dramatic moment in true eventer fashion — with a laugh and plentiful rocketship/heart emoji. That escalated quickly 😂😉 Fresh baby WOLF MASTER deciding to buck
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For many riders, the thought of raising the fences to new heights gets our blood pumping. Hours of lessons and critique have all led up to this moment — jumping a fence bigger than you
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It’s that time of the year when spring seems sooooo close yet also sooooo far away. And in some parts of the country, it feels even further — more like soooooooooooooooooo far away. Michigan, for instance.
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Embed from Getty Images News that Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, had passed away began to circulate yesterday. His achievement of breaking the 4-minute mile is one
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Being “extra” is a phrase that linguistic pioneers of the Internet have been bandying about lately, meaning over-the-top, excessive, dramatic, etc. Example: I don’t know what is going on in that GIF, but I think
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Earlier this week I listed out some unwritten, unspoken lessons I’ve learned while participating in this magnificent sport (see “Never Look Down in the Port-a-Potty and Other Eventing Rules to Live By“). I invited our
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When a 13-year-old Mallory Hogan swung a leg over Clarissa Purisima for the first time, she couldn’t imagine where the keen red-headed Holsteiner mare would take her. From her first FEI event to a medaling
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After a long hiatus, #EventerFailFriday is back with a vengeance! This week’s theme: Horses for whom this shirt does NOT apply. Because they’ve got just one deep, dark, scary problem. Those fake ditches be scary,
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Continued from Part I … It is important to take the full context of any situation into account and understand that people often get into trouble because of ignorance rather than intent. The main aim
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The recent social media outcry regarding a film of a U.S. rider struggling to do an international dressage test has implications for us all in the sport horse world. The outcry was in defense of
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On Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, USEF Managing Director of Eventing and lifelong Patriots fan Joanie Morris lost a Super Bowl bet to lifelong Eagles fan Buck Davidson.
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The Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 winter training session took place in Ocala, Florida, January 8-11. We are excited to introduce you to some of the riders making their debut on the E25 list, which can be
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The Emerging Athlete Eventing 25 winter training session wrapped up earlier this month in Ocala, Florida, January 8-11. We are excited to introduce you to some of the riders making their debut on the E25 list,
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Whether you studied Dante’s Inferno, or you just have vaguely concerning taste in literature, I’m sure you’ll agree that, where real-life application is concerned, there are some parts that are just … problematic. And I don’t
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