8,343 struggles later you guys and your horses are still going strong. Keep up the good work, citizens of EN! And keep tagging ’em #EventerProblems on Instagram for inclusion in a future edition. I guess
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Way-over, not-quite-under or just-take-the-whole-fence-out … style be darned, we eventers are determined to get to the other side. Here are a few of our favorite #EventerFailFriday feats from the last few weeks! Be sure to
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Read with a grain of salt. Children are our future, but the decision to have them is individual choice and we respect all choices. When I was little I never wanted children. People always told
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From minor hoarding tendencies to fashion malfunctions, eventing gear accounts for a large percentage of #EventerProblems. Here are a few of your own! Tack room organizing, how to fit all my stuff in a 6×12
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“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” said American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1841 essay “Self Reliance.” I’m not sure what a hobgoblin is (event horse says: a frightening creature
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Imagine you are a 26-year-old amateur event rider. You ride with the one and only Meg Kepferle. It’s the fall of 2016 and your trusty mount is spending a few weeks with her for a tune-up. Cross
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We asked Eventing Nation fans, who has it easier: tall riders or short riders? Turns out we ALL have a seat on The Struggle Bus. Some of us just have a little more leg room, and
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Well over a hundred #EventerProblems later I still don’t know who has more screws loose, event horses or the people who ride them. In vol. 127 and 128, we’re letting the two parties face off.
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There was a great deal of champagne-soaked celebration on the awards podium following Saturday night’s U.S. Open Relay Arena Eventing competition. Up on the highest perch we had Team East Village (Ryan Wood and Dom
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Equestrian sport, and eventing in particular, is something most of us associate with wide-open, rural spaces. So there’s some cognitive dissonance to see it transplanted into a polar opposite context — like the heart of
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If a photo is worth 1,000 words, a video is worth … what … 10,000? 20,000? We’re going with 100,000, judging from these reader-submitted gems. Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/BYfHkQ9nnPw/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BXG4hq1Hy7B/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BXX7R_FBTCz/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BXYgTepDB72/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BXeFNSGlW13/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BYzTd3XhxqH/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BXq41GeBQNG/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BYOVv8ogFEA/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BY1KgB2npLi/
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Instructors, trainers, coaches. Is there a difference? Yes, although there is overlap, too. Riding instructors typically teach people to ride on safe, school-type horses, even if they are privately owned. They provide an important introduction
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Well over a hundred #EventerProblems later I still don’t know who has more screws loose, event horses or the people who ride them. In this edition and the next, we’ll let the two parties face
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In August 2017 writer/rider Leslie Wylie conquered her most fearsome feat of #YOLO yet: a 620-mile race across Mongolia. Riding 27 semi-wild native horses. Carrying only 11 pounds of gear. Relying on nomads for food, water
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If there was a fail Olympics you guys would all be gold medalists. Wear those medals loud and proud! And always, ALWAYS know that you’re not alone. It’s a team sport, for sure, and EN
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Horses, as we all know, are prone to delinquency. Somebody was naughty #equestrian #eventing #dressage #3yo #cheeky #naughty #girl #mare #nothowitssupposedtobe #stable #home #fridaynight #carrots #monster #wtf #horses #eventerproblems #not #so #welltrained A post shared
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Where there are horse people, there are dogs … and we love to show them off! Here are a few of the best pup pics you’ve posted on Instagram lately. Don’t forget to tag yours
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Sometimes, it just takes a little … creativity. Here are a few of your most genius solutions to your most real struggles. No spills here! #eventerproblems @eventingconnect A post shared by Finley Habenicht (@grandtimeseventing) on
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Where there are horse people, there are dogs … and we love to show them off! Here are a few of the best pup pics you’ve posted on Instagram lately. Don’t forget to tag yours
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EN is excited to bring you a new series from William Micklem: Breadth As Well As Depth. The series addresses the need for breadth in eventing education and also includes his thoughts on event horse breeding,
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Gemma Tattersall is riding high on a successful 2017 season that isn’t over yet. She delivered a career-best third place finish at Burghley with Arctic Soul, right off the back of finishing eighth individually at the
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EN is excited to bring you a new series from William Micklem: Breadth As Well As Depth. The series addresses the need for breadth in eventing education and also includes his thoughts on event horse breeding,
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Sure, there are a few places that it’s fun to try riding your horse without a bridle. Places that come to mind immediately, at least for the first few times, include the roundpen or a
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