Saturday Links from Tipperary
As a few people that have had the misfortune of sharing a hotel room with me at an event can attest to, I sometimes talk in my sleep. This tends to occur when I have
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Friday Night Social Media Roundup: Two Days To Go!
Donner says hello from France! As the only American-bred OTTB competing at the WEG, Donner is working extra hard to prove that his breed is the best out there. Ex-racehorses for the win! It is
...» Read More!The View from South Carolina Presented by World Equestrian Brands
From Amy: Roscoe (owned by Holly Evans) and I out on a wonderful hack on Spring Island in Okatie, S.C. I think Roscoe is in pony paradise with all that green grass! Out on a
...» Read More!Emily Beshear and Shame On the Moon Take Command in Richland Park CIC3*
It was all about a flashy gray mare on an overcast gray day at Richland Park. Marc Donovan’s course proved not to be an issue for Emily Beshear and Shame On the Moon, who are
...» Read More!WEG By the Numbers: Horse Stats
Watch out world, EN’s number-crunchin’, math-poppin’, stat-spittin’, digit-droppin’ chinchillas are bringing their calculators to France. Throughout the Games they’ll be taking inventory of the facts and figures that add up to the equestrian world’s most
...» Read More!Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night Lead Blair Castle CCI3*
Liz Halliday-Sharp and Fernhill By Night did the stars and stripes proud today at Blair Castle International Horse Trials, scoring 41.5 to lead the 31-horse CCI3* field by a two-point margin. “Blackie” always shines in
...» Read More!Can Michael Jung Win Gold on fischerRocana FST?
The global equestrian community is still spinning today with the news that reigning Olympic and World champion La Biosthetique Sam FBW won’t compete at the World Equestrian Games next week due to a hoof issue
...» Read More!(in)Famous ‘Oh Crap’ Faces, Part 3
Well, Eventing Nation, it’s that time again: I’ve cooked up some new (in)Famous illustrations, and this time, you’re the stars! Your “Oh Crap!” moments have been immortalized as caricatures for your friends to laugh at for your viewing pleasure. Because Parts 1 and 2 were so successful, hang
...» Read More!Product Review: Noble Outfitters Riley Polo
This has been a little bit of an odd summer season here in the state of Pennsylvania. As a whole, we’ve had a pretty mild season so far—which is totally fine with me, by the
...» Read More!Richland Park CIC3* Cross-Country Course Preview
Jessica Bortner-Harris kindly set in photos of Ian Stark’s Richland Park CIC3* cross-country course, and he’s made some exciting modifications this year to keep riders on their toes. Take a look at last year’s course preview
...» Read More!Friday News & Notes from FLAIR Nasal Strips
Happy Friday, everyone! We are officially four days away from the beginning of the Eventing WEG competition!! You ever have one of those weeks that is inexplicably longer than all the others, where you wake
...» Read More!Five Days To Go! A Social Media Collection
Today was a jump school day for some of the riders from Team USA, as show jumping coach Silvio Mazzoni has officially arrived in Chantilly to help out with preparations in the last week leading
...» Read More!Jock Paget: ‘Thank You to Those Who Believed in My Innocence’
Jock Paget has just posted a statement on the Paget Eventing Facebook page addressing the FEI ruling concerning Clifton Promise’s positive test for the banned substance, Reserpine. Both Jock and Kevin McNab were exonerated from
...» Read More!Expedience Recovering After Rolex Injury, Bred to Checkmate
While Kaitlin Spurlock’s Rolex Rookie experience didn’t end the way she hoped when Expedience sustained an injury at the Head of the Lake, the mare has been recovering well after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured right front
...» Read More!My Oh Maya: Black Leads the Way After Dressage in Richland CIC3*
Maya Black and Doesn’t Play Fair are quickly making a name for themselves at the upper levels, and they didn’t disappoint today, scoring 42.3 to lead the 31-horse CIC3* division at Richland Park Horse Trials.
...» Read More!Michael Jung Withdraws Sam from World Equestrian Games
In a shocking turn of events, Michael Jung will not be riding his Olympic, World and European champion La Biosthetique Sam FBW at the World Equestrian Games due to a hoof issue that flared up
...» Read More!8 Sporting Venues Bigger Than the WEG Eventing Stadium
WEG posted this photo of the eventing stadium for dressage at Haras du Pin on Instagram earlier this week. Does anyone notice anything? Doesn’t it look a little … small … for THE world championships of
...» Read More!Adequan USEA Gold Cup Series Continues to Grow, Evolve
The American Eventing Championships are rapidly approaching, and that means another exciting finale of the Adequan USEA Gold Cup at the beautiful Texas Rose Horse Park.
...» Read More!Thursday News & Notes from SmartPak
No, that photo above doesn’t have a horse in it, but doesn’t it remind you of countless early dew-laden, mist covered mornings spent at the barn? Super groom Liz took that picture at 6am in
...» Read More!Hot on Social: One Week Away and Counting from #WEG2014
One week from today is officially the start of the World Equestrian Games for the eventing competition. Jogs will be held in six days! I can’t even imagine the combination of focus and excitement that
...» Read More!This Week in Horse Health News Presented by Absorbine
The watch word of this week is vaccination. While most folks have likely already vaccinated their equines earlier in the season, some may have not. And, unfortunately, we are in the part of the season when
...» Read More!Product Review: Absorbine UltraShield Green Gel Natural Fly Repellent
Flies are annoying. They bite my horses. Then they bite me. And then everyone ends up being irritated. I can definitely tell a difference if I totally forget to apply fly and insect repellants before
...» Read More!Wednesday Video from KPP: Reliving WEG 2010
It’s Wayback Wednesday, and with that in mind we’ve been digging through the video archives to find some great World Equestrian Games footage from 2010. I went to the eventing portion of WEG in 2010 as
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