Area VII and the eventing community at large tragically lost a beloved member last week. Dr. Aimee Witherspoon, 64, fell from her horse last Thursday and sustained an irrecoverable brain injury despite wearing a helmet.
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You ever have one of those weeks where you start counting the crazy things that are happening to you, and when you reach three crazy horrible things, you’re actually thankful because you’re sure now it’s
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Hello from an unseasonably warm Elkton, Maryland, where the first horse inspection kicked off the action this afternoon at the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International. All pairs passed to give us 61 combinations in the CCI2* and
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We’d do anything for our horses. Buy them new shoes when are own are falling apart. Feed them top of the line grain and supplements but grab fast food for ourselves.
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Mondial du Lion, or the FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships at Le Lion d’Angers, may have THE single most un-catchy name of any competition in the world, but it’s a seriously hot entry in the autumn calendar.
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For the past 40 days over at EN’s Blogger’s Row we’ve been following the adventures of Julie Maner, mom to Prelim eventer Emily who decided to attempt an event herself riding Emily’s old horse Romeo.
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Ah, October, the magical time of the year where the burning colors of changing leaves grace the horizon. Many people make a pilgrimage up north throughout this month for some ‘leaf peeping’, but we think it’s also
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There’s no rest for the wicked three-star riders who are literally traversing the world to compete all their mounts at the fall CCI events. Caroline Martin was a Boekelo last weekend with Pebbly Maximus and she and
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This is the inspiring story of Gigi McIntosh. Formerly an eventer, Gigi suffered a fall at Morven Park in 1999 that left her partially paralyzed from the chest down. Nothing could slow down Gigi’s determination,
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For the past 40 days over at EN’s Blogger’s Row we’ve been following the adventures of Julie Maner, mom to Prelim eventer Emily who decided to attempt an event herself riding Emily’s old horse Romeo.
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We barely have time to wash the mud off our boots after Boekelo because the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International is upon us! The action kicks off tomorrow with the first horse inspection starting at
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Course Brook Farm in Sherborn, Massachusetts has been holding USEA Recognized events since 2010. Previously holding Beginner Novice up through Preliminary/Training levels
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Hot off the presses! Les Etoiles de Pau CCI4* just released the entry list for this year’s event, which will take place Oct. 25-29 in Pau, France. We have three American combinations and one Canadian combination entered.
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Ah, fall in Vermont! Sally Stetson takes Sam Sequist’s Ursa Major out for a fitness ride with the most beautiful of backgrounds. There are all kinds of beautiful scenery around our country, but it’s hard to
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Citizens of EN, get ready for an off-the-charts level of cuteness. Meet Chalupa Batman (yes, Chalupa Batman, a la The League) and his rider Abbey Clark, who contested the Junior Starter Novice division at the Heritage
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For the past 40 days over at EN’s Blogger’s Row we’ve been following the adventures of Julie Maner, mom to Prelim eventer Emily who decided to attempt an event herself riding Emily’s old horse Romeo.
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A girl and her horse walk the rail, horse mildly spooks, girl calmly looks him in the face, tells him he’s OK, and gently asks him to go back to his place. He re-assumes his
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The best moments at events don’t always involve finish lines and awards ceremonies. Sometimes they can be quiet moments back at the barn, silly moments with friends, a perfect jump, a stunning sunset. Thinking back
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In the aftermath of a muddy, exhausting cross country day at Military Boekelo CCIO3*, the sun mercifully peeked out from behind the clouds to give us a welcome respite from the rain just in the time for
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We had a couple weeks of perfect riding weather and now we’re staring down another week of nothing but rain. We discovered during the last hurricane that my horse’s old sheet maybe wasn’t so waterproof
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Exciting stuff is afoot, literally, at Morven Park International Equestrian Center in Leesburg, Virginia!
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We saw a thrilling finale at Military Boekelo CCIO3* after what can only be described as a dramatic morning here in Enschede, Netherlands. Following a grueling cross country day in the mud that saw only
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Read with a grain of salt. Children are our future, but the decision to have them is individual choice and we respect all choices. When I was little I never wanted children. People always told
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