Saturday Links from Tipperary
Good Morning, EN! It’s one of my favorite days of the year Half Off Candy Day! The Halloween spirit was in full effect at Galway Downs yesterday where riders had the honor of having their
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Galway Downs Leaders All Have Something to Prove Tomorrow
The leaders after dressage in the CCI3* at Galway Downs all enter tomorrow with something to prove. For Boyd Martin, it’s to show once and for all that Trading Aces — a horse that made the
...» Read More!Buck Davidson, Boyd Martin Tie for Galway Downs CCI3* Lead
Buck Davidson and Copper Beech and Boyd Martin and Trading Aces are sitting in familiar territory at the conclusion of dressage at Galway Downs International CCI3*, tied for the lead on a score of 44.4
...» Read More!Social Media Collective: A Spooky Day of Dressage
Even the seriousness of dressage day will not hold Halloween back! Just kidding, everyone wore their normal dressage outfits, although I secretly wish that just one person had a little halloween spirit in there somehow.
...» Read More!Ryan Wood Flies High in Virginia HT CIC2*
A big season-end destination for many East coast eventers, Virginia Horse Trials ran dressage today, with the CIC2* also show jumping. In the CIC2*, Ryan Wood and Woodstock Wallaby brought home one of just three
...» Read More!Marilyn Little and RF West Indie Lead Galway Downs CCI2*
Raylyn Farms is dominating the competition so far here at Galway Downs International, with Marilyn Little and RF West Indie leading the CCI2* at the conclusion of dressage on a score of 44, and Ashlyn
...» Read More!Vote for the Caption That! Contest Winners, Presented by Tredstep Ireland
We launched our latest Caption That! contest this week, and we got some downright hilarious responses for the photo sent in by Shanon Baker. The winner will take home a top-notch Tredstep Ireland Futura Sport
...» Read More!Friday Video from World Equestrian Brands: Galway Downs CCI3* Course Walk
Walk the CCI3* cross country course with designer Ian Stark and Frankie Thieriot as they highlight the changes and challenges in this year’s track, as well as talk about some of the CCI2* and CCI*
...» Read More!Brian and Penny Ross Step Down from Virginia Horse Trials
After dedicating much of their lives to running the Virginia Horse Trials, Brian and Penny Ross have announced this year will be their last, with New Zealand FEI Technical Delegate Andy Bowles slated to take their
...» Read More!The Many Faces of Galway Downs International
What is it that makes eventing on the West Coast so special? Is it the people? The weather? The wine? Perhaps some perfectly balanced combination of all three? There’s just something different about the sport
...» Read More!Product Review: Equisafety Aspey Jacket
Have you ever walked into a room and felt like everyone was staring right at you? It’s at point that I wonder if I put together that awesome of an outfit…or if I’ve gone a bit
...» Read More!HALLOWEEN News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips
Happy Halloween everybody! While we’ve got two incredibly exciting events happening at both ends of the coast today, I must admit that I was a teensy bit disappointed that nobody went ahead and wore a
...» Read More!Otter Pop, Fleeceworks Royal Crowned YEH West Coast Champions
The top of the leaderboard remained virtually unchanged in today’s finale of the USEA Young Event Horse West Coast Championships, with Amber Levine and Otter Pop clinching the win in the 4-year-old division on 83.2
...» Read More!Vote for Dubarry Best Dressed at Galway Downs
As promised, here are your five finalists for Dubarry Best Dressed from this afternoon’s first horse inspection at Galway Downs! To vote, “like” the photo you think should win over on Galway’s Facebook page. There’s
...» Read More!Social Media Spotlight: A Beautiful Day for Jogs on Both Coasts
This weekend we have two sets of three day events happening simultaneously: Galway Downs CCI*, CCI2* and CCI3* on the west coast, and the famed Virginia CCI* on the east coast. Both are known for
...» Read More!Galway Downs Jog Report: All CCI3* Horses Pass
We’ve just wrapped up a three-hour horse inspection at Galway Downs on a beautiful, breezy, sunny afternoon in Temecula, Calif., with all 19 horse and rider combinations being accepted in the CCI3* division. In in
...» Read More!Galway Downs International CCI3* Virtual Course Walk
Hello from Galway Downs! It was a beautiful morning to walk Ian Stark’s CCI3* course, which is every bit as big and bold as you’d hope it would for the finale of our eventing season
...» Read More!Weekly OTTB Wishlist Presented by Cosequin
The time has come for us to check our savings accounts and the number of empty stalls in our barns, figuring out if there’s a way to add a new horse to the herd. We’ve
...» Read More!Thursday Video: Stuff Riders Say … About Blankets
‘Tis the season to blanket your horses, and our good friends at SmartPak understand the hilarious and frustrating moments that go hand in hand with lost, shredded and dirty blankets. They released a special episode of “Stuff
...» Read More!Buy or Breed? Made or Green? The Debate Continues
The eventing community continues to buzz with potential solutions after Team USA produced a less than stellar result at this year’s World Equestrian Games: Do we need more Thoroughbred blood? A better training program for young riders?
...» Read More!Thursday News & Notes from SmartPak
Two incredibly awesome things are happening this weekend: Galway Downs….and Halloween! I’m sure there’s also some other stuff that’s pretty great this weekend (cheering on my pals in the VA CCI*!!) but for me, those
...» Read More!YEH West Coast Championships Heating Up at Galway Downs
The competition is heating up at Galway Downs, with the 4- and 5-year-old Young Event Horse West Coast Championships kicking off this afternoon in Temecula, Calif. The fabulous judging panel of William Micklem, Bea di Grazia
...» Read More!Dragonfire Farm Steals the Show in FEH West Coast Championships
Californiaaaaaaa! Is anyone else singing along? The action kicked off today at the Galway Downs International Three-Day Event, with the USEA Future Event Horse West Coast Championships held early this afternoon. Dragonfire Farm dominated the
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