Although we were all sorely disappointed to not see Peter Atkins and Henry Jota Hampton frolic around Rolex this year, Peter has set Badminton in his sights with a vengeance. Not only is Badminton a
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The California sun must have traveled East to shine down on California Chrome this afternoon in Louisville. The chestnut colt stormed home to win the 140th Kentucky Derby with style, beating late-charging Commanding Curve. If
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In honor of Kentucky Derby Day, I thought we would take some time to look at the extraordinary animal that gives us goosebumps in more than a few ways: the Thoroughbred. Widely regarded as one
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William Fox-Pitt is not just a winner in the saddle, he is a wonderful person and ambassador for our sport. Many thanks to Dennis Holmes for sending us this story of how William took a moment
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Relative to the general public, you would think that horsepeople would have some idea about what is going on with the country’s most high-profile equestrian event of the year — eventers in particular, seeing as
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First off, I’d like to send a big thank you to the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program for allowing us to use their photos this week. How did you fare with your guesses? The horse
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How is your Rolex hangover doing, EN? Mine is still in full swing, and I can’t seem to pull myself away from the USEF Network. I did look away long enough to dig up a
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A cross-country course is a pinball chute of highs and lows that can sending riders crashing from ecstasy to defeat at any given second. To locate where a rider — or a horse — is
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From Rachel: HS Wolf is a 6-year-old Hungarian Sportlo gelding. He started his eventing career is the spring of 2013 as a 5 year old, and we had a great season finishing on successful Training
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She may be the #5 jockey on the North American leader board, but this 26-year-old racing phenom can do more than gallop horses around in a circle. Rosie was a featured guest at this year’s
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Those of us watching Rolex at home were treated to awesome coverage of all three phases this year. But there are other special events happening at Rolex we might have missed — like Elisa Wallace’s
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A great big cheers to everyone who stopped by EN’s Rolex Tailgate Party!!! Fun was had by all. Endless thanks to our fabulous co-hosts from Antebellum Farm, especially Leah Omeara and Brooke, Susan and Craig
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The EN chinchilla was on the move all weekend at Rolex, eliciting responses ranging from “awwww, cute!” to, as one Instagrammer put it … John is in the latter camp: “From a distance he looks
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Our good friends at The Chronicle of the Horse had the fabulous idea of giving a video camera to Sinead Halpin and super groom Meg Kepferle during Rolex. The result is an awesome mashup of
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Every little girl dreams of the day she will walk down the aisle. Event girls dream of walking down the aisle on the hallowed grounds of the Kentucky Horse Park, and Ellen Doughty was one
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We previously featured Libby Head on our Collegiate Eventing spotlight and we have really enjoyed following this young rider’s career. Sir Rockstar came to Libby as a neglected 10-year-old in 2008 and quickly blossomed under
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Nobody is having a better day than Michael Pollard, who swept the early dressage lead thanks to an accurate and elegant test aboard Mensa. We imagine that this is a fairly close approximation of how
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Are you ready for Rolex mania? We are too. The chinchillas have been furiously scouring the web for the latest updates from Rolex. We will update the social media posts throughout the day, so be
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Jennifer McFall got her start in the horse industry by growing up on a Morgan farm. While she loved to event, a lot of her time was spent breeding, training, and showing Morgans. It was
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With the European horses already on the Kentucky Horse Park grounds and most of the American horses leaving for Rolex this morning, our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram news feeds have been blowing up with photos
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Ellen Doughty may have one of the best storylines for this weekend: not only is she competing in her first CCI4*, she is also marrying the love of her life (besides her horse!), Alistair, on
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Imagine that you’re one of the lucky few that have entered Rolex Kentucky CCI4* and are heading to Lexington right now. What would you be doing in your last few precious days? How would you
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From Denya: In 1975, Barbara Batterton asked my mother, Marilyn Mackay-Smith, if she would school her 7 year old OTTB, Comic Relief, at Woodley, in Clarke County, Virginia. Registered as “Boncom”, he was a 16.2
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