For one week each year horses are the main attraction at Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park, a 670-acre state-owned tract of land on Lake Jackson that plays host to Red Hills Horse Trials. The rest of the
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How much struggle can you cram into 140 characters? Plenty, judging from these 30 reader tweets. So your horse doesn’t want to work and you tell her there is no other option….so you end up
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This video has resurfaced after its original posting a few years ago, and we just couldn’t resist sharing it with you. When it comes to jumping, accuracy is of utmost importance. You need to keep
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Get your facepalm ready! Thirty more reader-submitted #EventerProblems are headed straight your way. Auto correct fail. #facepalm A photo posted by Abby Reinhardt (@southern_happy_simple) on Feb 25, 2016 at 9:33am PST When your pony is
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Kim Severson and Fernhill Fearless became celebrities over the weekend when photos surfaced on social media of their amazing save at the big hammock tables on Derek di Grazia’s Pine Top CIC3* cross country course.
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Ardall's first time jumping. I thinks he needs to keep his hands down !!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Ronan Rothwell on Friday, February 26, 2016 Well, this is certainly one way to get your horse used to a
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This week’s edition: thrown shoes, broken fences, ear cobwebs, cats on leashes, bloody breeches, awkward bank teller exchanges, the shedding begins, selfie fails, dreams of Daylight Savings, husbands who’ve had enough, the coining of the
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It’s easy to forget two things about England when you don’t live there all the time, and I’m reminded of both as I drive towards Clark and Jess Montgomery’s barn — just how wet, damp
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With horse trials popping up on the calendar like the year’s brave first crop of daffodils, full-swing event season feels closer with each passing day — which is music to the ears of those of
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Hawley Bennett-Awad has been busy quietly producing a talented horse that she has tagged as her next upper-level star. High Duty, a 7-year-old off-track Thoroughbred gelding, has been climbing his way through the levels, showing
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Intrigued by a photo of a British foxhunter with smoldering eyes and apparent ice in her veins, Leslie Wylie reached out to its subject, the Lady Martha Sitwell, in hopes that she could arrange for
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There are natural resources on this earth that are available only in a finite, limited supply — oil, water and coal being a few examples. Other things, well, they just keep coming. Like #EventerProblems. Here
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Ever fantasized about dropping everything to focus on your riding? Area V eventer and Tales from a Bad Eventer blogger Laura Szeremi’s dream was to go be a working student for a big-name rider –– just one (OK, more
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You guys. This latest video from SmartPak has us CRYING actual tears from laughing so hard when their poor non-horsey employees try to guess how to use studs and Stud Suds. This is an actual quote
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Ever fantasized about dropping everything to focus on your riding? Area V eventer and Tales from a Bad Eventer blogger Laura Szeremi’s dream was to go be a working student for a big-name rider ––
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1. First and foremost, invite your horse to be your partner. You do not want to be on top of a totally submissive machine awaiting instructions while you are galloping along undulating ground, facing solid
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Intrigued by a photo of a British foxhunter with smoldering eyes and apparent ice in her veins, Leslie Wylie reached out to its subject, the Lady Martha Sitwell, in hopes that she could arrange for
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To quote EN sister site Horse Nation’s Cowgirl-in-Chief Kristen Kovatch: “140 characters, so much struggle… There’s nothing like the brevity that comes with having just 140 characters to describe your struggle that inspires us as
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I was 11 when I had my first ever riding lesson. My mom finally caved to my years of begging for it. She claims she waited until I was older so it was safer for
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It all started a couple months ago when a friend posited the classic ice-breaker question, “If you could have lunch with anyone in the world, who would it be?” Bypassing all sensible responses — the
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I was planning on writing this blog about New Year’s resolutions. The usual: be a better person, use an oven for more than just frozen pizza, finally learn how to speak Spanish (fluently, not Spanglish).
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Baby now we got problems, and I don’t think we can solve ’em… Here’s our latest batch of reader-submitted #EventerProblems: No, officer, it’s REALLY not mine! (Like horse owners could afford a drug habit, psh)
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There is always something to be said about a young rider with a thirst for education. Bailey Moran, a Texas native, is on a quest for knowledge this winter as she spends the off-season months training
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