There’s no cross country course in the world like Badminton, and the man behind the curtain is designer Eric Winter. In this video he reflects on the 2017 edition — standout rounds, and how the
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The eventing ground jury has been announced for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, which will take place Sept. 13-16 at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. Anne Mette Binder (DEN) will serve
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If a photo is worth 1,000 words, a video is worth … what … 10,000? 20,000? We’re going with 100,000, judging from these reader-submitted gems. Let’s start with this video, sent in by reader Kiri
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Welcome to Galway Downs, the final CCI3* not just in North America for 2017, but the final CCI3* in the entire Northern Hemisphere for the year. This year has an extra touch of excitement as
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Look, I know everybody thinks their animals are the cutest animals, but can we just take a moment to appreciate how ridiculously adorable my mini donkey is? Pepe is so fluffy and so cute and
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Horses are like people: they come in every size and shape, and a horse that you might “ballpark” to fit in a blanket size 78 might actually be more comfortable in a 75. But how
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Cool breezes and cloud dotted skies greeted competitors this morning at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event. This group of horses were miraculously well behaved
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I hate change. Change is scary. Our brain literally thinks we are going to die if we step outside our comfort zone so it pitches a massive fit anytime we try to. This is useful
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My husband called while I was out hacking my pony yesterday. Actual transcript of our conversation: Husband: Whatcha doing? Me: Riding. Ugh, it’s so gloomy and cold. I’m wearing my down jacket and I’m still
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We are counting down to the $20,000 Horseware Indoor Eventing Challenge, which kicks off tomorrow night, Nov. 3, at the Royal Horse Show as one of the marquee events at the annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario.
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My wild Halloween night involved 1) baking bread 2) drinking red wine 3) watching the newest season of Stranger Things and 4) going to bed early. Yes, I know, don’t let your jealousy get the
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#NoStirrupNovember is upon us! Now is your chance to better your independent seat, strengthen your leg and improve your overall balance in the saddle.
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Today marks the beginning of the equestrian world’s least beloved annual tradition, No-Stirrup November. Riding sans stirrups has obvious benefits — the promise of thighs of steel and a velcro butt in a month’s time
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The outpouring of comments and emotion following Crackerjack’s tragedy at Pau has one huge positive. Probably more than in any other equestrian sport it shows that we care. We care deeply about our horses and
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The U.S. eventing community has lost another great horse this week in Will Faudree’s retired upper-level partner Andromaque, who was euthanized yesterday due to complications from colic. “Missie,” a 16-year-old Irish Thoroughbred mare (Anshan x Gortnagale, by Strong Gale)
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One of my absolute favorite things about Halloween is seeing the many ways people dress up their horses and babies. So far today I’ve seen a baby as the mouse in a mousetrap, a young
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It’s the spookiest day of the year! Which means no, I cannot get enough of horses dressed in costume (as my own horse knows well enough). In honor of Halloween, let’s take a look at
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The hands-down best thing anybody has posted on Facebook in recent memory is this massive 400-photo gallery by JJ Sillman, titled “Reasons Why I Love Eventing.” “Since there is a lot of negativity going around
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This pony, in case he hasn’t already crawled across your Facebook feed, wins Halloween 2017 no contest … This horse is priceless to us!!! ❤️ little miss muffet and the Itsy bitsy spider Posted
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The 34th annual Breeder’s Cup World Championships take place this weekend at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in California. The racing kicks off on Friday, November 3rd as over 150 horses vie for a piece of
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Happy Halloween, EN! You may recognize this dashing dragon from his previous appearances at the CCI4* that is the Kentucky Three-Day Event. Now “Rover” aka “Dragon” spends his days teaching up and comers about the
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Emotions within the global eventing community have been running high in the wake of the loss of Boyd Martin’s mount Crackerjack at Pau on Saturday. As a unified community whose common denominator is a shared
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“I wouldn’t sell this horse for a million dollars,” said Lainey Ashker after stripping the saddle from Call Him Paddy, having just ridden double clear across country in the horse’s first CCI1*. Lainey’s mom, Valerie, found
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