William Micklem: Sunny Side Up
Embed from Getty Images It is so easy for us to have our sport ruined by a bad coach. The coach who focuses on everything that has gone wrong, the coach that winds you up
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#EventerProblems, Vol. 53
And they just keep coming. Here are 30 more of your deepest, darkest struggles. If you missed them: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
...» Read More!Which Hogwarts House Would Your Event Horse Be Sorted Into?
Harry Potterheads have been going nuts this week about Pottermore, a sorting hat quiz that decides which Hogwarts house you should belong to. Unlike the billion other Harry Potter-themed quizzes that have surfaced on the
...» Read More!#FlashbackFriday: How the Buck Does He Do It?
I was perusing the ride timetable for the Rocking Horse Winter I Horse Trials this weekend, and I couldn’t help but stare at Buck Davidson’s ride times for a few minutes. If I’m being honest,
...» Read More!Tuesday Video from SpectraVET: The Making of an Olympian
As if we hadn’t embarrassed Boyd Martin enough in the last few days … First, he runs wild through Wellington while filming a commercial, and then his wife Silva sent us this video of Boyd back when he
...» Read More!Tiny George Morris Is Kicking Butts & Taking Names
Have you checked out Eventing Nation’s hot-off-the-presses new sister site Jumper Nation yet? If not, you should — here’s a sampling of what we’ve got going on over there. The hunter/jumper world has some “insanity
...» Read More!Reddit Holds Photoshop Battle For This Girl Falling Off Her Horse
Reddit, the “front page of the internet,” hosts Photoshop battles in which the citizens of the web are turned loose to photo-manipulate images that are then up for a popular vote to declare a winner. Entries
...» Read More!#EventerProblems Vol. 52
What’s your problem? Our #EventerProblems series gallops onward at 570mpm with the airing of 30 more reader-submitted grievances. When you’re really sore from a workout and you try your horse’s new Back On Track sheet…
...» Read More!Eventers of the #Snowpocalypse
East coast eventers had quite the exciting weekend when Mother Nature decided to bury us alive in snow. Of course, we don’t fold that easily. Exhibit A: this photo Phyllis Dawson sent us from Purcellville,
...» Read More!Perseverance and Wet Saddle Cloths
My good friend Dom Schramm always says, “Wet saddle cloths make good horses.” It’s a saying we grow up in Queensland (Australia) hearing from the time we start riding. I’m not sure of its origins
...» Read More!Why Is Boyd Martin Running Rampant Through Wellington?
Some ridiculous videos of Boyd Martin galloping about on foot through Wellington have surfaced on social media this week, which left us wondering why. Has he officially lost his marbles, quit riding, and decided to
...» Read More!23 Events, 13 States, 6 Countries, 3 Continents: A Year in the Life of Chinch
We put EN’s furry correspondent through a lot in 2015. To recount just a few of his misadventures, he was groped by gold medalists, kidnapped by national champions, stuffed into trophies, carried on victory gallops,
...» Read More!Kristine Burgess Making Her Hometown Crowd in Area IV Proud
It’s never easy to grow up riding in an area that isn’t saturated with eventing. Kristine Burgess, a Minnesota native, knows this quite well, but it hasn’t stopped her from shining as a young talent
...» Read More!4 Things You MUST Do When in Ocala
Last week we gave all you snowbirds preparing to spread your wings and fly, fly, far away from here to Aiken a list of things to eat, drink, see and do while in town. This
...» Read More!Niklas Bschorer Recounts the Best Save of 2015
Niklas Bschorer ran away with the reader voting for our 2015 Stickability Awards, and we caught up with this up-and-coming German rider to learn more about his heart-stopping save at Badminton aboard Tom Tom Go 3. Nik
...» Read More!#EventerProblems, Vol. 51: ‘Let It Snow’ Edition
How are you holding up out there, Eventing Nation? Staying warm? Staying dry? #eventerproblems A photo posted by Summer Burgess (@smerkiejoe) on Jan 15, 2016 at 2:12pm PST You don’t have to answer that. We
...» Read More!Tuesday Video from SpectraVET: Pony Rally, Eventer Style
Many thanks to Beth Davidson for sending us this clip of eventers hopping on the pony express this weekend at the Ocala Horse Properties Winter I HT. In the video foreground is Clayton Fredericks, with
...» Read More!4 Things You MUST Do When in Aiken
Whether you’ve escaped south for a long weekend or are bedding down there for the winter, Aiken has plenty to offer its snowbirds. Here are four activities and amenities you won’t want to pass by:
...» Read More!#EventerProblems, Vol. 50: 1,500 Struggles Later
There are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes and #EventerProblems. Especially #EventerProblems. When we started this series last spring, we had no idea that it would take on a life of its
...» Read More!Saturday Video from Nupafeed: Watch This Jumper Tackle the Water for the First Time
Horses who compete in the jumper and eq rings are accustomed to jumping over wide expanses of water, not into them. So when a horse who is used to clearing a body of water is
...» Read More!A Retirement Tribute to Cold Harbor from His Biggest Fan
Anyone that follows upper level eventing has undoubtedly heard of the legend that is Cold Harbor. Most recently “Bo” had been piloted by Dom Schramm, where I was lucky enough to meet him. To Bo
...» Read More!Transform Mind-Numbing Trot Sets into Exciting Adventures with These 3 Apps
‘Tis the season for low, slow distance work as we start legging our horses back up for the spring season. Lap after lap around the field with nothing to do but stare between between our
...» Read More!Unrealistic Expectations
Tamie Smith had a very successful year in 2015, the product of hard work and sheer determination. In her latest Athletux Equine blog, Tamie writes about the meaning of unrealistic expectations and making your dreams
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