In the months leading up to Military Boekelo, Belgium’s Lara de Liedekerke-Meier found herself sitting on the metaphorical fence. It had been her goal all year to bring the nine-year-old Kiarado d’Arville back to the
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It’s a lightning-fast update from us here at Military Boekelo this morning, where we’ve just seen over 70 horses present at the final trot-up and now we’re already just moments away from the start of
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Scarcely an hour into the seven-hour day of cross-country at Military Boekelo, we had both a colossal plot twist and a new leader for the day. Dressage leaders Laura Collett and new ride Count Onyx
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We’re used to seeing European Champion Laura Collett front up at Military Boekelo with the ineffably weird Dacapo, who’s a sure thing absolutely nowhere except here, at the event where everything is on whatever odd
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We can’t think of any other competition that has a revolving disco ball very nearly in the main arena, nor any where the arena-side DJs start their bass drops practically during the last centre line
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If Darren Aronofsky directed trot-ups, he’d surely be the mastermind behind the first horse inspection at Military Boekelo. Everywhere you look, concrete and chaos and the thin veneer of many, many riders just trying to
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Australia has tapped a team of up and coming horses and a mix of veteran experience and fresh faces to its FEI Eventing Nations Cup team for Military Boekelo CCIO4*-L (Enschede, Netherlands). The event will
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Me, me, me! It’s felt like the Me-Olympics this week, and I’m now so used to centring myself and my Big Bad Flu in the unfolding story of Boekelo that I don’t really know how
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72 horses and riders completed Adrian Ditcham’s tough course yesterday at Military Boekelo CCIO4*-L, but just 70 of them would come forward for this morning’s final horse inspection, held practically under the cover of darkness
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It’s 5.15 p.m., and we’re moments away from starting the post-cross-country press conference at Military Boekelo – a press conference that’ll be bellowed over the sounds of the two closest beer tents, one of which
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“Look, if I could understand this horse, my life would be a lot easier,” laughs Laura Collett of the fifteen-year-old Dacapo, who marched into the lead in the final session today with a sparkling, established
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The first day of dressage at Military Boekelo’s CCI4*-L, which incorporates the FEI Nations Cup finale, saw a whopping fifty horses and riders take to the main arena – but even with such a wealth
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At most horse inspections, the small talk – and there’s a lot of small talk – goes something like this. “Hi! How are you! How have you been! How are your horses! How’s your wife!
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We’re kicking things off on a busy weekend of top-level eventing with two major CCI4*-L events happening here in the U.S. at Morven Park and also at Military Boekelo in the Netherlands. As I write
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The following squad have been selected to represent Great Britain in the Eventing Nations Cup at Military Boekelo-Enschede in the Netherlands from October 10-13: Laura Collett from Gloucestershire with the 15-year-old gelding Dacapo, owned by
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US Equestrian is pleased to announce The Dutta Corp./USEF Eventing High Performance Flight Grant recipients for 2024. This year’s recipients are the U.S.-based athletes selected to represent the U.S. at the 2024 Eventing Nations Cup™
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US Equestrian is pleased to announce the combinations who will represent the United States at the final FEI Eventing Nations Cup of the year hosted at the Military Boekelo in Enschede, Netherlands from October 9-13,
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This year’s Boekelo CCIO4*-L cross-country was a step up in the toughness scales, and plenty of tricky combinations on course had riders and coaches putting their heads together — one rider even admitted that he’d
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Italy’s persistence in the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Series proved worthwhile as they picked up the golden ticket for the Paris Olympics next year. Having competed at every one of the eight events in this
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The margins were extraordinarily tight at the top, and in today’s showjumping finale at Boekelo, the poles were falling in much the same way that elusive concepts like ‘morality’ and ‘dignity’ and sometimes ‘trousers’ fall
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We were only part of the way through the morning’s final horse inspection at Boekelo when the screaming started. Just kidding. Sort of. This year’s new trot-up location is great in some ways: unlike previous
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When you think of the toughest four-stars in the world, there’s probably a few frontrunners that spring to mind: Bramham, for example, with its tough terrain and dimensionally enormous fences, is a clear leader
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It’s nearly go time for cross country day at Military Boekelo, the final FEI Eventing Nations Cup leg of 2023. Much is on the line for the huge 4* division this weekend, including Olympic qualification
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