Jon Holling: Perspective on the 2013 NAJYRC
Jon Holling has always been a great friend to Eventing Nation, and it seems like every year we can count on him to check in with us during Young Riders. Many thanks to Jon for
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EN Mailbag: NAJYRC, XC Thrills, Roebke’s Run, Dennyville
We receive wonderful stories and photos in the Eventing Nation inbox each week. This week’s roundup features snapshots from NAJYRC, a video of a 9-year-old girl enjoying her first cross-country school, photos from Roebke’s Run
...» Read More!NAJYRC: Dressage Scores from the CH-J*
NAJYRC CH-J* leaders Lauren Clark and Yosche Bosche After the lunch break, an intense storm rolled in over downtown Lexington. Thankfully, it managed to stay south of the Horse Park. I was only able
...» Read More!Tamie Smith: On Ashlynn Meuchel’s First NAJYRC
Tamie Smith sent in this lovely tribute piece to her working student Ashlynn Meuchel, who is competing in her first NAJYRC this week at the Kentucky Horse Park. Ashlynn believed in her horse Tyson when
...» Read More!Did You Guess the SmartPak Mystery Product?
I actually managed to stump most of you know-it-alls with my first clue this month, but you were all hot on my trail as soon as I posted the second clue. In all, 87 of
...» Read More!Hawley Bennett-Awad Promotes OTTBs on CBS
Hawley Bennett-Awad and some of her students made an appearance yesterday on CBS 8, the channel’s affiliate in San Diego, Calif., to promote CARMA on the opening day at the Del Mar Racetrack. Thoroughbreds Kingston, High
...» Read More!EN’s Got Talent: Primed for Success
Last week we met Leah Lang-Gluscic and AP Prime, an 8-year-old off-track Thoroughbred she campaigned from beginner novice through the CIC2* level in less than two years. While AP has soared through the levels, Leah
...» Read More!Erika Carson Reports From NAJYRC: Arriving at KY Horse Park!
Erika Carson is a junior rider representing Area IX and Area VI on a scramble CCI* team. Erika rides with Jan regularly in Virginia, and in South Carolina during the winter. She represented Area IX
...» Read More!Junior Dressage Day News & Notes from Devoucoux
Good morning Eventing Nation, and welcome to the first day of Eventing competition at the NAJYRC in Kentucky! All the best junior and young riders from around the country have gathered at the Kentucky Horse
...» Read More!Puzzle Pieces: My Newest Blog for RRTP
Training horses has always been like a puzzle to me. I have an image in my head of what I want the final product to look like, and I work at putting the pieces together
...» Read More!Erin Critz: Tack Swaps and Skull Caps
Erin Critz is our recently-crowned winner of the 2013 EN Blogger Contest. She is currently enjoying her cash and prizes on vacation in the Caribbean… no, actually, she’s busy cleaning chinchilla cages and bringing John
...» Read More!Rick Wallace’s Viral Video will be on CNN Tonight!
Rick Wallace’s “Stickability” video has been watched almost 220,000 times since being published on July 7, and now it’s caught the attention of CNN! We just learned via Team Wallace’s Facebook page that CNN loves
...» Read More!Wednesday Video from Kentucky Performance Products: Look Back NAJYRC 2012
Just can’t wait for NAJYRC to start? Dressage team competitions began this morning, but most disciplines start up tomorrow. Jogs for the Eventing competitors are today at 4:00 pm, and the cross country course officially
...» Read More!Boyd Martin Back in the Saddle
You can’t keep an Aussie down for long. Boyd Martin competed at his first event last weekend since undergoing ankle surgery in May; he eased back into things with just one preliminary ride on New
...» Read More!Wednesday News and Notes from MDBarnmaster
It’s every equestrian teenager’s favorite season: NAJYRC has officially kicked off in Lexington at the Kentucky Horse Park. Pictured above are Jamie and Nicole Doolittle, two sisters who are competing in dressage and eventing, respectively.
...» Read More!The Importance of Having a Support Team
I have vivid memories of standing at the top of Killington Mountain in a GS suit freezing my butt off in the middle of January. My coach would wrap a huge wool blanket around me
...» Read More!Sally Spickard: Why Eventers Do It Better
Sally Spickard is another of our awesome Blogger Contest finalists who will be contributing regularly to EN. After she submitted an epic list of the Top 10 Reasons PETA is Barking Up the Wrong Tree for
...» Read More!Tuesday Video from SpectraVet: Bramham 2013
William Fox Pitt and Chilli Morning won Bramham AGAIN this year last month, which at this point shouldn’t be any big surprise. Bramham is a lovely CIC3* that all the top level competitors in England and
...» Read More!Katy Groesbeck: California Training Sessions
Eventing 25/Developing Rider Katy Groesbeck sent in an excellent report from the USEF Eventing High Performance Training Sessions with David O’Connor held at Woodside last week. We really appreciate Katy including so much detail, especially about
...» Read More!Buck Davidson is good at golf and John is terrible at golf’s Tuesday News & Notes from Cavalor
Nice britches (via HN) Apparently Buck Davidson is good at golf and John is terrible at golf? I don’t know, I’m just the messenger. Here is the accompanying explanation that got sent down from EN’s
...» Read More!2013 NAJYRC Entry List
Rowdie Adams and No Money Down will compete for Area V in the 2-star. Photo from Rocking Horse Winter II HT, by Samantha Clark. It’s July, it’s hot, and Young Riders is upon us!
...» Read More!Kristi Nunnink: Preparing for Rebecca Farm
I’m thrilled to introduce Kristi Nunnink as EN’s newest guest blogger. We really want to add more West Coast flavor on EN, and Kristi is a wonderful addition to the EN family. As one of
...» Read More!Ella Rak: A Pony Clubber’s Guide to Eventing
Ella Rak impressed us with her writing ability and fun style so much that she made it to the Final Four of EN’s 2013 Blogger Contest. As with the rest of the finalists, we invited
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