Sunday couldn’t have been more different from yesterday’s conditions at Blenheim, and the footing this morning was practically perfect on David Evans’ CIC3* cross country course. Willa Newton was the eventual winner on the chestnut
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All three remaining U.S. combinations in the Blenheim Palace International CCI3* were accepted this morning at the Final Horse Inspection under thankfully sunny skies, and so will move forward to the show jumping phase this
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Blenheim was defined today by the heavy rainfall both fans and competitors endured, and once again brave riders and horses had to dig deep to find their way. These stormy days – both literally and
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We are saddened to report that 21-year-old Nikita Sotskov of Russia died today while competing in the CIC3* at Ratomka Horse Trials in Minsk, Belarus. Nikita and his horse Larry Carlton rotated over fence 21
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Today was a particularly special cross country day at Blenheim. It was the tenth year that Eric Winter has designed the course here and also his last, as next year he’ll move on to Badminton
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Kathy Carter brings us a roundup of new developments in veterinary, nutrition and sports science. This week she examines injury rates, deep littered straw, equine life spans, traumatic injuries caused by transport and the Unwanted
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We just wrapped up the CIC3* 8/9YO show jumping here at the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials and it’s just after 6pm. Kylie Lyman and Lup the Loop had the third fence down and one
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Saturday at Blenheim brought the promised rain – on and off between steady, pouring and torrential. This made the CCI3* cross country course even tougher, and for the U.S. contingent especially it was a day
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The final leg of the inaugural Event Rider Masters Series takes place this weekend at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials. The winner of this final leg will walk away with £16,000, but the results of
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Is it fall yet or are we all just so sick of summer that we’re kicking it off early? I’m not 100 percent sure as I’ve started seeing pumpkin-flavored everything and Halloween decorations here and there,
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Will Coleman and Tight Lines, a 9-year-old French-bred gelding owned by the Conair Syndicate, impressed us all when they collected top honors in the CIC3* division at Richland Park a couple weekends back (you can
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We cannot make more of it. We can’t make it go faster, hurry it up, or find a way to go back or slow it down. And in the horse business, especially the eventing sport,
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Happy Friday! To kick your weekend off right, we’re bringing you SmartPak’s latest and greatest episodes of their hilarious series, “If Horses Were People.” SmartPak Sarah is back as everyone’s favorite, albeit a bit cheeky,
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The top three from Thursday after dressage in the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials CCI3* remain unchanged as we head into the cross country on Saturday. Hannah Sue Burnett keeps her third place on Harbour
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Friday morning at Blenheim dawned much like Thursday afternoon — bright and very breezy which although it makes dressage somewhat more complicated with flapping flags and rattling marquees, is an improvement on the forecast rain
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Fall is right around the corner, and to be honest it’s one of my favorite times of year. The fall event season is in full swing, and it seems every weekend there is something exciting
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Zara Tindall has been keeping herself plenty busy this year, piloting her longtime partner High Kingdom around Badminton and Aachen and campaigning some very promising up-and-comers at the one, two and three-star levels. That in
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I’ve been riding western for about 15 years now, and while I have a healthy appreciation for some tasteful bling and southwestern patterns on just about everything I own for the barn, there’s a secret
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There’s no doubt about it – this is a tough sport we do. Both for rider and horse, eventing is an incredible challenge: the performance, the knowledge, the fitness, the focus, the mental. Oh god,
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As expected we were treated to a beautiful display of dressage this afternoon by Bettina Hoy and Seigneur Medicott, and accordingly their score of 32.9 gives them a whopping overnight lead over Harry Meade in
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Where there are horse people, there are dogs … and they deserve a moment in the spotlight, too! Don’t forget to tag your pup pics on Instagram for inclusion in a future edition. We take
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Harry Meade got the Blenheim Palace CCI3* dressage ball rolling early Thursday when he and Orlando entered the arena as one of the first combinations to go and set the benchmark that the rest to
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Ain’t no rest for the wicked, as the song goes! We’ve got full coverage of Blenheim this weekend courtesy of the amazing Samantha Clark, and I’m off to Five Points to try out some new
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