Aikenites are still trying to dig out and clean up following Wednesday’s ice storm, which dumped more than 1 inch of ice on parts of the county. About 45,000 residents in Aiken County are still
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Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t know about you, but I’ve never fully bought into this “holiday” as I feel that it is rather corporate and tacky. However, I do accept gifts in the form of
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This week, we visited the West Coast for our mystery rider. How did you fare in the guessing game? Let’s find out! The rider pictured below is… …Tamra Smith! Tamie sent us her photo warning
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Lisa Anderson attended the USEA Dressage Session One Training Program for Prospective Eventing Judges in Ocala last weekend, and she found the program to be incredibly valuable and rewarding.
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Thoroughbred racehorses that go on to second careers are unique in that they have two retirements in their lifetimes: the first from the track and the second from the show ring. Thoroughbred Legends, a new
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More than 50,000 Aiken County residents are without power today following yesterday’s ice storm, the Aiken Standard reports. Kate Samuels sent me this video of her drive to the barn this morning. As you’ll see, the
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We hope you had as much fun as we did in last week’s EN staff edition of our Throwback Thursday posts. This week, we bring you another West Coast rider. While she was on the
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Legendary horseman William Micklem’s been traveling the world with a big old horse skull. Does he enjoy freaking out T.S.A. agents? No. But it’s worth it to have such an ideal visual aid when he’s
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I’ve come to the conclusion that this is quite possibly the worst winter I’ve experienced in a very, very long time. While I am still fairly buried under eight inches of snow, I at least
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John sent this video to me yesterday, and ever since I’ve been trying to figure out how it relates to eventing so I could post it here. Conclusion: It has nothing do with eventing except
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Eblouissante is a 5-year-old half-sister to the great race mare Zenyatta. She made just a few starts on the track for trainer John Shirreffs before her owner/breeder Eric Kronfeld sadly passed away from cancer in
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When I asked Zach Brandt what the biggest difference was between West and East Coast eventing, his response came with no hesitation: “It’s freezing!” Zach is a California native who relocated to North Carolina to
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We satirically reported two weeks ago that a couple inches of snow had crippled Aiken, but a particularly nasty ice storm that hit early this morning really has shut down the area. Gov. Nikki Haley has
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American Saddlebreds can be traced back to the cavalry horses of the Civil War, progressing into the elegant breed they are today. Saddlebreds can commonly be found competing in the pleasure ring, but Lisa Bauman
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The second session at the 2014 ICP Symposium at Longwood Farm in Ocala, FL featured jumping instruction with top U.S. show jumper Aaron Vale. Aaron is no stranger to eventing, as he’s a good friend
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Good morning EN, today is yet another day of snowpocalypse across America- or at least the Northwest and East Coast. I’m currently in Aiken stocked up on a blankets and batteries, crossing my fingers that
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In November, the USEF announced that a show jumping coach would be brought on to assist the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team in their training. In a press release issued today, Silvio Mazzoni was named
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The USEF Eventing Safety Committee proposed last year using a Shockbox to monitor concussion probability following falls on cross, and the product manufacturer has since updated the software to allow the product to be used on
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Let’s face it: it’s barely two months into the 2014 year, and all we can think about is the World Equestrian Games coming up. How can I swing getting there? Who will be on the
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When longtime friend of EN Margaret Rizzo McKelvy, president of equine marketing and management company Mythic Landing Enterprises, asked us about writing a business column, we agreed it’s a fantastic idea. Have a business question for
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BARN RAT. Definition: An individual who spends the majority of his or her life on a farm, in particular a horse farm. Oftentimes, these people will have an unimaginable amount of dirt, sweat and/or hay
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There’s been a lot of buzz about the new cross-country course at Red Hills this year, and the Tallahassee Democrat attended a planning meeting yesterday to document how organizers Jane Barron and Marvin Mayer plan
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I was fortunate enough to attend the ICP Symposium in Ocala for this morning’s dressage session with Jacqueline Brooks. Jacqueline is a top Canadian dressage rider and the dressage coach for the Canadian Eventing Team.
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