Horse showing over 4th of July weekend is a popular way to “officially” ring in summer, if you ask us. There were only a handful of events running this weekend, but let’s dive right in
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After traveling the world last year and campaigning on the East Coast to start this year, Solaguayre California (Casparo x Solaguayre Calandria) returned to competition in the home state of her rider, Tamie Smith, to
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With CHIO Aachen in the rear view and most selection trials for the upcoming FEI World Championships / WEG / whatever we’re calling it these days done and dusted, it’s now time to start watching
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We’re ticking down the days until the debut of Vandiver and Courtney Carson, who will be tackling the Modified at War Horse this weekend as their first event together. Doug Payne announced Vandiver’s retirement and
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sandra Auffarth (@sandraauffarth) There are few things that blow my mind quite so thoroughly as CHIO Aachen. It’s an absolute theme park for equestrians, and it always
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After several shake-ups on the leaderboards following Saturday’s cross-country phase, the Essex Horse Trials concluded at the historic Moorland Farm in Far Hills, NJ, with afternoon awards for over 100 entries. Among the division champions
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This pair might not have earned the ‘save of the day’ award, but they sure did walk away from their show with a different kind of prize: an incredible series of photos from JJ Sillman.
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Late last night, once all the reports were written and photos edited, I sat down in Aachen’s cozy riders’ bar to have a chat with Diarm Byrne, one half of the EquiRatings leadership, to discuss
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We’re devastated to report that Allstar B, the seventeen-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding with whom Great Britain’s Ros Canter became World Champion in 2018, has been euthanised after sustaining an irreparable injury while on course at Aachen today.
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The Essex Horse Trials kicked off Friday with a packed schedule of dressage and show jumping at Hamilton Farm in Gladstone, NJ, marking the first time exhibitors have ridden at the historic home of the
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Welcome to cross country morning, on German time at least! We’ve got a few hours of incredible cross country on tap this morning — the entry list is so star-studded that it nearly feels like
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At a time when the sport of eventing has lost so many competitions, it’s fantastic to see a once-extinct event be reborn like a phoenix rising from the ashes and then watch it soar over
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The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to announce the athletes selected for the 2022 USEA Emerging Athlete 21 (EA21) Program. USEA Young Rider program members aged 21 and under are eligible for the
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Boy, does Aachen move fast: we were scarcely free of the Deutsche Bank stadium, the site’s secondary devoted to dressage, before the eventing competition moved over to the capacious main stadium with its 40,000 seats
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In perhaps the least surprising moment of 2022’s sporting calendar so far, Michael Jung has taken a decisive first-phase lead at Aachen with his Kentucky champion, fischerChipmunk FRH. The pair scored an exceptional 22.2 in a faultless test,
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It took a thrilling three-way jump-off to decide the result of the team competition at the FEI Youth Equestrian Games 2022 in Aachen, Germany Thursday afternoon. And it was the North American quintet of Mimi
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karen Izzi Bristing (@karenbristing) Sometimes game faces look more like … bottoms … than faces. But you know what? We’ll take what we can
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Happy Friday! Tomorrow is my life partner’s birthday, and he turns 21. Of course I am talking about Nyls du Terroir, my first Advanced horse and the most impeccable steed that has ever existed. I’m
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2019 was the Year of Bobby at Aachen, as the Nations Cup CCIO4*-S competition was handily won that year by German Olympian Ingrid Klimke and SAP Hale Bob OLD. We dug into the archives to
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There’s nowhere quite like CHIO Aachen. Nestled in the crook of Germany, The Netherlands, and Belgium, it’s an absolute oasis of horsey excellence that has no rival in any discipline – and if you want to
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Since its creation in early 2021, the USEF Amateur Task Force has worked to clarify and update the rules surrounding amateur and professional status for adult competitors at licensed events. US Equestrian is pleased to
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Worry for another lost event rippled through the Area VI community late last week on social media as news spread that Robert Kellerhouse’s Woodside Eventing would no longer be organizing events at Woodside Horse Park
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In my continued effort to understand the equine experience, I’ve purchased myself a veritable library of books on physical therapy, massage, myofascial release, and acupressure amongst others. I’m a nerd, and I love learning random
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