Cross country day brings a wave of emotions, from the highest highs to the lowest lows, for any and every individual involved in eventing. The finish line, especially, at a three-day event radiates with energy
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Not to engage in cultural stereotyping or anything, but let’s be real here: the Irish have a reputation when it comes to drinking. So when Team Ireland (Jonty Evans, Joseph Murphy, Cathal Daniels and Padraig
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The 2015 Boekelo CCIO3* was no dressage show, that’s for sure. Competitors were jumping their way up and down the leaderboard all weekend, with nothing written in stone (er, engraved on a trophy?) until the
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The rain continues to pour on the East Coast — as it has been for weeks — greatly affecting a number of horse trials. We reported earlier this month on the cancellation of the October
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Speaking of “I Can’t Feel My Face,” it was a chilly morning to be a groom this morning at the Boekelo CCIO3*. With temperatures near freezing and an icebox breeze, braiding and all the other
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I had promised myself that this year, I would wait as long as possible until I body clipped my mare. Facebook’s On This Day feature has been making it a constant struggle because I’ve been
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I warned you guys I was on a music video making kick since I discovered the Triller app about four days ago, and now I’m making good on my threat. Here’s presenting a mashup of
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Het was vandaag volle bak bij Military Boekelo – Enschede Like als je er ook bij was!#MBE15Foto: Abbink Fotografie Posted by Military Boekelo – Enschede on Saturday, October 10, 2015 “It was a full house.” The
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Getting the job done, and quickly, was the order of the day here at the Boekelo CCIO3*. Honest horses and scrappy riders came out on top with time playing the secondary sorting hat. There were
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When Hope the Wonderhorse was rescued from severe neglect almost one year ago, it was uncertain whether she would survive. The prospect of her one day becoming a riding horse was not even considered for
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Rise and shine! We’re just moments away from the start of the Military Boekelo CCIO3* cross country. It’s a big division with 84 horse and rider combinations set to start. We have ten U.S. riders
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I still smirk whenever a non-horse person foolishly declares that a horse is not as intelligent as other domesticated animals. Certainly, horse intelligence is a different sort of intelligence from a dog or cat, but there’s
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You have to see this great save sent to us by Amy Langeler of her 9-year-old daughter, Naomi, and her horse Max. Naomi was finishing her course in a lesson when Max left a little
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You won’t see any carved wooden animals or fake turquoise water complexes at Boekelo. This is straight-up cross-country — no frills, no cutesy distractions, nothing except you and your horse and 28 questions you’re going
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Event horse auctions don’t happen so much in the States but in Europe it’s definitely a thing. Have a glass of wine! Have another! Fall in love! Have one more glass of wine! Open your
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American event riders. You give them matchy-matchy jackets, saddle pads and coolers and suddenly they’re piled all atop one another on the leaderboard, like they’re from the “United” States of America or something. At the
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Concerns that the 2016 Olympic equestrian events could be moved out of Brazil have been swirling since Luiz Roberto Giugni, president of the Brazilian Equestrian Confederation
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Mo’ horses, mo’ problems. Here are 30 more of your realest eventing struggles. If you missed them: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
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Oh my goodness thank god it’s Friday! I am so very ready for a few free hours this weekend in which I can do absolutely nothing! My idea of a vacation is nothingness plus sleeping,
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I’m a creature of habit, and it seems like the same can be said of my horses. It seems like every time I’m untacking after a ride, that my young gelding Rufus starts yawning. No
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JM Durr made the trip all the way from California to North Carolina to campaign some sales horses on the hunter/jumper circuit at Tryon International this fall. Aside from eventing through the CCI3* level, JM
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Buck Davidson and Copper Beach got the ball rolling this morning and the girls came out to play this afternoon at the Boekelo CCIO3*. First up… Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous (45.50, 11th) Marilyn and
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Will Faudree is recovering from neck surgery after he sustained an injury following a fall at Five Points last month. He broke the C6 and C7 vertebrae in his neck after falling from Hans Dampf
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