From Jennifer: I had the privilege of riding with Ian Stark at Galway Downs this weekend. The first day was a private dressage lesson. He helped me get my horse to carry himself without a pulling match.
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Within a week, American eventing lost two of its most promising equine athletes, Lionheart and Santa’s Keeper. Over on Horse Nation, Jennifer Ferrell contemplated why, despite the fact that she knew neither horse personally, it
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Tuscaloosa, the home of the Alabama Crimson Tide, is not exactly a buzzing hub for eventing. Lizzie Walters, a junior at Alabama, kept tabs on the schools that were developing eventing teams and realized there
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Horse & Hound has commemorated the life of the Lionheart with a gallery of photos spanning his successful career with former rider William Fox-Pitt. While we are devastated that we will not get to witness the
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As Minnesota steels itself for another polar vortex, I’m huddled in my pajamas and a heated blanket with my laptop open, about fifteen tabs open with different goodies and gear on my post-holiday shopping list.
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Because sometimes you just need to watch a video of a chinchilla taking a dust bath, especially in slow motion. Lynda Clary-Burke saw this video on MSN and shared it on our Facebook page. Thanks,
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With 2013 behind us, it’s awards season around the world, and we’re naming the 2013 EN Rider and Horse of the Year! The EN team combed through results from last season to ultimately choose five
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Here’s something that nobody wants to talk about: diversity in equestrian sport, or more specifically, the lack thereof. While black athletes have made inroads into many traditionally white-dominated sports in recent decades, a glance around
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Samantha Clark is back with another fantastic profile on our American riders based in England. This time, she interviews Liz Halliday-Sharp, whose name was relatively unknown last year until she rode in the WEG Test
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One of the best things I’ve discovered about this sport is the diversity in the community for both humans and their trusty steeds; eventing mounts can come from any number of breeds and backgrounds, so
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Avast ye, EN! I hear tale a scallywag of a pirate got a wee spot o’ something in his eye! Seriously though, getting something in your eye sucks and having to wear a patch because
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Last night I watched the 2014 Figure Skating Championships in Boston, MA. I have always been a huge fan of figure skating, especially right now, considering my friend Brooklee Han has been chosen to represent
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We all know that horses can be, uh, finicky creatures. For instance, my gelding will gladly play with and munch on a tarp (sending other horses scurrying in the opposite direction), but a tiny plastic
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The Western Daily Press has a nice article about Zara Phillips, her new baby, and plans to return to competition. Zara mentioned she has her sights set on Badminton this spring– her own mother competed
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Thoroughbred Champion Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry – Lisa Danielle, by Wolf Power (SAF)) took home three big titles, including repeat Horse of the Year, at the Eclipse Awards last night. The 2007 chestnut gelding owned
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In the depths of a Minnesota winter, I notice two big things in my horse’s pasture: 1) the horses tend to gather with their heads buried up to the ears in a round bale, and
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It’s been a rough start to 2014, hasn’t it? It seems like we just can’t get a break. We’ve had the tragic loss of some top event horses, drought status and unprecedented fire danger being
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Hot on the heels of the sale of his Olympic mount Shamwari to Boyd Martin, Ludwig Svennerstal is packing up his horses and moving in with Mark Todd at Badgerstown. All six of his horses
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Allison Springer has just announced via Facebook that Lionheart has been euthanized following complications from colic surgery. While it initially seemed like Lion was doing better and would pull through after his first surgery on
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This video comes to us from the George Morris Horsemastership Training Sessions a few weeks ago, where he explains the four basics that make up the American rider over jumps. While he is talking about
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Some of the sports top eventers and show jumpers from six different nations will team up on Sunday, Jan. 19 to debut Jump X Extreme with a Nations Cup competition in the Ocala area’s newest cross-country
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Let’s face it — a number of us are currently battling a case of winter woes. Cold weather. Snow. Ice. I’m pretty sure that many people are just sick and tired of hearing about it; I
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Are you looking for a good riding horse? Perhaps this one may suit you…reading between the spelling errors, it appears to be a 5-year-old TB gelding son of Stormy Atlantic. The photos are standard for
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