The leaderboard certainly saw some changes this afternoon as the CIC3* division show jumped. As Jenni reported earlier, Marc Donovan’s course was challenging and required accurate, forward riding. It seems that this morning’s bogey fence,
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Boyd Martin and the Shamwari Syndicate’s Shamwari 4 were on their A game this morning. I was able to see the tail end of Boyd’s warm-up with David O’Connor, and I overheard Boyd remark that
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Happy Friday from Carolina International! We have a lunch break at the halfway point of CIC3* show jumping, which works out beautifully to bring you a quick update. As always, Marc Donovan’s course is top
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Clayton Fredericks is a busy guy. Between flying back and forth from the States to Europe to coach the Canadian eventing team, he’s also found the time to run a business importing quality young horses
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In case you missed us mentioning this throughout our coverage of the Carolina International CIC3*, Jenni had the brilliant idea of a biking tour of the cross country course via helmet cam. As the resident
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Happy Friday! I’ve been getting my days mixed up all week thinking it was a day later than it actually was, so I am glad that today is actually Friday and I can stop confusing
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We wrapped up the first day of competition here at Carolina International with a press conference with the top riders in the CIC3* and CIC2*. Jan Byyny was all smiles this afternoon, though still cautiously
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Will Coleman and Conair came closest to catching early morning leaders Jan Byyny and Inmidair as one of the last riders to go in the Carolina International CIC3* dressage, with Joey looking very impressive for
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Were you correct this week? We thought maybe you would be; it’s easy to pick out that eager face just about anywhere. The horse pictured below is… …Shiraz! Many thanks to Brian and Colleen for
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Jan Byyny’s 40.5 from this morning remained the score to beat after the first of two groups rode this afternoon. Several pairs will try to challenge in the final group, including Michael Pollard and Mensa,
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Kate and I went on a dirt bike tour of the Carolina International CIC3* course during the lunch break while Sally madly typed away on her lunchtime update, which you should check out here. I
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It is turning out to be some of the best weather thus far this spring, and both horses and riders seem relieved to have some fair weather to ride in. The scoring is coming out
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We’ve got a special edition of Throwback Thursday for you this week, EN. Thanks to some digging on the part of one our longtime friends, we’ve got a peek at one of the most popular
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The Rolex entry list continues to grow, and we anticipate a fairly hefty list when everything is all said and done. With this being a WEG year, many competitors will be using this event as
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Good morning from the Carolina Horse Park! It’s positively an EN party down here, as we have Jenni and Sally reporting live for you all weekend, I’m here competing, and Ellie is also here grooming
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Hello from Southern Pines! Sally and I will be here all weekend bringing you the action from the Carolina Horse Park and the inaugural Carolina International CIC3*. I arrived early enough this afternoon to catch
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The Chronicle of the Horse published an interesting article yesterday written by Doug Payne: “Eventing Needs New Bones Under A Facelift.” Doug laid out a proposal for a three-tiered system of events, at C, B,
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When living in Georgia years ago, I picked up the regional equine classifieds publication called Stablemates any time I visited the local feed or hardware store. I was not in the market for a new
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A woman and her Tennessee Walking Horse, Dakota, were trail riding in southern California when the footing gave way beneath them. Dakota fell some 300 feet down into the canyon and had to be rescued
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Alex Green is chomping at the bit to make her first Rolex appearance. Together with her coming 10-year-old Holsteiner Fernhill Cubalawn, she has spent the last five years of their partnership working for the goal
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Eleven more pairs have been added to the Rolex entry list in the past 24 hours, with the most notable appearance being Buck Davidson and his five — FIVE! — mounts: Ballynoe Castle RM, Mar
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Digger is an expressive bay gelding who was bred by dressage rider Judy McGaughan. Born in 1990, Digger was purchased by Katie Wherley at the age of four from coach Patrick McGaughan. Katie and Digger’s
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Good morning EN! The festivities are officially kicking off for the inaugural Carolina International CIC and Horse Trials in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Jenni and Sally are going to be on hand all weekend bringing
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