View this post on Instagram This is Cooley Moonshine’s happy face after taking the lead at @mondialdulion on day one on a 22.4! Very very proud of this super 6yr old! 😍😍 #lovehim @cooleyfarmhorses
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There’s a saying that you shouldn’t body clip a horse before Halloween or after Valentine’s Day. It’s a good thing we’re getting close to October 31 because the horses are already getting awfully fuzzy! My
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One of the best things about working in the horse industry is the people in it. Okay, okay, hear me out here — I know we’re all absolutely bonkers, and we drive one another mad,
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The Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover is a very different kind of horse show for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most obvious difference is the fact that there are 12 different disciples all competing
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Grooms are integral to top equestrian programs around the world. While the riders focus on training and performance, grooms tend to the needs of their charges around the clock. Not only do they make sure the horses are
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Skye Liikanen had a banner weekend at the 2018 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover, placing second after the first round of Dressage competition before going on to win in the Finale. They also won the
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Guys. It’s happened. We’ve run out of opening dates and ballot dates. I’m distraught. I’ve clipped (and am now eating freshly shaved hair for every meal; delish), I’ve started mentally calculating what I’ll spend that
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Conditioning in VT— here’s a video of how I train. (Sound on for narration). We don’t have an expensive gallop track with perfect footing at a calculated grade, but I’m perfectly ok with that because
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What is actually happening? A couple of weeks ago I was still planning in late-evening rides to escape the heat; now, I’m suddenly wearing so many coats I can’t actually use my arms, and I’ve
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Anyone else still having WEG withdrawals? I’m sure I must not be the only one. Thankfully, even if you’ve let your FEI TV pass run out you can still enjoy a lot of the action through
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Equestrians are well known for pampering their horses far better than themselves. Case in point: your horse probably gets regular chiropractic adjustments
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The final day of Plantation Field International has arrived! We are counting down to the start of CIC3* cross country at 10:30 a.m. EST. The top 10 are separated by 15 seconds following yesterday’s show
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Irish Eventing Team Homecoming at Dublin Airport Fantastic scenes at Dublin Airport this morning as Horse Sport Ireland Press Officer Brian Hennessy caught up with the World Equestrian Games Silver Medal winning Irish Eventing team
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Great Britain’s dressage darling Charlotte Dujardin and her rising star Mount St John Freestyle, a 9-year-old Hanoverian mare (Fidermark X Donna Gracia, Donnerhall) owned by Emma and Jill Blundell, earned double bronze (team and individual)
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One memorable aspect of the 2018 WEG cross country course was its water features. Exhibit A: those waterfall up-banks at #10. These things really tripped up some folks, and by “folks” I mean Olympians like
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View this post on Instagram Dressage in the @ssangyonguk CCI*** in the Marlborough arena is well underway. Absolutely stunning backdrop of @blenheimpalace to perform in front of for what promises an exciting two days of
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Julia Krajewski and Chipmunk FRH wowed the crowd yesterday at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, taking the lead on a fabulous score of 19.9. The fact that it was Chipmunk’s first time performing a CCI4*
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It’s no secret that Ingrid Klimke has a thing for cavalletti — she and her father, Reiner, literally wrote the book(s) on them after all. So it’s fitting that she’d
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The haka is a tradition of the Māori people of New Zealand. Essentially, it is a war cry performed before battle that is meant to both intimidate opponents and boost the morale of the tribe.
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Australia has come a long way in the sport of eventing. From humble beginnings to podium finishes, Australia now always stands as a team with medal contention. A new eventing documentary, Riding High, chronicles Australian
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This very insightful and enlightening video is brought to us by Boyd Martin because, as he puts it, “I’m bored out of my mind riding one horse a day.” Team USA spent last week in training
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In Tryon2018‘s latest #Together feature video, Team USA rider Phillip Dutton talks about his early life with horses and bringing along his “bit of a fireball” WEG mount, Z
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Even with the WEG looming over the horizon (a bit like the eponymous twister in the 1990s cinematic classic of the same name), it’s just impossible to shake off the mantle of a jolly good Burghley.
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