Sixteen-year-old Mikaela has spent her summer as a working student for Jan Byyny at Surefire Farm. Two weekends ago, she was a groom for the Area II Young Rider Team. Area II won the CH-Y** individual gold (Connor
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Watching the pure unabashed joy of other people unfold in real life makes it almost ok that everything didn’t come up roses for the USA in Olympic Eventing this week. Have you ever heard
...» Read More!During her long partnership with Arthur Allison Springer has suffered plenty of disappointment, and each time has managed to find a silver lining and continue undeterred. This summer though she came over to England as
...» Read More!Photo swiped from Erin’s recap post– definitely the coolest shot I’ve seen so far! Good morning EN! Can you believe the (eventing) Olympics are already over for another four years? The past few days have
...» Read More!Click the image above to open the video in a new window Mark Todd didn’t have the best day of individual show jumping at the Olympics with Campino today, but that isn’t stopping him from
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Well Eventing Nation, it’s hard to know where to begin after spending the last four days in your holy land. Let’s start with the cross country phase, which marked my second real-life international eventing experience,
...» Read More!Nina Ligon: Getting ready! OlympiMania: Equestrian’s eventing team jumping and individual jumping finals are about to start! Is it just us or those horses are like totally awesome! Phoenix Equestrian Team: Phenomenal finish for Jessica
...» Read More!Well, my friends, another Olympics has come and gone for us Eventers, and what a show it was. I’m so confused about the time of day and the day of the week, I actually
...» Read More!“No big deal, we just had the best two years in the history of eventing.” Eventing is supposed to be a sport of ups and downs. Horses go lame at inopportune times, spook and tense
...» Read More!Michael Jung and Sam won the individual gold at the London 2012 Olympics after jumping two double-clear show jumping rounds today at Greenwich Park. Their double-clear in the individual round put all the pressure on
...» Read More![Live Blog Archived] Welcome to the exciting conclusion of the 2012 London Olympic Games! Today is a day that most of us will look back on and say “I remember where I was when I
...» Read More!We’ve all been hoping for good news about Boyd and Otis after their unfortunate withdrawal at the Olympic jogs earlier today, and I think we can tentatively offer some comfort to all the fans out
...» Read More!The Greenwich show jumping course proved influential in the team jumping round from the first rides of the day to the last, causing rails, time penalties, and refusals. In general, the horses looked a little
...» Read More!Michael Jung and 2010 World Equestrian Games champion Sam jumped a double-clear to secure gold for Germany. Full recap coming soon and the individual round of jumping starts at 9:30am. Go Germany.
...» Read More!Photo by Erin Gilmore A tough competition at Greenwich Park continued for Team USA this morning when Boyd Martin withdrew Otis Barbotiere from the holding box at the final horse inspection. Twizzel, Mysery Whisper, Ringwood
...» Read More!Photo by Erin Gilmore Good morning Eventing Nation! By the time you read this, show jumping will be underway. Here are a few links to catch you up on what you missed while you were
...» Read More!EN reader and now guest blogger Blair Sylvester is event rider Erin Sylvester’s younger brother and an accomplished event rider himself. Blair attending the Olympics as a spectator this weekend and he has generously agreed
...» Read More!Michael and Nathalie Pollard are attending the Olympics this weekend to cheer on Nathalie’s father, Carl Bouckaert, who is competing for Belgium. Michael has generously offered to keep us updated on his experiences as a
...» Read More!The sun sets on Greenwich XC day, via FEI. By the time sixth-placed Mary King enters the ring tomorrow, within a single-rail margin of the lead, many of us will have reached a judgment-impairing, edge-of-seat
...» Read More!Photo by Samantha The bad news continues for Team Canada this evening with word that Michelle Mueller’s horse Amistad has been withdrawn from the Olympics and will be retired from competing. Michelle Mueller has released
...» Read More!Nina Ligon: Would u look at that crowd! #eventinglive British Eventing: Messages of goodwill are flooding in for todays xc phase in London; good luck to everyone!! #greenwichpark #London2012 #Gamesmaker SmartPaker Sarah: The cross country
...» Read More!Hawley’s connections have confirmed via Facebook that Hawley is in stable condition and will remain in the hospital overnight for observation. Hawley fell at the third fence on the Olympic cross-country while riding for Team
...» Read More!Ingrid Klimke and Butts Abraxxas are tied for the lead, photo via Kit Houghton/FEI Course designer Sue Benson’s Olympic cross-country course lived up to every prediction that it would shake up the Olympic leader board
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