Back by popular demand…
Francis on Easy Target, one of his two Burghley CCI**** 2011 rides I’m delighted to announce that Francis Whittington has been able to find a few days in his schedule in January to return to
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Selena O’Hanlon Clinic Report
‘Tis the season for clinics! Our trusty email inbox delivered a lovely clinic report from Christina Reiter. Christina attended a Selena O’Hanlon clinic held at Arbrook Farm in Ferrisburg, Vermont home of the well-known Area 1 eventer John
...» Read More!A Novice Dressage Test with J. Michael Plumb
EN’s good friend JER was kind enough to send us a video of her young horse Niina, with commentary by the great Mike Plumb. JER provides a full explanation below. As always, thanks for writing
...» Read More!Francis Whittington Clinic at Chattahoochee Hills
Francis Whittington admitted, among other things, on EN’s Thursday night live blog with Clark Montgomery, that the last time he’d been in the States he’d got caught speeding. That night we also learnt that he
...» Read More!Kyle Carter Clinic Report
From clinic organizer Lauren Romanelli: We were lucky enough to have Canadian Olympic and World Equestrian Games Eventing team rider, Kyle Carter, join us for a clinic last weekend at the lovely Southern Promise
...» Read More!Mark Todd’s Canadian Clinic Report
EN reader Aubrie Porcelli attended Mark Todd’s invitation only clinic in Canada this weekend. Toddy was in the land of the cold for the indoor eventing at the Royal Winter Fair last week, where he
...» Read More!Your Moven Pan Am Training Session Recap
Jon Holling and Downtown Harrison Watching training sessions are one of my favorite things. I wrote about it this spring, but it’s worth noting again: for all of the criticism that Uncle Mark gets, he
...» Read More!Becky Holder Clinic Recap
The even push off behind that Becky was talking about. Photo via Ingvill Ramberg Hello Eventing Nation! I come to you with an exciting recap (okay the recap is not exciting, but the clinic was)
...» Read More!Rider responsibilities: A David O’Connor clinic report
If you have ever worked with David, you’ll find yourself occasionally waking up at night saying 4 words: direction, speed, rhythm, and balance. Cyrena, an EN reader, attended one of David’s clinics this week and
...» Read More!Area 8 Young Riders Camp
Summer Camp (spot the instructor Dorothy Crowell!) Area 8 comprises Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania – a large and horsey swathe of the United States, so I was surprised to discover
...» Read More!Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & Helping the TPF Fire Victims, part 2
This part 2 of our article on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and how it is helping the horses recovering from the True Prospect Fire. Click here for part 1 from yesterday, where we spoke with Dr
...» Read More!Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & Helping the TPF Fire Victims, part 1
The Hyperbaric Chamber at Fair Hill I think everyone knows about the tragic fire at True Prospect Farm by now, that claimed the lives of six horses and left five severely injured. At Eventing Nation,
...» Read More!If you fall off, do it after the finish flags
Kate Chadderton is an Australian eventer who is now based here in the US. Over the weekend she fell off at just the right time, if such a thing is possible. On Sunday Kate took
...» Read More!Dr. Joe Pagan – Nutrition Empire Maker
Dr. Joe Pagan, an Arkansas native, has built an incredible research facility from a small farm in Versailles in 1988, that now stretches over 144 rolling bluegrass acres, not to mention a global presence, a
...» Read More!Studs with Emma Ford
A reader asked if we could ask one of the riders which studs they used Saturday at Rolex, and about studs in general. I got really lucky at Rolex and went one better, and I’m
...» Read More!Shock Wave Therapy – Ouch!
It seems lately that I’ve heard a few riders mention shock wave therapy, and being a bit old-fashioned, and somewhat ignorant about it, I decided to find out more. Dr. Duncan Peters is arguably one
...» Read More!Let’s Talk About Frangible Devices with Eventing Safety John
First of all, may I say I LOVE Tallahassee! It’s not at all what I expected, which was something more akin to Jacksonville, no offence Jacksonville! But Tallahassee….it’s giant oak trees, Spanish moss, a distinctly
...» Read More!Tiana Coudray: Recap of the California Training Sessions
The USEF training sessions wrapped up in California on Saturday. Tiana has once again generously written for Eventing Nation about the sessions. In 2010, Tiana Coudray won the Jersey Fresh 3* and placed 6th at
...» Read More!Saturday at the Ocala Training Sessions
Is he making a comeback for the US or scouting for the Canadians? Today was not a quintessential Ocala day in terms of weather, but I think everyone here would take the scattered rain and
...» Read More!Friday at the USET Training Sessions
Karen, Mandiba, and Mark The last time that coach Mark Phillips and the US High Performance riders got together for training sessions was four months ago in the weeks leading up to the WEGs. The
...» Read More!Tuesday afternoon reader
Good afternoon, how is your day going? Have you wanted to hit your boss with a stapler yet today? Well good for you for resisting the temptation. You didn’t resist and he is seriously injured?
...» Read More!USEF Training Session Schedules
Anyone who is in Ocala, Aiken, or Thousand Oaks, CA should really consider going to audit the USEF training sessions. They are open to the public, and I find it to be a great educational
...» Read More!John Nicholson, Kentucky Horse Park’s Executive Director
For 16 days last autumn all equestrian eyes, along with many others, were trained on the Kentucky Horse Park to watch the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, held in North America for the very first
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