Tamie Smith: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
EN guest blogger Tamie Smith is back with more insight into this wild and crazy sport of eventing. Today she talks about how to handle show nerves, and her advice makes a lot of sense:
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From Horse Nation: 5 DIY Jump Projects Under $20
Carley Sparks over at Horse Nation put together these fantastic jump making ideas on the cheap. Even if you are the least crafty person in the universe, you can turn your field of jumping dreams
...» Read More!The 9 Lives of Irishman Mark Kyle (Now 8 Lives, Post-Badminton)
When it comes to riding cross-country, the Irish are among the toughest in the world. Check out this video of Mark Kyle’s epic Badminton tumble, from which both horse and rider emerged virtually unscathed. The
...» Read More!Happy Mother’s Day!
Eventing moms are among the most amazing there are. Equestrians need strong support groups, no matter how big or small they are, and at the heart of just about every core group is a strong
...» Read More!Throwback Thursday Presented by Ice Horse: And the Horse Is…
Did you guess our featured horse this week? Thanks to the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program, we’ve got another ex-racehorse’s foal photos to show off. The little bundle of adorable pictured below is none other
...» Read More!Throwback Thursday Presented by Ice Horse: Guess the Horse
We’ve got another dose of adorable for you today, EN. I can’t say too much about this horse without giving the answer away, so we’ll just suffice to say that this is one powerhouse of
...» Read More!Collegiate Eventing Spotlight: University of Kentucky
From Hannah: The UK Eventing Team was founded in 2005.-The University does recognize the Eventing Team as a club, but all of our funding comes from our own fundraisers and donations. The team is constantly
...» Read More!Omega Alpha Reader Submission of the Month: April
We would like to send a big chinchilla congratulations to Sherri Harvey, whose story, “Matt Brown and East-West Training Concepts”, has been selected as our Omega Alpha Reader Submission of the Month for April. “Because
...» Read More!Peter Atkins Prepping for Badminton
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
...» Read More!Congratulations to California Chrome, 2014 Kentucky Derby Winner
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
...» Read More!The Amazing Thoroughbred
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
...» Read More!William Fox-Pitt Takes Time To Be A Hero
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
...» Read More!Survey: 9 Out of 10 Eventers Don’t Really Give a Crap About the Kentucky Derby
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
...» Read More!Throwback Thursday Presented by Ice Horse: And the Horse Is…
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
...» Read More!Throwback Thursday Presented by Ice Horse: Guess the Horse
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
...» Read More!The Faces of Rolex 2014
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
...» Read More!Rachel Galambos: My Horse of a Different Color
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
...» Read More!Rosie Napravnik, Future Event Rider?
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
...» Read More!Tuesday Video from SpectraVet: Elisa Wallace’s Rolex Mustang Demo
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
...» Read More!Sights & Sounds from the 2nd Annual EN Rolex Tailgate Party, Presented by Tredstep Ireland
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
...» Read More!Chinchillas Gone Wild: 2014 Rolex Photobomb Disaster
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
...» Read More!COTH: Sinead Halpin and Meg Kep Keep it Real at Rolex
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
...» Read More!A Rolex Fairytale Wedding
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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