Yesterday’s Richland Park CIC3* leaders stayed strapped in tight for today’s show jumping competition. The lovesong of Buck Davidson and Ballynoe Castle RM continued with a double-clear round. Buck/Carlevo and Emily Beshear/Shame on the Moon
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It’s horse shopping day! Well, who are we kidding? Every day seems like horse shopping day to a horse person, even if it’s just window shopping. We’re loving the horses we’ve selected to feature this
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The search for America’s next top event horse has made big strides in recent years, particularly in the realm of identifying and developing budding equine talent. The USEA’s Young Event Horse program is, obviously, leading
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Four-star event rider Hilda Donahue began participating in endurance rides in 2014. She has since made her way through the FEI rankings and is currently ranked first on the Open Combination World Endurance Ranking with
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It has been a long, hot and dry summer in California. Sadly, these are the perfect conditions for fires and we’ve had a lot of them. Earlier this week, Gateway Farm in Acampo, Calif went
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Whether it’s sailing over cross-country jumps at Bromont or drunkenly smashing into them at Luhmühlen, you never know what’s going to happen next when you lead an opinionated stuffed animal into the start box. Such
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The bromance is a real thing, y’all. Just watch Buck and Reggie’s dressage test that won them the first phase of the CIC3* at Richland Park and you’ll agree. Really, though, this pair is a
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Cooley Cross Border is like a little kid we’ve been watching grow up over the years. Eventing Nation has been following his career since… “Forever!” Kim laughs. “I’ve been very, very slow with him.” Kim
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Lauren sent a group email around a few weeks ago asking if we would all write a blog for Lauren Kieffer Equestrian and her program and how we fit into it … I started thinking
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Intimidated by the thought of taking a jumping clinic taught by a famous international competitor or, say, Olympic medalist? Don’t be! U.S. Chef d’Equipe of Eventing David O’Connor is a world famous eventer and Olympic
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One of these days, I’ll have to make the trek to Richland. I’ve put it off for years now, because I’ve just been imagining the ridiculously long drive up to Michigan from Virginia. However, in
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Buck Davidson loves Ballynoe Castle RM. Like, LOVES him. Somewhere on Buck’s farm, there is probably a tree with their names carved in it. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had matching red-and-yellow friendship bracelets.
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We all read Wylie’s report from the first jog at Richland Park last night, and now The Horse Pesterer has the video of Joe Meyer’s great “jog save” with the stallion South Paw. Though this
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Should we put on our sunglasses? Should we get out an umbrella? Lots of questions up in the air here at Richland Park Horse Trials, some of them involving erratic weather and others regarding who’ll
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Angela Grzywinski is a member of an incredibly exclusive club, as she not only has a wonderful $1 horse, but she took that horse to Rolex this year and completed their first CCI4* together. In
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We have good news coming from across the pond this morning, as Eventing NZ confirmed that Andrew Nicholson has been released from John Radcliffe Hospital following an eight-hour surgery to stabilize his cervical spine after his
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Twenty-four horses will start the Advanced division at Richland Park this weekend, meaning we have a whopping 72 horses total starting between the Advanced and CIC3* levels at this event! The Advanced field has a large
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Yesterday I jumped Nyls for the first time in a very long time, as he had an absurd situation with his feet this summer that kept him out of work, and then getting him back
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Richland Park Horse Trials started off on the right foot today with 22 of 22 horses passing the CCI2* jog. Both the CCI2* and CIC1* are new additions for the 2015 event, which also features
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Our favorite new videographer, Marion de Vogel, returned to Coole Park this past weekend for the Millbrook Summer Classic, which featured many event riders honing their show jumping skills. True to form, Marion captured two
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Now that we’re approximately one million #EventerProblems into this thing, we’ve seen some recurring themes emerging. Including but not limited to… If you missed them: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
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Burghley has released the preview video for this year’s cross country course! Click to watch Capt. Mark Phillips explain his thought process for each fence on this year’s track, which will run in the reverse direction for
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“Buzz” & “Buzzard” were just the common nicknames I had for this special horse. He was quirky, I think very misunderstood, and the sweetest animal on the planet. He had a magnificent gallop and an
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