Norway’s Heidi Bratlie Larsen received a yellow card on Sept. 15 during cross country at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games for “abuse of horse / riding an obviously lame horse.” The ground jury stopped Heidi on
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It takes a village to run a horse trials and there are a lot of jobs that frequently go unsung. At Plantation Field International, the grounds crew were working triple time tending the footing on
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Pacific Northwest eventers flocked to Aspen Farms this weekend for their spectacular Area VII Championships. The Aspen Farms robust social media efforts give us a chance to tour the whimsical property and check out some great
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Last week Hawley Bennett-Awad was storming around cross country at the World Equestrian Games, and this week she was volunteering at Twin Rivers. She says, “Always remember to give back!” Thanks for being awesome, Hawley, and all the fabulous volunteers around Eventing Nation.
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The volunteer crew at Plantation Field is a well-oiled machine, regardless of whether they are a first-time participant or a veteran of years. With bright orange vests to mark their status, they are hard to miss
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View this post on Instagram CLEAR!!! @laurakraut and Zeremonie have a flawless round for the @netjets #USAJumping Team @tryon2018 and they’re sitting in 🥇 GOLD position with Kraut in the top 10! #JoinTheJoy A post
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What were the chances that after three rounds of jumping there would be a tie for the gold medal position? In fact, it’s the first time that such a result has occurred at the World
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We’ve all had nearly a week to recover from the excitement of the WEG eventing, but I know I’m not alone in periodically getting hit by the warm-and-fuzzies all over again — Ros Canter’s face
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Take it from my hands, ‘cuz I can’t get over this jump on my own. Hey, we’ve all been there. Exhibit A: your latest batch of #EventerProblems. View this post on Instagram #eventerfailfriday while XC
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No rest for the weary — it’s straight on to Plantation Field for the EN team, and nearly all of the riders on the U.S. World Equestrian Games Team. The aftermath of Hurricane Florence has
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Three disciplines, one pint-sized recap to get you all caught up on the day’s events. Biz Stamm of Horse Nation is your bartender this evening for WEG Happy Hour! Rails were dropping like it was
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Irish Eventing Team Homecoming at Dublin Airport Fantastic scenes at Dublin Airport this morning as Horse Sport Ireland Press Officer Brian Hennessy caught up with the World Equestrian Games Silver Medal winning Irish Eventing team
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#WEGproblems could’ve been its own hashtag, amiright? It was real and it was fun, mostly, but I think we’re all ready to get back to our “normal” day-to-day existences.
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What goes into feeding all of the horses during the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games? Kentucky Equine Research is the Official Equine Nutritionist of Tryon, and they coordinated getting familiar feeds from around the world to the horses
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The 2018 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover is fast approaching and the Nation Media team is extra excited this year because a few of our own will be competing with their project ponies. Horse Nation
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So now the excitement over the dressage and the eventing is over, but the game goes on with show jumping for three days in a row! I watched a fair amount yesterday, and while I’m
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Each day Horse Nation presents a pint-sized recap from the World Equestrian Games. Today: The action is heating up in Tryon with three disciplines on the schedule today: get the pint-sized recap on the day’s
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We are devastated to report that Box Qutie, ridden by Sweden’s Anna Freskgård in the eventing competition at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, was euthanized today due to complications from an injury sustained during the
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Great Britain’s dressage darling Charlotte Dujardin and her rising star Mount St John Freestyle, a 9-year-old Hanoverian mare (Fidermark X Donna Gracia, Donnerhall) owned by Emma and Jill Blundell, earned double bronze (team and individual)
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The off-track Thoroughbred, or OTTB, is experiencing a huge resurgence in popularity: more and more equestrians are rediscovering the breed’s versatility and athleticism in a variety of disciplines
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Thanks to Hurricane Florence, many of us on the east coast have found ourselves in a torrential downpour of late. It’s a fitting grand finale to one of the wettest summer in recent memory, which
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While all eyes were on the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games at Tryon over the weekend, we also had five USEA horse trials running across the country. Even World Champions had to start somewhere, so
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Horse show hangover is REAL, you guys. I am in complete strugglesville this week and I wasn’t even at WEG in person! Thank goodness we have Plantation Field to get us through this next weekend.
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