How to Ruin Your Horse’s Summer
Well, if you’re like me, you’ve been spending the last few weeks in a slightly blurred haze of sweat, sunburn, and over heating every day. If you’re really like me, you’ve managed to give yourself
...» Read More!Made Us Think
Riders 4 Helmets meets GJM Eventing
Here at Eventing Nation we’re big supporters of the Riders 4 Helmets cause. The International Helmet Awareness Day is only a week away, next Saturday 22nd June, and in a bold move Riders 4 Helmets
...» Read More!Boy with Dreams – 4
Episode 4 is a bumper edition in which Gavin shares some sad news, and introduces us to the newest member of his team. Braver still, he’s on location at Badminton asking the tough questions in
...» Read More!Bill Levett’s Saumur Round Up
Photo via I met Bill Levett for the first time in 2011 in a bar in Soho, London, during the Olympic test event. The story of that evening is too long for this post, but
...» Read More!Crocodile Dundee Zachary
Aussie Rules: Zach Brandt and Cavallino Koala Bear on XC Zach Brandt is an ambitious young man and not one content to rely on mere talent, horse power and hopefully good fortune to propel him
...» Read More!How to make the US Eventing Team for Aachen
The US Eventing Team for the championship CCI3* in Aachen on June 27-29th was announced on Tuesday eventing. The selection pattern is mercifully simple — the two highest placed US horses at Rolex who applied for
...» Read More!Badminton Press Conference: As Transcribed by a Sunburned Reporter
When I asked friends for advice on venturing to England — something I’ve never done before until this weekend — they essentially told me to pack every warm and waterproof piece of clothing I own.
...» Read More!Reiners and Eventers Unite: Harlem Shake at the Kentucky Renining Cup
Eventers are the coolest. Duh. Sometimes we’re kind enough to reach out to other disciplines and show them how to be cool like us. Such was the case on Saturday night at Rolex when reiner
...» Read More!Confessions of an Over Thinker: Just Do It Already
Photo courtesy of Lauren Kennedy, Crows Toes Photography You wouldn’t know it to meet me, but I spend an inordinate amount of time in my own head, thinking, re-thinking, and mostly over-thinking just about everything.
...» Read More!A quick Running Order update
– November and December are slow times around the EN/HN compound. The chinchillas spend most of their time impersonating hibernating bears as the writers desperately search for something–anything–to write about for your reading pleasure. The FEI occasionally
...» Read More!Rapid Fire with Lainey Ashker
Hello Eventing Nation! Rapid Fire is a series I have long wanted to start on Eventing Nation, but I never had the gumption to actually see it through. Well, on a whim as I was
...» Read More!Laine Ashker Clinic Recap
– Howdy Eventing Nation! – Croixside Pony Club held a Laine Ashker Clinic at Carriage House Farm in Hugo, MN last weekend November 9-11. Remember Laine is one tough mudder when she’s not at The
...» Read More!The Dubarry battle is on
Lauren Billy’s groom Marta reached out to us today, taking the Galway Dubarry battle to the next level. To vote, be sure to head over to the Galway Downs Facebook page. —- From Marta: John,
...» Read More!A Few Thoughts on Clayton’s Selection
When David was announced as the next US eventing coach, there was a part of me that wondered if Canada’s newfound role as an international force would fade as quickly as it had arrived in
...» Read More!Buffalo Rides in a Car
Well, I wasn’t really sure how to title this post properly, other than to just lay it out there. You guys have seen the video of Patches, the really cute pony that rides in
...» Read More!Happy Birthday Visionaire!
That is all. [h/t Visionaire’s husband Terry]
...» Read More!Burghley Final Results in Perspective
The show jumping course at Burghley wreaked havoc on the field and allowed just four clean rounds out of 52 competitors. Five times that many competitors (that’s 20, for all you literary types) finished with
...» Read More!A Very Serious Guide to Horse Shopping
Buying horses seems extraordinarily romantic all of the time….except when you’re buying a horse. As riders, we constantly fantasize about having the opportunity (read: bigger wallet) to go horse shopping and find the next
...» Read More!Craigslist Crazies: Summer Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE: NO BEGINNERS – $2500 —————————————————————————————————————— Big grade gelding. Been used as a pickup horse until he got hooked by a bull. Think he has a split personality, some days he’s great, some
...» Read More!Dressage leader Yoshiaki Oiwa, as portrayed by his FEI Olympic bio
Yoshi, photo by Kit Houghton/FEI I confess that before today just about the only two things I knew about Yoshiaki Oiwa, our surprising overnight Olympic dressage leader, was that he competed for Japan and was
...» Read More!Go eventing.
When you are reading my Olympic coverage I sincerely hope that you imagine that my ‘voice’ sounds exactly like Morgan Freeman’s voice in the Olympic Visa commercials. I can’t speak for the other EN writers,
...» Read More!Why I could never be an Olympic Eventer
Hey EN, it’s ESJ remember me? I know it has been over a month since my last post on EN, it actually feels like longer. It’s not that I don’t love you anymore, it has
...» Read More!Team Canada’s Olympic jog uniform scares David O’Connor
Canadian Chef d’Equipe Graeme Thom models a possible Team Canada Olympic jog outfit to the horror of Canadian coach David O’Connor. The question is: can the lovely Canadian ladies pull it off as well as
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