If someone wanted to approach the British spring season so far in the manner of, say, a literary critic, they wouldn’t have too hard a time in finding the central themes of the narrative: at Bramham,
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It was a quiet morning for the Sunday horse inspections at the MARS Bromont CCI Three Day Event. Across all divisions — CCL2*-L U25, CCI2*-L, CCI3*-L, CCI4*-S, and CCI4*L — no horses were held for re-inspection. Nevertheless,
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Though the CCI4*-L is arguably the feature class at the Bramham International Horse Trials, the under-25 edition is perhaps its most important: though classes for this age group exist in various iterations around the world, this is
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Two horses in the CCI4*-L were withdrawn before this morning’s final horse inspection: Georgie Spence‘s Feloupe and Wizz Leyland‘s Cruise the Town didn’t come forward to present to the ground jury of Polly Ann Huntington (AUS), Annabel Scrimgeour (GBR), and Xavier le Sauce (FRA). A further
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I live in California, so I’m typically a few hours behind any action happening on the other side of the pond first thing in the morning. When I looked at our EN group chat yesterday,
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As predicted, the cross country tracks shuffled the standings across all divisions today at the MARS Bromont International Horse Trials here in Quebec, Canada. First off — we have a new leader of the marquee
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There are a few things that can always be counted on at Bramham Horse Trials: you’ll hit your 20,000 steps by lunchtime, and by the close of play, the leaderboard will look very, very different to
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We are very sad to report that two horses, Ms. Poppins and Ventura de la Chaule JRA, have been euthanized during the CCI4*-L cross country at Bramham International Horse Trials. Katherine O’Brien’s Ms. Poppins, ridden by USA’s Allie
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Is it important to see a stride on cross country? It’s an interesting question to ask, because chances are you’ll quickly see opinions on both sides. Some — and indeed even some course designers —
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As a rainy dressage day one drew to a close at Aspen Farms Horse Trails in Yelm, WA, Tommy Greengard and his Dutch Warmblood gelding, Joshuay MBF, lead the CCI3*-Short on a score of 27.
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Nestled into a scenic valley beneath the ski-trail striped Mont Brome is, you guessed it, the MARS Bromont CCI Three Day Event, which takes place at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Centre, host to the equestrian
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Bonjour de Bromont! That’s all the French I have in me to be quite honest, but I’m having a delightful time here at my first trip to this venue. In fact, I was so excited to
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Sun sets on dressage at the beautiful MARS Bromont International, happening this weekend just north of the Canadian border in Quebec and playing host to divisions from 2*-L through 4*-L. Mother Nature has ensured the
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Every year at Bramham, the biggest crowds form — and the biggest cheers are heard — for local superstar Nicola Wilson, who has long said that winning the CCI4*-L here is one of her greatest career
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Ian Stark, who has been designing at Bramham International since 2010 when he took over from Sue Benson, took us for a virtual spin around his CCI4*-L track with CrossCountryApp for this weekend. It’s a
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Contest alert! Our friends at World Equestrian Brands are running a fun photo contest this week for a chance to win a gorgeous and functional Vespucci Figure 8 bridle with . Here’s the scoop: Re-create
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I’ve actually never been to Bromont (entered once and foiled by a badly timed abscess) and while I’m jealous of the cross country action that these riders get to enjoy, mostly I think about the
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Lexington, Ky. based first-time Bromont competitor Liz Halliday-Sharp marked MARS Bromont CCI dressage day one with two firsts and a third at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park in picturesque Bromont, Quebec. Riding before the judging
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We always see a formidable French contingent at Bramham International Horse Trials, and this year’s renewal is no different: not only have we got some heavy hitters from across the Channel in each class, we’ve also
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Get into the spirit for the return of MARS Bromont International this weekend and settle in for a dive into the RNS Video archives. This one comes from the 1994 running of Bromont — recognize
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What the eventing overlords taketh away, the eventing overlords giveth back… or something like that, anyway. After a couple of years of cancellation announcements (however bored you got of reading those, know that we were
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Last weekend marked the first event of the spring for Kansas City, held each April at Longview Horse Park just to the east of the city. Mill Creek Pony Club hosts this event at the
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At the beginning of every summer, I have to clip my miniature donkey slash farm mascot, Pepé, because #virginiasummer and also like many of his kind, he doesn’t shed out until much later and he
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