A Baptism By Fire at My First Rolex
How weird it is to think that this time just seven days ago I had completed my first CCI4* jog and was starting to mentally prepare myself for my dressage test the following day. Time
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Thursday News & Notes from SmartPak
This year at Rolex, there was a new award to be gained, courtesy of Equis Boutique in their first sponsorship and visit to Rolex Kentucky. They presented the “Best Presented Horse” at the final jogs,
...» Read More!Wednesday Video from Kentucky Performance Products: Ride Rolex with Laine Ashker
We’re still nursing our Rolex hangovers, and there are still blogs, videos, photos, and many other ways to keep that hangover going this week. Laine Ashker completed Rolex this weekend with her OTTB, Anthony Patch,
...» Read More!Book Review: World-Class Grooming for Horses, by Emma Ford & Cat Hill
As far as books go, I’m a pretty rabid consumer, and while I enjoy a book to read before sleeping, I also enjoy finding books that are educational in the realm of my equestrian endeavors.
...» Read More!What It Means to Be a Rolex Fan On Cross Country Day
Being a Rolex fan means bringing your “A” game to Saturday. Cross country is eight hours of sheer enjoyment no matter what the footing feels like on the crossovers or the sky is doing to
...» Read More!Rolex Kentucky: Tales from a Groom
I’m reminiscing about Rolex week instead of focusing on the exhaustion or the court hearing I’m preparing for in my “real life” as an attorney, which has inevitably trampled the horse show hangover daze. About five
...» Read More!Proposed Changes to Eventing Discussed at 2015 FEI Sports Forum
The 2015 FEI Sports Forum took place earlier in the week on April 27-28 in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a number of key topics up for debate. With the future of Olympic equestrian sport hanging in
...» Read More!Wednesday News and Notes from MDBarnmaster
I’m totally feeling a bit of Rolex hangover. After week and weeks of the anticipation building, there’s now sort of a vacuum as I wonder what’s next. Sure, there’s Jersey and Bromont and Bramham and
...» Read More!Tuesday Video from SpectraVET: Rolex Kentucky Cross Country
Our friends at The USEF Network have published the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event cross country phase in its entirety, complete with commentary from John Kyle, Karen O’Connor and their guests. Relive the cross country action
...» Read More!All Wait Listed Riders Accepted into Badminton Horse Trials
All horses and riders have been accepted off the Badminton wait list as of this morning, with Mary King and Kings Temptress as the final pair to get in to the event. That hasn’t happened since
...» Read More!The Faces of Rolex: How It Feels to Complete
Simply completing the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is an accomplishment in and of itself. Forty horses and riders accomplished that this past weekend in Lexington. Here’s a look at what it feels like to complete Rolex.
...» Read More!New Zealand High Performance Refuses Demands Made by Andrew Nicholson
The trouble between Andrew Nicholson and the New Zealand National Federation (ESNZ) continues. A statement on the ESNZ website last week explained that six-time Olympian Andrew had made demands to ESNZ as a condition of his
...» Read More!A Horse of a Different Color: Cajun
When Becca Willner competed her Prelim horse at the 2012 AECs, she jokingly commented “how low-stress and fun a pony would be,” she had no idea that her next “big” prospect would come in a 13.3-hand package.
...» Read More!Tuesday News and Notes from Cavalor
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that some of our favorite upper-level riders, competitors, trainers, clinicians, and all-around equestrian professionals also have lives outside of horses. Like family lives, for instance! Karen O’Connor sent us this
...» Read More!Monday Video from Tredstep Ireland: You Can’t Miss This ‘Rolex Music Video’
Drop whatever it is you’re doing and check out this ridiculously awesome Rolex music video provided to us by Madison Harris and her friends. They brought their A game to the Kentucky Horse Park this
...» Read More!Bartenders Reveal the Most Popular Drinks at Rolex
One of the magical things about being a #RK3DE spectator is that you can start drinking as early as you want and no one will judge you. Nary an eyebrow raised when I dove into
...» Read More!Top Five Team USA Takeaways from Rolex
With another #RK3DE officially in the books, it’s time to rehash the results and gnaw on the data. It certainly proved to be an interesting and influential event for Team USA on a number of
...» Read More!Omega Alpha Rolex Pick ‘Em Contest Winner
We received a huge amount of entries for this year’s Rolex Pick ‘Em contest, presented by Omega Alpha. Your picks to win ranged from the obvious (Michael Jung and La Biosthetique Sam) to the underdog
...» Read More!3 Things From the Rolex Trade Fair Your Significant Other Might Kill You For Buying
In the market for a divorce? You’ve come to the right place! The Rolex Trade Fair is America’s #1 destination for blowing stupid amounts of money on horse stuff. If your significant other made the
...» Read More!Europeans Clinch Dubarry Nations Team Challenge Victory at Rolex
As if Michael Jung needed more prize money to line his pockets with — ok, who are we kidding, there is never enough prize money to support this habit of ours! — the mixed European
...» Read More!Monday News and Notes from Success Equestrian
One of my my favorite parts of the whole week at Rolex Kentucky was looking up at the jumbotron in the Rolex Arena moments after Michael Jung had won the event on his first attempt,
...» Read More!Video: Sinead Halpin and Michael Pollard Wrap Up Rolex
Sinead Halpin teams up with Michael Pollard to lead the charge in Sunday’s episode. Sorry, Hannah fans. Hannah probably had to get back to riding horses, or something. #shemichaeligans #nothesameringtoit Go Eventing.
...» Read More!More Information on the Decision to Euthanize Dambala
News of Dambala’s euthanasia broke during show jumping today at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, and Emily Cammock has provided more information to EN to explain the injury in detail, as well as the decision to euthanize
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