In 2011, doctors told Shannon Lilley that she would never ride again and should adjust her expectations as far as her future quality of life. In 2025, she’s proving them very, very wrong. She’ll be
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kentucky Three-Day Event (@kentuckythreedayevent) It’s time to join the Defender Kentucky Scavenger Hunt! Each year, Kentucky puts on a scavenger hunt for the ages with tons
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidayeventing) Liz Halliday and her team have shared a new update today, written by Liz, who continues to get stronger and is now living
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Entries have just been released for the second CCI5* of the 2025 season, taking place at Adelaide’s Equestrian Festival May 1-4 in the southern parts of South Australia. This is perhaps the most unique 5*
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When Brooke Burchianti can’t sleep, she’s usually thinking about Kentucky. “I’m not at all mentally stable about this,” she laughs. “It’s all I think about—when I’m trying to fall asleep, when I’m trying to relax.
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Georgie Campbell Foundation (@georgiecampbellfoundation) If you’re heading to MARS Badminton in a couple of weeks, here’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss that also benefits
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If you were to run into five-star event rider (and Eventing Nation writer) Ema Klugman at an event, she comes across as unflappable, composed, and dang near serene. I wasn’t at all surprised when I
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It’s time to take a peek behind the curtain and see the fruits of the labors of the top-notch course designing and building team at Kentucky! In just over a week’s time, we’ll be heading
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At just 20 years old, Cassie Sanger is our youngest competitor in the CCI5* lineup for the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event. 2025 has marked a big year for the young rider. Not only is
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tim Lips official (@tim_lips) We’re wishing Dutch 5* rider and Olympian Tim Lips all the best as he recovers from some serious injuries sustained in a
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For Lucienne Bellissimo (GBR), the path to her 5* debut at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event hasn’t been paved with shortcuts or serendipity. It’s been a long, grueling climb, marked by heartbreak, grit, reinvention, and
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The U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF), in collaboration with the United States Eventing Association (USEA), has announced a new national review process for innovative frangible cross-country jump designs. This initiative aims to support and streamline the
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Want a chance to ride with the one and only Jonelle Price? Well, you’re in luck — the Olympic veteran for New Zealand is popping over to California after Kentucky to teach a clinic at
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The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is delighted to announce the selection of athletes for the 2025 USEA Emerging Athlete U21 Program (EA21). Members of the USEA Young Rider program who are aged 21 and
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Have you been following this year’s Behind the Barn series ahead of Defender Kentucky? You definitely don’t want to miss out on some awesome (and at time hilarious) conversations between some of the riders we’ll
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Santa Anita Park, located in proximity to the Los Angeles city area, has been confirmed as the venue of the equestrian events of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). “Santa Anita Park will be
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Olympic champion and World #3 Christian Kukuk (GER) tops an impressive field of show jumping athletes set to compete in the Kentucky International CSI5* presented by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. Entered to contest the courses
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Mary Bess Davis is one of several riders making a splashing CCI5* debut at the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event this month. She’ll be partnered with her own 11-year-old Anglo European gelding Imperio Magic to take on
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamie Smith – Next Level Eventing _official (@tsmitheventing) Some days, you’re the bug. Other days, you’re the windshield. Tamie Smith showed her sense of humor on
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The Twin Rivers Spring International showed that there isn’t just one right answer when preparing your horse. The CCI4*-S served as a qualifier in the US Equestrian Open of Eventing, but before the $200,000 finals
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How’s everyone recovering from a weekend full of Eventing? We’re jumping into our week celebrating our Weekend Winners, and the successful outings we saw at Twin Rivers, Longleaf Pine, FENCE, Unionville, and Spring Bay. Congrats
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Oliver Townend claimed yet another CCI4*-S win at this weekend’s FEI Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market International Horse Trials – taking his tally in the flagship class at this event to an unprecedented 16 titles. The
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Badminton Horse Trials (@bhorsetrials) There is little less than a fortnight between Kentucky and Badminton 5*’s, so it makes perfect sense that we will have to
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