Friday News & Notes from Kentucky Equine Research

Alright guys, the ante has been upped for the 2017 AECs. Now you have to get a tattoo of it to prove that you went, alongside competing agains the best of the best within your
...» Read More!Alright guys, the ante has been upped for the 2017 AECs. Now you have to get a tattoo of it to prove that you went, alongside competing agains the best of the best within your
...» Read More!The eventing community mourns the loss of Carol Atkins-Goughnour, who died August 6, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida at the age of 83. A native of Charleston, West Virginia, in 1955 she moved to Tallahassee, where volunteerism
...» Read More!Bettina Hoy gave us a dressage exhibition at Strzegom today, scoring 24.6 with Seigneur Medicott to set a new European Championships record and take a nearly 10-mark lead after the first day of dressage. She now
...» Read More!In August 2017 writer/rider Leslie Wylie will be attempting her most fearsome feat of #YOLO yet: a 620-mile race across Mongolia. Riding 27 semi-wild native horses. Carrying only 11 pounds of gear. Relying on nomads
...» Read More!After an agonising summer of trying to guess teams and pestering chef d’equipes for intel, I’m somewhat baffled to find that the European Championships are actually upon us. Of course, I’m stuck on a train
...» Read More!It’s Strzegom week folks, and nobody in their right mind is betting against Michael Jung. He’s riding his little pocket rocket three-time-winner of Rolex, fischerRocana FST, and she’s not his top choice, but she’s not
...» Read More!The 2017 European Eventing Championships are finally here! All 77 horses passed the first horse inspection today at Strzegom in Poland, and now all eyes will be on Michael Jung to see if he can
...» Read More!All 77 horses were accepted in today’s first horse inspection at the European Championships at Strzegom, sending 13 teams and individual riders from 19 nations forward to dressage.
...» Read More!Summer is winding down, and it’s hard to believe that the first day of fall is just five weeks away. What better way to celebrate the last gasp of summer than with a contest! We’re
...» Read More!In August 2017 writer/rider Leslie Wylie will be attempting her most fearsome feat of #YOLO yet: a 620-mile race across Mongolia. Riding 27 semi-wild native horses. Carrying only 11 pounds of gear. Relying on nomads
...» Read More!Last June, Nancy Read walked out to the pasture at her New Hampshire farm and found her then 6-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Caribe PCH, had broken his leg in an apparent pasture accident. A career-ending injury
...» Read More!Sara Kozumplik-Murphy has gone full unicorn in an effort to take her real-life unicorn Rubens d’Ysieux overseas to contest the CCI3* at Millstreet. With a fundraiser, schooling jumper shows, and salty unicorn t-shirt sales, she
...» Read More!SpectraVET sponsored rider Lynn Symansky and the Donner Syndicate’s 14-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Donner are one of eight U.S. riders preparing to contest the 2017 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials over Labor Day weekend. Lynn and
...» Read More!TODAY is the closing date of the 2017 USEA American Eventing Championships, presented by Nutrena, so if you’ve waited until the last minute, hurry and send your entry in! Last year saw a record 665
...» Read More!In August 2017 writer/rider Leslie Wylie will be attempting her most fearsome feat of #YOLO yet: a 620-mile race across Mongolia. Riding 27 semi-wild native horses. Carrying only 11 pounds of gear. Relying on nomads
...» Read More!The draw order for the 2017 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials has been posted. Great Britain’s Kristina Cook will be first down the centerline with Star Witness. The 12-year-old Irish gelding is contesting his fourth
...» Read More!Germany is officially on site at Strzegom for the European Eventing Championships! Ingrid Klimke and Horseware Hale Bob are fresh off their Aachen win, so they definitely have momentum for a big weekend ahead. Dressage will
...» Read More!If you read William Micklem’s latest EN column — Does Size Matter? In Praise of Smaller Horses — then you’ll love this helmet cam starring Hwin, a 14.1-hand Mustang mare, pinging around the Training cross country
...» Read More!Water jumps, troughs, ponds, pools or just plain puddles, dogs love them all, especially in the heat of summer. All the dogs in this week’s edition of #DogsOfEN are living their best aquatic lives. “It’s
...» Read More!Dumbledore said in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire: “Cornelius! You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone
...» Read More!In August 2017 writer/rider Leslie Wylie will be attempting her most fearsome feat of #YOLO yet: a 620-mile race across Mongolia. Riding 27 semi-wild native horses. Carrying only 11 pounds of gear. Relying on nomads
...» Read More!It’s Monday, which means it’s time for coffee! Especially after the weekend U.S. Eventing had. Eight horse trials across the country with national divisions through Advanced as well as FEI and long format competitions. We
...» Read More!It was a very busy weekend for eventers! There were eight horse trials held across the country from the Colorado Horse Park in the west to GMHA in the east, there were horse trial divisions through
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