A curious thing happens at the beginning of cross-country day at a major three-day event: either the first riders out of the box make the whole shebang look laughably easy, and then a false sense
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Lynnleigh Farm in Sandy, Utah has quite the sense of humor–as seen from their warning in the barn bathroom. According to Martha Mitchell, “We would rather spend our money on horses than a new septic
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Hagyard Equine Midsouth Team Challenge has long been a staple of the fall eventing season. A premier destination event at the gorgeous Kentucky Horse Park, Midsouth Team Challenge provides a unique environment where all regular
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Cross country action is underway at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, the final European five-star of the year, and while you need a subscription to Horse & Country TV to watch today’s phase with English commentary, the event
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This is what a family photo of eventers looks like: Colleen Rutledge, mom and 5* rider, competed last weekend at Fair Hill International on C Me Fly (20th in 3*) and one of the top
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You’ve heard of show condition, but let us tell you something: there should be a spot on the equine body-scoring chart called Pau condition. This year’s course, designed by Pierre Michelet –– affectionately dubbed Michelet
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Competitors, volunteers and spectators alike were spoiled this year on Fair Hill International cross country day with perfect weather conditions. It made for an enjoyable day of watching talented horses and riders gallop across the
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Still owned by one of his original breeders, Frank McEntee, and having previously been race trained at the Fair Hill Training Center, 12-year-old Paddy the Caddy‘s story came full circle this weekend when he and Erin Sylvester won the
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Creating a pipeline of future team and elite athletes is the goal of the US Equestrian’s Emerging Athlete Eventing 18 and Eventing 25 programs. The Emerging Athlete Lists are the first step in the athlete
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And so the sand-dancing comes to a close, and the wine-quaffing begins in earnest – and at the culmination of a day and a half of closely-fought competition, a French horse sits in the top
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As horse owners and competitors, we want to give our equine athletes every opportunity to feel and perform their best. Keeping up to date with the latest news in horse health and medicine is an important part
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Entries for the Australian International Three-Day Event at Adelaide have been released, with 22 combinations slated to come forward for the Mitsubishi Motors CCI5*
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Tim Bourke and Marley Stone Bourke’s ridiculously adorable two-year-old son would like you to know that he’s in the running for the 2039 Land Rover Kentucky Dubarry Best Dressed award, and he’s clearly working on
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The 2019 edition of the Goresbridge ‘Go for Gold’ sale is coming up Nov. 11 and 12, and the catalog of 74 promising young superstars in the making is now online for your viewing. The
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One of the best parts of volunteering is the opportunity it affords to witness some truly spectacular riding up close and personal. Eventers are a busy bunch, and so it’s hard to find the time
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After this morning’s first horse inspection, we were treated to a teeny-weeny, dainty little dressage session in the drizzle this afternoon, which saw the first fourteen competitors deliver their dressage tests for judges Katrin Eichinger-Kniely (C), Tim Downes (B),
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Yesterday we shared the news that the highest-scoring U.S. event horse of all time is receiving one of the highest honors: a Breyer model of his own. Carl and Cassie Segal’s Ballynoe Castle RM, or “Reggie,”
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There are some things the French do very well: kissing, bread, excellent aphorisms (‘ah, la vache’ – literally, ‘oh my cow’, instead of ‘oh my God’), cinema, full fringes, a Breton stripe, and truly unique
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The first horse inspection got underway this morning at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, mercifully not in the dark for the first time in recent memory. This is partly because of our friends and neighbours the
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Started from bottom (March) and now we here (the tail end of the European eventing season, sobbing into a bottle of cheap red). But what better way to cap off a whirlwind season than at
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View this post on Instagram All I can say is WOW after an amazing weekend at the Hagyard Midsouth Team Challenge HT. Claire and Lacey were in a huge (24 competitors) Open BN division loaded
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The highest-scoring U.S. event horse of all time is receiving one of the highest honors: a Breyer model of his own. Carl and Cassie Segal’s Ballynoe Castle RM, or “Reggie,” who spent his career with Buck
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Fair Hill International is in the rearview mirror now, so the East Coast eventing community will turn their attention to the next long-format offered on this side of the country: the Ocala Jockey Club International
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