Red Hills International Horse Trials named Mike Etherington-Smith and David O’Connor as the new course designers for the event last month, and they both made their first planning visit to the venue in Tallahassee, Florida, yesterday to start
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German team coach Chris Bartle taught an ICP clinic in California earlier this year, and we now have a sneak peek of his discussion on position with the riders thanks to our friends at Eventing Training
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Kauto Star, the National Hunt champion that was trying his hand at a new career in dressage with event rider Laura Collett, has been euthanized after fracturing his neck and pelvis in a pasture accident last week. Devastated to
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Doug Payne has a new upper-level ride in Debi Crowley’s Vandiver, an 11-year-old Trakehner gelding by Windfall that Werner Geven campaigned through the CCI3* level and competed at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event this spring. While Doug
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Will we soon be seeing Hawley Bennett on the Canadian Olympic team … for ski jumping? It sure looks that way from this photo, but she’s decided that eventing is more her speed. If you’re
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Katie Murphy posted an excellent recap of Groton House over on Bloggers Row this morning, and she also shared her helmet cam aboard Desert Sonorous, her lovely Thoroughbred mare, who finished third in the Open
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Unlike week-old leftover Chinese takeout and the Jurassic Park franchise, some things get better the second time around. And the third time. And the fourth time. And especially — as illustrated here — the 11th
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It’s time to play Who Jumped It Best? Groton House Farm Edition! Take a look at these photos from the water complex in the Senior Novice A division at Groton House this past weekend and vote
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Without an FEI event running in the U.S. this past weekend, all eyes were on Strzegom Horse Trials in Poland, which hosted an impressive seven international levels ranging from a junior CIC* to a CCI3*, as well
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Let’s talk equine first aid kits! My first aid kit for the barn is stocked with products to treat the typical injuries or accidents around the barn and pasture. Thankfully, the most common types of injuries
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When you tend to be slightly clumsy like me, it is always a good idea to have keep some first aid supplies on hand. It’s not like I’m accident prone or anything … just a
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The weather wreaked havoc at events all over the country this weekend. Groton House in Massachusetts made the call to compress the show from three days to two when it became clear the weather was
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The Horse Park of New Jersey hosted the New Jersey H.T. 1 this weekend, welcome starters from Advanced down through Beginner Novice — a busy weekend on all accounts! Allie Knowles and Sound Prospect LLC’s
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When poles were flying in the Rolex Arena this April, Laine Ashker and her four-star OTTB superstar Anthony Patch were the first pair to deliver a double-clear show jumping round. In fact, fallen rails are
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We all have blooper moments in life, but we don’t all put them on video for the world to see. Here’s where we tip our cap once again to SmartPak for putting together this hilarious
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The time has come! We’ve had too many quality applicants to count this year, and we had the difficult task of narrowing the field down to three finalists. We’ve posted all three of their entries
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An every year ritual for me is buying new sandals for the summer season. Even the most awesomely stylish pair of sandals should be replaced after a season of use, because of the not-so-lovely sweaty
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It’s been nearly two years since Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch’s longtime partner, Port Authority, has competed at the upper levels, but he’s far from retired in a field. Some horses — the ones that are truly meant
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Despite some awful rainfall that refused to let up, the crew at Encore Horse Trials worked to do their best to get the show in. Due to safety concerns of being able to get emergency vehicles on
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Queeny Park is the St. Louis area’s only event, nestled in the heart of Area IV. Looking back on my childhood, some of my fondest memories are of walking our horses across the street to
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Watching American Pharoah triumph in the Triple Crown this year was a thing of beauty, but it’s always interesting to see where these great horses came from. This video of a private workout by the
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The USEA Equine Cardiopulmonary Research Group has been working hard to collect important data that will aid the insight we have into cardiac issues in our equine athletes. They are conducting a study at New
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One of our favorite videographers, Buzzterbrown, has finished uploading his footage from Great Meadow last weekend, and in true Buzzterbrown form it’s a compilation you won’t want to miss. You can relive the action from
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