Sunday Links
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bill Olson (@billolsonla) It really goes without saying that today’s 5* show jumping finale is going to be very exciting, but I’m going to say it
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Social Media Round-Up: A Date with Derek diGrazia
I received a text a couple of hours ago that plaintively asked, “is it normal to feel hungover after watching eventing?” And the answer, of course, is yes: even if there isn’t any booze involved,
...» Read More!Photo Gallery: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Five-Stars, Can’t Lose
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then we might have hit the jackpot with this gallery. There’s magic all around the Kentucky Horse Park on one of the last Saturdays in April each
...» Read More!Dramatic Land Rover Kentucky Cross Country Rearranges Both Leaderboards
The cross country gods certainly make sure they made up for lost time today, as a very dramatic cross country shuffled both the CCI5* and the CCI4*-S leaderboards. As the day ends, the top four
...» Read More!It’s the Big, Bad LRK3DE CCI5* Cross-Country Open Thread
Okay, folks, hands up if you’ve had butterflies since approximately 6 p.m. EST yesterday, couldn’t sleep for most of the night, and have been a frantic little weirdo all morning preparing for the #BestWeekendAllYear. I
...» Read More!A 5* Battle of the Bands at LRK3DE
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eventing Nation (@goeventing) On Thursday I promised Will Coleman, a well-established jam band nerd, that if he finished Off The Record (one of two
...» Read More!1,162 Reasons to Be Thankful on Cross Country Day at the 2021 Kentucky Three-Day Event
After what feels like a very, very long time, here we are on the morning of cross country at the Kentucky Three-Day Event. It’s hard to believe just a few months ago the event was nearly coming
...» Read More!Cross-Country Powerhouses of Kentucky
It is cross-country day! By all accounts the courses today are beefy and tight for the time, and with the rain supposed to start by noon today, we’re in for an action-packed day. The action starts
...» Read More!Ballynoe Castle RM Passes Away Peacefully at Age 21
What do you say when one of the greatest horses to grace our sport passes? What comes to mind in this moment is: it’s been an honor. It’s what we would say to Ballynoe Castle
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We’ve been waiting a long time for this day — TWO years, not the usual one — and it’s finally here: the best day of the best weekend all year. Thanks to the hard work
...» Read More!Social Media Round-Up: That Friday Feeling
I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like an emotional wreck after today’s dressage. So much pressure! Such tight margins! Such extraordinary moments of joy and crushing disappointments! How on earth am I
...» Read More!Kentucky 2021 at a Glance: 5* Dressage Gear
I know I’m supposed to be paying attention to things like contact and straightness and whether or not the flying changes were clean, but I can’t help but treat the dressage as a bit of
...» Read More!Who Said What: Riders Reflect on Kentucky Dressage, Presented by SmartPak
With two full days of dressage, there’s just so much to unpack here. You can find the meat and potatoes in our five-star dressage report, but there’s still so many cute stories and reflections. Find your
...» Read More!Tamie Smith and Mai Baum Best of Day Two in Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*
It’s not often that a horse waltzes into the arena in its five-star debut and throws down what’s not far off from the record for a debut in terms of score. But most horses aren’t Mai
...» Read More!‘She Knows How to Dance’: Tamie Smith & En Vogue Take Over LRK3DE 4*-S Lead
Tamie Smith will lead CCI4*-S heading into cross country tomorrow with En Vogue, one of her three rides in the division — she’s also tied for third with Danito and nicked the top 20 with
...» Read More!LRK3DE CCI5* Dressage Day Two Open Thread
Fancy prancing: activated. Tilly Berendt on duty here from sunny London to chat through all the goings-on in day two of dressage. You have now entered DISCOURSE INFERNO. We’ll be looking at a seriously jam-packed
...» Read More!Dressage Powerhouses of Kentucky: Friday
Welcome to the 2021 edition of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event! Yesterday we had the first half of the field kick off the competition, with some truly exciting results. Today, the action is non-stop once
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tilly Berendt (@tillyberendt) Good morning from the midst of the best kind of madness – Kentucky madness! All of us at Team EN have missed the
...» Read More!Familiar Faces and Fabulous First-Timers: Kentucky Thursday Dressage Photo Gallery
In a year when the entire competition feels different, it’s nice to have a few things that feel the same, like Marilyn Little skipping to the top of the leaderboard. But of course, some things
...» Read More!Reporter’s Notebook: A Different Kind of Kentucky
Pinch me! I can’t believe we are actually on site at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Thursday dressage is Rolex Stadium is normally quiet as spectators trickle in, but today was a different kind
...» Read More!Social Media Round-Up: Day One in the Sand Pit
And they’re off! The first day of dressage at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event yielded up a hefty helping of arena-based excellence, leaving us with a three-way tie for the lead in the CCI4*-S and
...» Read More!Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous Sail Into Day One Land Rover Kentucky CCI5* Lead
Marilyn Little wasn’t sure how the colder temperatures this afternoon would affect RF Scandalous, who is definitely a Florida girl who prefers not to experience being cold (I can relate to that, Kitty) – but
...» Read More!Thursday Video from Cambox: Kentucky Between the Ears of Vandiver
2021 marks Vandiver’s fifth crack at the Kentucky Three-Day Event. The now 17-year-old Trakehner’s first go-round was in 2015 with former rider Werner Geven; he finished 22nd in 2016 with Doug Payne, at the second
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