Let’s all say a silent prayer for grey competition horse owners. As a two-time victim of this harmful attribute, I so empathize with you. You bathe and bathe and bathe and they never quite stop
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It’s that time of year. Goals are being set; fitness schedules are being formed; diets are being (let’s not talk about diets) and clinics are happening everywhere in anticipation of the upcoming show season. Time
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In a hunter-jumper world that could desperately do with a laugh and a little light-hearted fun right about now, the German Riding Instructor — that is, Ronny Reimer of RCR Equestrian — is here to
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The USEA Classic Series is growing! Both Waredaca and Heart of the Carolinas recently announced that they have both added Preliminary Three-Day divisions to their seasonal events.
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We are very pleased to wish a warm EN welcome to Area X’s newest event, Southern Arizona H.T.! Held at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tuscon, Arizona, the inaugural competition will take place March 24-25,
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While our warm weather compatriots are already enjoying the start of the competition season, we snowbound eventers have to entertain ourselves somehow. Actress, comedian, and equestrian Pam Stone invites fellow cold weather barn-goers to come one
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… is the ground, natch. But just as there’s a million different ways to clear a fence — some more impressive than others — there’s a million different ways of hitting the deck, too.
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I was recently inspired to write this following a conversation with my dear friend who is just diving — perhaps I should say cannon-balling — into horse ownership for the very first time. She had
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It’s fitting to equate one of Boyd Martin’s newer mounts, Tsetserleg, to Clark Kent. Day by day in training he’s good, but unassuming — even mediocre at times. It’s not until he’s at a competition
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Want to to ride at an FEI event or the AECs without “officially” qualifying or paying the entry fees? Consider doing the test ride. I rode three test rides last year that were invaluable. I
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You guys. This is not a drill. You can have one of these unicorn bonnets. There is a real Etsy shop that sells “horse fashion, fly bonnets and unicorns”. I’m really, really tempted to get
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Social media has made it all too easy for people to speak negatively and indiscriminately toward others under the guise of relative anonymity. The breadth of cyber-bullying is boundless and sadly extends to our equestrian
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A recent study from the University of Kentucky found that last year’s Kentucky Three-Day Event resulted in a $14.2 million impact on Kentucky’s economy.
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“I am a very ordinary person, who happens to have had a very powerful dream.” Kim Walnes and The Gray Goose’s journey to the top is the most unlikely story. A young mother who didn’t start
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Eventing Nation readers have been waking up to “News & Notes” posts 365 mornings a year since Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2009. John penned all the early editions himself, and they include plenty of John “flair.”
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Illness takes away parts of your life, but in doing so it gives you the opportunity to choose the life you will lead, as opposed to living out the one you have simply accumulated over
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I finally clipped my entire horse (minus the legs) yesterday, and underneath all that hair, he is SO fat. Like, so fat. Morbidity level. He had an unplanned vacation for three months this winter due
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Finally got the okay to ride a race with my gopro! Here it is! 6th race at Tampa Bay Downs #2 Go Hippo Go finished 3rd at 30-1. Posted by Ashley Castrenze on Friday,
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Marilyn Little returned to to the show ring with a bang during the second week of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, winning the $35,000 Hollow Creek Farm 1.45m Classic on Sunday aboard Karen O’Connor’s Clearwater. She
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You know those moments when it feels like a lightbulb gets switched on in your brain? In a new weekly series presented by Attwood Equestrian Surfaces, eventers share their ah-ha! moments. Today, we introduce the
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New year, new approach to training? Maybe. Sometimes, when you look at a season from the beginning to the end, and make all sorts of plans for yourself and your horse, it all looks clear.
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Does anyone else unable to see their horse on a daily basis obsess over photos and videos your barn friends send you? One of the girls at my barn sent me half a photo of
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Each winter, the Galway Downs Equestrian Center in Temecula, California hosts a clinic to raise funds for facility improvements, specifically to the cross country course, in the current year. Over two dozen trainers came forward
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