Welcome to our Olympics Saturday dressage open thread, presented by SmartPak! Check back on this post regularly for quick updates on the most important and exciting rides of Saturday–I will be posting updates throughout
...» Read More!Karen O’Connor and Mr. Medicott lead the way for Team USA, photo by Erin Gilmore Dirk Schrade and King Artus of Germany sit atop the leader board at the lunch break of the first day
...» Read More!via @NBCOlympics. I’ve seen the Arctic Monkeys four times in recent history and pilgrimaged to Riddle and McGonagall’s Greyfriar graves; all my life I’ve been “Abby, like The Road,” though I used to wonder whether
...» Read More!When you are reading my Olympic coverage I sincerely hope that you imagine that my ‘voice’ sounds exactly like Morgan Freeman’s voice in the Olympic Visa commercials. I can’t speak for the other EN writers,
...» Read More!via @HBEventing Watch Canada’s Hawley Bennett and the lovely mare Gin & Juice in their last dressage lesson with coach David O’Connor on Friday before their Olympic (!) dressage ride on Saturday. Just turn your
...» Read More!If you follow these Twitter and Facebook accounts, people will think you’re just texting the babysitter, yet they have NO idea that you’re actually furiously pressing ‘refresh’ to see if Phillip’s extended trot got a
...» Read More!Before I get to Brazil, let me point you in the direction of several Olympic first horse inspection photo galleries for your viewing pleasure, as John says: [NBC Gallery, COTH] It was announced yesterday that
...» Read More!Over the weekend we announced our Blogger Contest final four; now we’re bringing you their victorious Round 2 entries in individual installments. Their Assignment: Though some would say three-day eventing has made too many
...» Read More!NBCOlympics: White, fluffy clouds are rolling into Olympic Stadium. #OpeningCeremony London2012: Hashtags, Likes, +1s, apps & more! Check out all our social media for #London2012 in one place with our handy dashboard http://t.co/zvXYGUtB We’ll be
...» Read More!Hello all, its very nearly time! I’ll try to keep it short, because I know we’ve got loads of posts coming your way in the next few days, so stay tuned! Opening Ceremonies are tonight,
...» Read More!Erin Gilmore, EN’s good friend and now official guest writer, is on scene at Greenwich Park. Erin was kind enough to write to us today from the hills of Greenwich. Thanks for writing this Erin
...» Read More!Team USA was all business in their team course walk with Coach Mark Phillips today. Although Sue Benson’s course isn’t terribly big, it is very technical. The riders will be focusing on literally every stride
...» Read More!Team USA’s Boyd Martin and, as Boyd sometimes affectionately calls Otis, the ‘Flying Frenchman,’ will be the first to ride dressage in the Greenwich main arena on Saturday morning. The rest of the North American
...» Read More!Team Canada looks awesome and they didn’t even need Ralph Lauren’s help, via @HBEventing We already know that all of the horses presented at Greenwich this morning passed. There were a few holds, most notably
...» Read More!via @spikethevet Team USA was the first team to jog at the London Olympics and all five horses passed. Lionel Guyon and Nemetis de Lalou of France were sent to the holding box but passed
...» Read More!AHHHHHHHH!!!! Can you believe it Eventing Nation?! The Olympics are upon us! I’ll try to wrap up the last several months in this Friday N&N post, but hopefully you took the day off to relax
...» Read More!via NBCOlympics: TOMORROW. #OpeningCeremony. Joanie Morris: Mrs. O’Connor does her part for the media at her 5th Olympic Games! pic.twitter.com/z9NOMWCb Will Coleman Equestrian: Twizzel practices his dressage under the expertise of Phillip Dutton Eventing, Mark
...» Read More!Over the weekend we announced our Blogger Contest final four; now we’re bringing you their victorious Round 2 entries in individual installments. Their Assignment: Though some would say three-day eventing has made too many Olympic
...» Read More!This is a question that Clark has been pondering since Rolex, then since Barbury, and still couldn’t answer definitively until just a few days ago when the USEF announced that Sinead and Will Faudree would
...» Read More!Leave the song that best suits your horse’s personality as a comment on the KPP blog for a chance to win a Theodore O’Connor Breyer, autographed by David and Karen O’Connor. Kentucky Performance Products sponsored
...» Read More!via Boyd’s blog Eventing at the Olympics starts in less than 20 hours with the first horse inspection. As of right now, the plan is still for Manoir De Carneville, Mighty Nice, and Remington to
...» Read More!Hey EN, it’s ESJ remember me? I know it has been over a month since my last post on EN, it actually feels like longer. It’s not that I don’t love you anymore, it has
...» Read More!Family is such an important part of my life, and I love to see when families work together in something. A good friend of mine, Hillary Irwin, lives about 10 minutes from my farm. She,
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