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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Wonder race mare Zenyatta gave birth to her third foal just after midnight today. This is the mare’s first filly, sired by War Front. The name of the filly is yet to be announced, but
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Kaitlin Spurlock is another True Prospect Farm team member making a Rolex debut this year. Kaitlin lost her previous horse, Baseline, in a cross-country schooling accident in 2009 soon after she had purchased Expedience from
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People have funny ways of organizing time inside their head. I know a historian who can tell you the date of pretty much anything from memory — like, you’d be walking down the sidewalk with
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We were honored to receive this week’s vintage photo and really enjoyed seeing all of your guesses! How do you think you did? The rider pictured below is … … Denis Glaccum! Denis kindly shared this
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The Professional Horseman’s Council has announced that it will be presenting a new program called The Event College at Rolex this year. Designed to introduce more people to the sport, even those really knowledgeable about the
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Watching Sea Pirate storm around a cross-country course, he looks every bit the part of a typical run-and-jump loving eventer. His gallop is propelled by that impenetrable Thoroughbred confidence, and his jump is pure power.
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We’ve got a real classic for you this week, EN! We’ve been given specific instructions to not give any hints whatsoever for this rider’s identity, so you are on your own this week. We are
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Like the drunk girl stumbling around at the end of a party who just needs to go home, Mother Nature seriously needs to take off her party dress and pass out. Facebook is littered with
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What would a rider heading to Rolex next week be googling right now? Probably things like … 1. how to bubble wrap a horse 2. where to buy vodka in lexington ky 3. does breathing
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Carina HGF is a six-year-old Pura Raza Española (PRE) mare who came to Eric and Cindy Smith as a green but promising three-year-old who would make a good broodmare prospect if all else failed. The
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We all know that Carl Hester is something of a dressage genius, so it should come as no surprise that some of the other animals in his yard are taking some hints from the best.
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Are you ready for the latest Evention TV episode? I’ve been waiting on pins and needles, personally. This one had me absolutely rolling. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve lost a pair of
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Julie Pate and her OTTB, Catch Me If You Can, made a splash at Chattahoochee Hills last weekend when they took a by-all-accounts spectacular flier into the Training water. Photographer Eileen Dimond of Liz Crawley
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I’ve got half a mind to stick a lunge line on my little brother after seeing this week’s photo. I’m sure he could benefit from the exercise. We certainly are glad that this rider stuck
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EN reader Laura Millerick had to cancel her trip to Rolex at the last minute, so she’s generously donated two four-day passes for us to give away! Imagine yourself watching WFP and P Dutty strut
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