The Virgina Horse Trials is well underway, having started earlier this week and continuing through the weekend. It’s a huge event, with everything from Beginner Novice all the way through CCI2*, as well as hosting
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We interrupt our regular ‘Red on Right, Insanity in the Middle’ programming to bring you this brick wall from the Washington International Horse Show. Because frankly, we’re connoisseurs of insanity. We have a delicate palette
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Next weekend will play host to the final four-star event in 2016 — The Australian International Three Day Event in Adelaide — and while the four-star crowd is a bit cozier after an Olympic year,
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Elisa Wallace and her recently acquired Off The Track Thoroughbred Heron’s Waltz (Henri) dominated the first phase of the 2016 Thoroughbred Makeover contest being held at the Kentucky Horse Park. They lead a pack of
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Big time shenanigans on the West Coast this weekend! William Fox Pitt is at Dragonfire Farm today and tomorrow. Immediately afterward, he heads south to Copper Meadows for two more clinic days there. To say that
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It’s been a busy day at Virginia Horse Trials, where more than 500 horses are competing during what has been a picture-perfect weekend so far in Lexington — sunny skies, unseasonably warm temperatures and hardly
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No one before, and no one since, has had more fun on the Virginia Horse Trials cross country course than Mellisa Warden and her OTTB Cantilator (Delineator – Charla, by Taj Alriyadh). It was 2010
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Go ahead and unpack those cozy sweaters, admire the cascading leaves, bask in the brilliant glow of late autumn. Soak up the season while you can because we’ve got bad news for you, suckers: The
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After spending the past 10 years as High Performance Coach of the New Zealand Eventing Team, Erik Duvander will step down from the role at the end of this month, Equestrian Sports New Zealand announced yesterday.
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The Virginia Horse Trials will forever be my “hometown” event, even though I live over the mountain from the Horse Center. The Virginia Horse Center is where I did my very first unrecognized eventing competitions
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The Virginia Horse Trials CCI/CIC got started today with the First Horse Inspection for the CCI* and CCI2* divisions. With nearly 550 horses entered in the CCI*, CCI2*, CIC2*, Area II Championships, Beginner Novice through
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How do the magicians who create CGI movies “build” horses? Like you might imagine, they start with the skeleton and work their way out! I’ll admit that I was a child of the animated Disney
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Tamie Smith announced this morning that her three-star mount Twizted Syster has been sold to the UK as a new ride for Rafael Losano, a 19-year-old Brazilian eventer who works for Mark Todd. “It is not without
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It’s beginning to be that time of year — you know, where you look to the pile of blankets and groan. When the hair starts piling on your horse’s coat and the sweat will soon
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Clipping season has me driving home at 2pm on a weekday and looking in the mirror to find that I am, in fact, sporting a beard. Having just body clipped two horses in a row
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We’ve been loving all of the helmet cams EN readers submitted this week from the Hagyard Midsouth Three-Day Event & Team Challenge. This popular event hosted at the Kentucky Horse Park attracts a slew of competitors,
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When Laine Ashker told me last year about her mother’s plan to ride across the United States on two off-track Thoroughbreds, 7-year-old Primitivo and 17-year-old Solar Express, I was equal parts skeptical and nervous, and
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The market for cross country boots has become very competitive in the past few years, as riders are demanding better protection for their prized partners, and Professional’s Choice has responded with leg care that is
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Did you know that there is a shortage of eventing officials in the U.S.? Technical delegates, judges and course designers play a critical role in our sport, and as our current group of wonderful officials retire,
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And cue the adorable costumes! For the next few days I expect social media will be awash with photos of kids, ponies, dogs, and drunk people dressed up as things they are not. I have
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If you missed the live stream of the FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses at Le Lion d’Angers over the weekend, never fear! The event kindly posted show jumping videos of the top finishers, so
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Knowing when to close the curtain on a horse’s career is one of the most difficult decisions a horse owner may face. When it comes to grand finales, timing is everything. When you’ve put so
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Are you heading to Virginia Horse Trials this weekend? Don’t forget to pack a costume for your dog! Join your eventing canine cohorts in the coliseum at 6 p.m. on Saturday for a costume parade
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