US Equestrian has just released the 2018 Emerging Athletes Eventing 18 Program Participants List! These riders will be invited to participate in winter training sessions with USEF Eventing Emerging Athlete Coach Leslie Law. The Emerging
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It’s finally my favorite time of year! Not only is it VAHT weekend, which is my all time fave hometown event (whoop whoop!) but it’s also starting to cool off, which is a huge relief.
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I hate body clipping. HATE. IT. Like, “I’m wearing two layers of clothing … how did one million tiny hairs still find their way into my bra?” Boggles the mind. But a couple times each
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When it comes to solving #EventerProblems, determination coupled with creativity goes a long way. Here are a few more of your most clever solutions to your most real struggles! Normal dishes right??? #eventerproblems #eventersolutions #3dayeventing
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Several riders flirted with a sub-40 mark in today’s dressage, but only one managed it. British rider Ros Canter and her own Zenshera threw down the gauntlet with a 39.7, putting themselves in an enviable position going
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You may remember that this past spring I took over the Horse Nation Twitter account to harass you all from the World Cup in Omaha. In addition to watching fabulous horses and riders I also
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63 horse and rider combinations trotted up as the sun rose over Pau this morning, and all 63 – including our three American combinations – passed and will go on to dressage, despite holds for Ben
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Everybody is all fired up about the new FEI rule changes (I am too, don’t worry) but mostly I was pumped that I did a bareback around the farm hack on my OTTB Turkey, who
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It’s Pau week! The Les Etoiles de Pau CCI4* gets under way tomorrow with the first horse inspection.
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Following last week’s call from the United States Eventing Association for the FEI to mandate use of frangible technology on certain types of cross country fences at international events
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Deep in the south of France, nestled into the Pyrenees mountains, 64 of the world’s best horse and rider combinations are gearing up to tackle the final northern hemisphere CCI4* of the year. This year, we
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We have been anxiously awaiting the final draft of the FEI’s proposed 2018 rule changes for eventing, and after incessant refreshing the chinchillas were finally rewarded this morning. The proposed changes for 2018 will be
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Sometimes we all need a goofball around to survive the day. Some of those goofballs are in human form, some in dog, and some have the assistance of a goat goofball to lighten the mood.
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Watching a successful quadrille is impressive enough, but adding costumes into the mix will knock your socks off. Rocking to the tune of Mary Poppins, the colorful Cornwall TREC foursome
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This one goes out to the crotchety old people of eventing — you know who you are. You think back fondly on the good old days, when your dressage test could be complete garbage but if
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Entries for the Australian International Three-Day Event at Adelaide have been released, with 21 combinations slated to come forward for the Mitsubishi Motors CCI4* on Nov. 16-19, 2017, the final four-star of the year.
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This week we’d like to introduce you to Friends of Ferdinand Inc. (FFI), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Indiana that specializes in retraining and rehoming former race horses. The organization’s namesake is the 1986 Kentucky
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When 22-year-old Fylicia Barr first encountered her FEI 3* horse, Galloway Sunrise (“Sunny”), the main thing on her mind was how to not get hurt. “She looked like a mule and was quite feral,” Fylicia
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Riders Erin Jarboe, Ariel Scholl, Hannah Ackerman, and Jamie Yale contributed to a team win this weekend at FENCE in Landrum, SC! All three UGA teams had great rides with competitive scores. Way to go
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Giant spiders, owls, and a chess board … It might sound like we’re talking about Harry Potter, but it’s actually the ever-whimsical cross country course at Mondial du Lion where the Six- and Seven-Year-Old World
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Galway Downs announced today that they’ve brought Eric Winter on board as the new CCI3* cross country course designer beginning next month at their International Three-Day Event, Nov. 2-5. Galway will be Eric’s first course
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It was a perfect weekend at the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club Horse Trials at the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center in Landrum, SC, with Starter through Preliminary divisions and a lively Intercollegiate Team Challenge (complete
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Someone flipped a switch on the good weather at the Hagyard Midsouth Classic Three-Day Event, CCI, and Horse Trials last weekend. This time of year, competitors at the Kentucky Horse Park often face an abundance
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