Photo update: The selectors hard at work, via Sara Ike’s Facebook Dreams are going to be made and dreams are going to be crushed today in England. 12 US horses and 9 riders were sent
...» Read More!This weekend’s Barbury Horse Trials is the last stop on the road for the US Olympic Short List members before the team is announced early next week. After a mixed day of show jumping, the
...» Read More!Before you read any further, I would like to thank Lucinda for helping me write the article. I sent off my drafts to her to critique/correct because let’s face it, I have yet to master
...» Read More!Sometime in the next two weeks I expect the Aussie selectors to finally declare their hands. My guess is at the moment, they are currently cutting up little squares of paper and writing horse names
...» Read More!Zara Phillips and Olympic partner High Kingdrom. Photo by Samantha. In line at the grocery store, we see subtle postcards: Will and Kate volunteering on the National Enquirer’s bottom corner, Harry in uniform on the
...» Read More!Last night’s US short list selections are a distant memory after the EN chinchillas were emotionally scarred this morning by watching Jon Holling’s streaking video (hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife). Nonetheless, here are a
...» Read More!As an update to our predictions from this morning, we have heard whispers this afternoon that the USEF selectors were heavily interested in Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister to add to the group of US
...» Read More!Two for two wins at Bromont–get me a pair of those sunglasses Sometime between now and tomorrow the USEF will release the US nominated entry and short list for the Olympic Games. The nominated entry
...» Read More!The Canadian vet team took about three hours to look at the Canadian horses on Sunday evening and then the selectors quickly made their decision to name 6 pairs to the Canadian Olympic team. The
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The Brits, or as us Aussies prefer to call them, the Poms. As home team one would assume that they perhaps have a home team advantage. But given that Greenwich park is a new venue
...» Read More!Allison Springer in the Novice. I snapped a photo of her studying the prelim course map as she headed up to warmup, but this one captures the perfect essence of the weekend of eventing at
...» Read More!Unlucky #14 Hello Eventing Nation! Yesterday was a splendid day for eventing out in Elkton, MD. Again, like the last two weekends’ events, it was my first time at Fair Hill–it is quite a lovely
...» Read More!After a silver medal at WEG 2010 and the individual gold medal and team silver at the Pan American Games last year, Canada has made a transition into an international eventing force. With
...» Read More!This image doesn’t nearly do this amazing venue justice. Well hello Eventing Nation! While all the cool kids were out at Jersey Fresh over the weekend, the coolest kids were running around Plantation Field. If
...» Read More!Unfortunately not the official US Team gear for London 2012 Four pairs took one step closer to selection for the US Olympic team this morning by being asked by the selectors to stay at Jersey
...» Read More!40 years of MCTA events! iHola ENers! I bring you my MCTA recap. I was super excited to go to my first east coast event in recent times. I’d never been to MCTA, but I
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So here we are, we are on the second last team of ESJ’s Olympic team picks, this time we look at an equestrian powerhouse: the Germans. There is no doubt that at the end of
...» Read More!OK, here it goes, the French, the Frogs. I thought picking the Aussies was tough, this French list has more names that are unpronounceable for this Aussie bloke, a VERY long B list and
...» Read More!Stuart Tinney and Panamera, winners at the Aus Three Day CCI4* last year If you have been following this series so far, you will know I have tackled the Canadian, US and New Zealand teams
...» Read More!Jock Paget and Clifton Promise at Burghley 2011 Wow, you guys really engaged on Team USA, mostly positive, although I did cop a hiding for considering Tiana. I still sand by my comments, I think
...» Read More!Thank you EN for engaging, in a nice way on the first part of this story, Team Canada. Lots of banter, I really appreciate it. I do want to clear up one misconception before we
...» Read More!Team Canada, pic thanks to Samantha Clark Get out your red pen, warm up the forums, I am about to make some personal predictions and I am sure you will disagree with at least part
...» Read More!Here at Eventing Nation we spend our free time playing with chinchillas, jumping our horses over exact 1/5 scale replicas of the 1988 Badminton course, and toasting the days of the long format three-day. It’s
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