Imagine for a moment that SmartPak‘s “If Horses Were People” video series and the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway got together and had a kid … that kid would be “If Horses Were People”
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Upper-level riders packed the room at the USEA Convention today to hear Marilyn Payne’s review of the new 2017 FEI CCI4* dressage tests and her suggestions for riding key movements. Marilyn is a 3*/4* FEI
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While it hasn’t snowed in Virginia (yet), it is definitely entering what I like to call the “Michelin Man” zone, wherein I wake up in the pitch black, go to my closet, and spend 10
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David O’Connor spoke to the U.S. High Performance riders this afternoon at the USEA Convention in Fort Lauderdale following yesterday’s announcement that he will remain Eventing Technical Advisor through 2018, though with less of a
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In all things, there is a season … so the famous old saying goes. In eventing, we too have seasons, but not just for competition and training our horses. We also have seasons of the
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It’s that time of year again! Eventers from all across the country are heading to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to attend the 2016 USEA Annual Meeting & Convention this weekend at the Diplomat Resort & Spa. For those
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U.S. Olympian Kerry Millikin always felt that riding and showing a horse at its best is an art form. Although she no longer competes, she still strives to portray the same beauty of movement and
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I’ve recently gotten enough time to go out Fox Hunting again, which I don’t usually do in the winter. Mostly, I’ve just always had horses that were nut bags and totally not suitable. One time,
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A while back after writing the Saddle Fitting Saga series, I promised a follow up on how girths affect saddle fit and how different girths may work for different shaped horses and why. And of
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Take a virtual trip to the Lisronagh Point-To-Point in Co Tipperary, Ireland for the first ever ladies side saddle race to be run in the country! Thirteen ladies strapped on safety vests for the mile and a quarter race
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Thinking about throwing your hat in the ring of this year’s Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover? Do it! The trainer application process opened today, Dec. 7, and runs through Feb. 28, 2017. For roundabout the
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The USEF just announced that David O’Connor will serve as the Eventing Technical Advisor for the U.S. Eventing Team for the next two years with a focus on the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon,
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It wasn’t more than a year ago that Kentucky-based eventer Chelsea Kolman and her Percheron/Thoroughbred cross, Dauntless Courage, stole our hearts. When we first met Chelsea and “Dante,” they were just beginning to get their sea
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Andrea Davidson can add published author to her many list of accolades thanks to releasing her very own children’s book, Brinelda and the Blue Pony. This special story is one Andrea’s father Nelson told her as a
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I’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and trips to the hardware store over the past month in an attempt to alter my trailer tack room so it no longer had only six measly hooks.
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Megan Van Son and Arioso spent their Thanksgiving weekend competing at Pine Top, where they finished second in the Open Prelim division. They finished on their dressage score, 37.7, and breezed through the jumping phases,
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This exercise is straight out of Jim Wofford’s “Modern Gymnastics: Systematic Training for Jumping Horses” and is shared here with permission from Jim and the publisher, Practical Horseman. This is exercise number five in the
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After eight years, two World Equestrian Games, two Olympics, and dozens of four-star events with the 2009 FEI 4* dressage tests, the FEI has finally rolled out new 4* tests for 2017. You can find
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Hardworking eventers deserve all the support they can get. We’re glad to see Southern California Equestrian Sports stepping up to financially assist some of our sport’s most deserving athletes.
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Measuring just 15.1-hands, Portersize Just A Jiff is considerably smaller than most of his four-star eventing peers. But that hasn’t hindered his career with Camilla Speirs, with whom he topped Eventing Ireland’s horse rankings this
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What is this white stuff I’m seeing on my Facebook over the last few days? Snow? It’s so weird to have migrated to warmer climates this year, where I likely won’t see much in the
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Frequently, we here at EN reference the time Mark Todd rode Bertie Blunt two-thirds of the way around the 1995 Badminton CCI4* cross country course with only one stirrup. But after digging through the archives
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William Micklem returns today with the fourth column in his series on the subject of happiness, which has resonated with many EN readers around the world. If you missed them: part 1, part 2, part 3.
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