Telltale white tents line the distinctive striped cornfield landscape of Dutchess County. It can only mean one thing: Millbrook Horse Trials, one of Area I’s biggest events — and the only one offering an Advanced level horse trials
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This report was compiled from US Equestrian and FEI press releases. It was a tough day at the office for many of the nations competing in the Team Jumping Qualifier at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
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By Julie Howard and Melissa Alaimo As so many of you may not realize, Area 1 is slowly losing its venues due to expense, time and land issues. The rumor for the past few seasons was
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Life and sport might feel a bit more like normal after the successful staging of the Tokyo Olympics, but here’s an unwelcome reminder that things are still in flux: the Australian Three-Day Event CCI5* in
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While at the Olympic Games, five of the Best Groom Award winners gathered together and had a little photo shoot at the five rings with the FEI President Ingmar De Vos. Pictured above is Madeleine
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Cross country tailgating has become a sport in and of itself in recent years, with fans lining up beside galloping lanes to watch the action in the company of friends (and snacks!). As of today,
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Following last night’s thrilling Individual Jumping Final in which Great Britain’s Ben Maher and Explosion W claimed gold, all of the horses presented at this evening’s second Jumping Horse Inspection were accepted, and the stage
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Recent improvements to the cross country course at the Spring Gulch Equestrian Area in Colorado will highlight the second Spring Gulch Horse Trials of 2021 that will take place on August 7 and 8. The
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Big tip of the hat to Stable View, who took a real initiative recently in improving the safety of their cross country schooling facility, following the tragic loss of Annie Goodwin. Not only have they
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Time and time again, Stable View in Aiken, South Carolina has proven itself as one of the most conscientious and safety-first event venues in the country. That a fatal cross country schooling accident, involving a
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Peder Fredricson of Sweden — who competed as an eventer in the 1992 Olympic Games — won an individual silver medal in show jumping last night, a repeat performance from the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
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“I don’t know what was more pressure, this or getting married in two weeks!”, said Great Britain’s Ben Maher as he clutched the Individual Jumping gold medal he just won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
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Memorial Day is extra memorable at Four Schools Farm for unusual reasons. The late May holiday is when Joanie Morris’ 7-year-old eventing partner, Betterthanexpected, breaks out in hives. It was to the point that his
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by City Girl, Country Life (@citygirlcountrylife_) Now that eventing is finished, jumping kicked off in Tokyo yesterday with the individual qualifiers. The top 30 from qualifiers advance
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This report was compiled from FEI and US Equestrian press releases. There was an edge-of-the-seat start to Jumping at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games today, with fluctuating fortunes in the opening first Individual competition. Only
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Weekend Winners slipped through the cracks last week because I was too busy biting my nails over the Olympics to use a computer keyboard. Forgive me! But we’re back this week and making up for
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Black Equestrians (@blackequestrians) It’s great to see historically marginalized equestrians begin to get some comeuppance on the Olympic stage. That includes racial and ethnic minority groups
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Australian Equestrian Team (@ausequestrianteam) And just like that, it was all over: but not before we witnessed two enormously influential showjumping rounds, shock poles rolling, others
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by FEI Eventing (@fei_eventing) Well knock me down with a feather – we’ve made it! It’s been an extraordinary week of eventing at Tokyo, with nary a
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by USEF Eventing (@usefeventing) Good lord, WHAT a team final that was! Not only did Great Britain storm their way to their first team gold since 1972,
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Gooooooood morning, sports fans, and welcome to the latest edition of ‘EN Breaks the Internet.’ I’ve done approximately three squats, chucked on a bodycon dress, popped a bottle, and have adopted The Position in preparation:
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The time change has me all in a tizzy; so strange to do jogs what seems to me as late evening and show jump the following morning. Of course by now I should be used
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Through all the blazing excitement of Tokyo’s cross-country session, we had the chance to debrief with riders after they came through the finish — and they were happy to talk about the good, the bad,
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