Earlier this week, the FEI released the full documentation outlining the decision of a three-member Tribunal Panel regarding Case 2025/HA01 involving 5* rider Andrew McConnon and allegations of horse abuse. The decision, which resulted in
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After a protracted tribunal, North Carolina-based eventer Andrew McConnon has been given a 20-month suspension by the FEI for horse abuse. The suspension is backdated to the start of the provisional suspension McConnon received on
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The FEI has opened disciplinary proceedings against USA Eventing Athlete Andrew McConnon (FEI ID/10071279), following allegations of horse abuse involving numerous horses over an extensive period of time. You can read EN’s timeline of this
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Every CCI5* first timer has had a different road to travel before sending in that inaugural entry. For some, it’s a quick trip to the top, making a climb up the levels with their first
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Sometimes setbacks are opportunities disguised in ugly wrapping — at least, that’s what Andrew McConnon told himself last summer as he heard and felt an uncharacteristic and ominous pop in his leg. He’d hit his
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This article is brought to you and was first published by Athletux. When preparing for a big event, it is easy to think you need to cover every minute detail, practice your test one million
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When Andrew McConnon moved to England to work for William Fox-Pitt in early 2016, he planned to stay for two seasons — plenty of time, he figured, to find an exciting eventing prospect
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Andrew McConnon has spent the past 18 months in England, leaving behind his business in Southern Pines, North Carolina to study under some of the best riders in the world. Basing with William Fox-Pitt in Dorset,
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Andrew McConnon is busy packing his life up in order to move across the world for the opportunity of a lifetime: a position with William Fox-Pitt. It’s an opportunity Andrew is still pinching himself over.
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Andrew McConnon made a good friend when he met Rachel Jurgens, who produced the 19-year-old OTTB gelding, Ziggy, to the CCI4* level as an amateur. After Rachel and Ziggy finished in the top 30 in
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I spoke with Mandy Alexander recently when I was working on a Thoroughbred Legends article about her OTTB, 3 Sleets to the Wind. Mandy said something that resonated with me and got me thinking: “There
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Andrew McConnon and Powderhound just show jumped in the CIC2* here at The Fork, and Jessica Bortner-Harris has confirmed the horse collapsed back at the barns and passed away soon after. Andrew was on the
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