The 2024 Jacqueline B. Mars National Competition and Training Grant has been awarded to 24-year-old U.S. eventing athlete Mia Farley of Ocala, FL, who finished in 13th place at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event
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We enjoyed this short documentary following Will Coleman ahead of the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, his and his team’s focus on their horses wellbeing and care always paramount to any discussion. Follow Will and take
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The following is an excerpt from “Riding Out, Strategies for Training Outside the Arena to Improve Horse Health and Performance” by Ingrid Klimke. Pick up your copy here. All horses need variety in their training.
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Badminton beckons. Last week we got down in the bluegrass and up to our eyeballs in Kentucky and next week we get to do it all again at the Great British spring 5* offering. Man
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Have you ever wondered why course designers put an unjumpable object like a bush or a gate right in the middle of a line to the jump? Well, as FEI course designer and builder Alain
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We’re pleased to introduce a new training series from our friends at Ride iQ! Be sure to check out the Ride iQ app for coaching in your ear, progressive series, podcasts, and much more here.
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Horse & Country (H&C), the leading international equestrian sports network, has welcomed four Stable View events to its line-up of 2024 competition coverage. Located in Aiken, SC, Stable View has quickly grown into a diverse
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lauren Nicholson Eventing (@laurenkieffereventing) When you come home as Defender/USEF CCI5* National Champion and your buddies throw you a surprise party 🥳 If you
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Sport & Entertainment Corporation of Maryland today announced that Pierre Le Goupil, a former elite-level eventing athlete, turned decorated course designer in charge of designing the Eventing course at this year’s Paris Olympics, has been
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It’s time to play Who Jumped It Best? as we continue to look back at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event! This series of shots comes from the newly-added Walnut Mound question on the CCI5*
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ballindenisk (@ballindenisk) Meanwhile during Defender Kentucky weekend, there was one other international event running: Ireland’s Ballindenisk International 1. The feature class, the NutriScience CCI4*L, was won
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It’s hard to believe the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event has come and gone already, but luckily there’s plenty of content to chew on as we make our respective journeys back home to nurse our
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Naturally, many Eventers flocked to Kentucky this week – to compete, groom, or support. However, we saw plenty of Eventing action through New Jersey, Virginia, Wyoming, and New Hampshire this weekend as well. Shout out
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by USEF Eventing (@usefeventing) The best part of any event is always the care the horses are shown by their riders and grooms. You know we love
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Waking up this morning, a few scenarios ran through my head. In one, Tom McEwen or Yasmin Ingham took home the crown, each of them having somewhat of a comeback storyline when it comes to
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Since the inception of the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S, last year’s champions Karl Slezak and Hot Bobo have been the only pair who managed to finish on their dressage score — but now Will Coleman and
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And so we find ourselves at the finale of the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, which feels like it’s been going on for months and seconds all at once. We’ve seen some very smart dressage, masses
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We saw a relatively tame and uneventful Final Horse Inspection this morning across both the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S and the CCI5* divisions. In the end, all horses were accepted, and one — Quantum Leap (Doug
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I know, Bug, I’m not ready for it to be over either! Time is the name of the game today for all our contestants, and we are so ready to be sitting in those stands
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Every year when I pull in to Kentucky Horse Park on cross country morning, I’m reminded of just how much I love this venue and this event. The energy and anticipation is palpable: eager fans
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We all awoke this morning to a greatly-reduced field in the 2024 Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event after six overnight withdrawals. We’ve all said that this would be a bloodthirsty bunch,
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I just love these moments right before cross country, when the air’s full of anticipation of the story that’s about to unfold. Despite all the years (decades) I’ve been following eventing for – the many
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We always look forward to seeing what Derek di Grazia has brought from his brain to the hallowed grounds of Kentucky Horse Park each spring for the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. This year is no
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