Today is the day! Or, well, I guess tomorrow is the day if you’re in Japan and are reading this before you go to bed. We’ve really lost track of the concept of time over here,

I’m trying to write this News & Notes while simultaneously watching the first session of Olympic dressage for our Eventing competitors, so heads up please excuse any random spelling mistakes or weird links. So far,

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by British Equestrian (@equestrianteamgbr) It’s the first day of Olympic dressage for the Eventing crowd! Don’t forget to check out our Ultimate Form Guide for

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlotte Dujardin (@charlotte_dujardincbe) I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve fallen totally and utterly head over heels for Charlotte Dujardin‘s Gio, or ‘Pumpkin’, as he’s known to

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Official CrossCountry App (@crosscountryapp)   The problem with these pesky timezone changes is that when something really, really exciting happens in Tokyo – such as, you know, the

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jonelle Price (@jonelle_price) It’s official: I’ve been well and truly struck by Olympic fever. (The figurative kind, mind you, not an actual case of COVID.) I’ve

View this post on Instagram A post shared by US Equestrian (@usequestrian) The Games have begun at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park in Tokyo, as the dressage riders got their competition started yesterday with their qualification

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nicolas Wettstein (@wettsteinnico) Watching the Olympic opening ceremony is a surefire way to give me the goosebumps. Every. Single. Time. Something about that whole message of

One day, I keep telling myself, I’ll make it out to Rebecca Farms for their summer horse trials. Maybe I won’t have the gumption to drag my horse halfway across the country (especially as my

If you’re at Rebecca Farm this week, track down Jennie Brannigan or grab one at check-in and get one of these ribbons she’s made in honor of Annie Goodwin, who was preparing to compete there

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MichaelJungOfficialNews (@michaeljungofficialnews) Is there any good luck charm more potent than a kiss from La Biosthetique Sam FBW? We reckon not – and it looks like

Families that event together, stay together – or at the very least, they have a marvellous time embracing the chaos together! Hollie Payne Caravella and her mother, FEI judge Marilyn Payne, went head to head in the

I have a single pair of riding tights with silicone grips in my riding wardrobe (I love everything about them, by the way, except I’m discovering that I’m just not really a silicone full seat

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lauren Billys Shady OLY (@laurenbillysshady) While we have been enamored with watching the our Tokyo-bound riders polish their Olympics prep during their layover in Aachen, Germany, we’ve also

You know, I had a whole cute story about a horse I rode yesterday in my mind for this leader paragraph, but then I saw this….delightful photo of Will Faudree on my Facebook feed and

With a whole week of continuous brutal hot Virginia weather, I finally cracked and decided to ride my last horse in a bareback pad, shorts, and flip flops. We went for a happy little jaunt

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alex Hua Tian (@alexhuatian) Speaking as someone who’s recently had to do like, a lot of COVID tests to travel to Luhmühlen and back to the UK,

An amazing sunset from Sea Forest Cross-country Course! #SFC #Eventing #Equestrian #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/8QdZolLS0l — Carola Brighenti (@CarolaBrighenti) July 11, 2021 We’re all beyond excited for the Olympics to start this month – but none more

As you know, we really like to embrace all sorts of insanity in the middle here at Eventing Nation and we certainly appreciate Eventing’s sister sport, Combined Driving. The hallmark of Combined Driving is its marathon

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbury Horse Trials (@barburyht) The Olympic countdown is in full force now and while many pairs have begun their travels and quarantines, some are still putting the

Nobody knows how to multi-task and get stuff done like horse girls. Take Amanda here, who is walking her dogs, feeding her horses, and lulling her baby down to a nap all in one very