There’s a reason we make it a point to highlight the grooms on our form guide for the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event. This event quite literally could not happen without the grooms. In order
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We’re beyond excited to finally have arrived at the first day of the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by MARS Equestrian at the lovely Kentucky Horse Park. To prep you for the weekend ahead, we’ve
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by EquiRatings 👨💻 (@equiratings) This is your official notice that it’s legit the weekend. That’s right ENers, the weekend’s landing early this week because The
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Time for another episode of Behind the Barn from Athletux! In this video, find out more about 5* competitor and Grand Prix show jumper Doug Payne. What food can Doug absolutely not eat? Where did
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Did you think we’d forget about Kentucky’s jam-packed CCI4*-S entries? Never! This year’s 4* contingent of 63 entries is star-studded, to say the least, as the top riders of our sport have planned out every
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Australian rider Bec Braitling got her first taste of five-star competition in 2003 at the age of 22. It was the final year of the long format of competition at Adelaide, and also the year
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Buckle up for another entertaining episode of Athletux’s Behind the Barn video series! This one takes us behind the curtain with last year’s 5* winner and third place finishers, Tamie Smith and Liz Halliday. Find
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The drawn order for the MARS Badminton Horse Trials has been released, meaning we now know what order we’ll see each competing pair in just over two weeks’ time. Badminton runs from May 8-12. First
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidaysharp) Want to make your own mark on tomorrow’s first horse inspection at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event? Then make sure you give Liz
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There’s a running joke here at EN (and amongst the greater eventing community, really) about Will Coleman and his love of sunscreen. If you’ve ever seen the man at a competition – or in the
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Bring on that beautiful chaos, because it is finally time to sit back and read up on the horses and riders of the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event! I’m sure, like us, many of you
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We had a packed weekend of Eventing, and we saw all riders out competing! From the Starter divisions at Meadowcreek to the YEH at Masterson to the 5* test runs at Fair Hill, it is
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Kentucky week has started, and while we’re so ready to jump into all of the excitement that that brings, we’ve been following along with some of our Kentucky-bound pairs as they make their final outings
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Christopher Burton riding Clever Louis triumphed in the CCI4*-L, the most demanding class held during the second leg of Strzegom Spring Open. Christopher Burton took the lead after the dressage test, kept it with overtime
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We’re very sad to share the news that Tamie Smith and hot favorite Mai Baum, 2023 CCI5* winners at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, will not be contesting this week’s CCI4*-S competition as planned, following
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom McEwen (@tommceweneventing) Last week, we shared news that the European contingent of horses had all cleared quarantine en route to the Defender Kentucky
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While we all flock to the promised land of eventing (the Kentucky Horse Park) to watch the best of the best compete in arguably the top event in the country, we’d be lying if we
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If you’re a numbers person like myself, then sit back and get ready for a deep dive into the stats and facts of our CCI5* field at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. This year’s
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adelaide Equestrian Festival (@adleqfest) The Adelaide Equestrian Festival gates opened at 8am for the TRM Horse Inspections with blue skies and sunshine seeing spectators arriving early
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday (@lizhallidaysharp) IT’S KENTUCKY WEEK!! The best weekend all year is here and we are ready. And in true spirit of K3DE week, Liz Halliday
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adelaide Equestrian Festival (@adleqfest) It was a picture-perfect Saturday as South Australia turned on the weather for day three of the Adelaide Equestrian Festival
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Tamie Smith and Mai Baum danced and jumped their way into eventing lore last year, taking the first U.S. title at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event since Phillip Dutton won in 2008. It’s a victory
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In spring 2016, Eventing Nation wrote an article highlighting a pair of Rolex Rookies: Sydney Elliott and Cisko A, a 2006 Westphalian gelding owned by Carol Stephens. Eight years later, Cisko A is once again
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