Boyd Martin and Otis Barbotiere were fourth out this afternoon at the start of the first day of dressage here at Luhmühlen, scoring 58.5. That’s fairly marked, as you’ll see in the video of the
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It’s another beautiful day at Luhmühlen, and with CCI4* dressage not starting until 1:30 p.m. local time, Team USA took advantage of the lovely morning to get in some dressage schooling. Boyd Martin was first out
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With six selection trials behind us, just one remains before the selectors name the long list for the U.S. World Equestrian Games team no later than June 20. And it’s a big one — Luhmühlen CCI4*.
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“When we really think about the Games, your primary way to go is through Kentucky or Jersey Fresh because of the time between those and the WEG. If that doesn’t work out and we need to
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Boyd Martin is back in the saddle full time after breaking his right leg at Carolina International in March. While he is still doing regular physical therapy, he had a successful weekend at Waredaca, clinching the top
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Grand Prix show jumper Peter Wylde, who won team gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, took a journey to the dark side this week under the watchful eye of Boyd Martin. Boyd posted on
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Entries for the Luhmühlen CCI4* went live this morning, and four American pairs are on the list. As expected, Phillip Dutton is re-routing Bruce Duchossois’ Mighty Nice after the horse tweaked a shoe before cross country
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Boyd and Otis Barbotiere were the first in the ring this morning in the CIC3* at Jersey Fresh. This is Boyd’s first competition back since breaking his leg, and the pair looked none the worse
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Boyd Martin has been awarded a Land Rover grant to compete the Shamwari 4 Syndicate’s Shamwari 4 at Luhmühlen CCI4* in Germany June 12-15. A 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding, “Shammie” joined Boyd’s string of upper-level horses
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Gretchen Pelham sent us this heartwarming sequence of photos from the Rolex cross-country warmup. The backstory, of course, is that Phillip stepped in just weeks before to take over the ride from his broken-legged buddy
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Boyd is chilling on the sidelines this weekend, playing coach and cheerleader while he recovers from his broken leg. He’s still got plenty to do, as he’s got several students riding and is also keeping
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We knew it was going to be a long shot for Boyd Martin to ride at Rolex, and he’s now officially made the call that he’ll sit out at Kentucky. Phillip Dutton will ride Trading
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Good news coming from Camp Martin this week. Boyd posted an update on his blog with encouraging news that his recovery is going well and is, in fact, ahead of schedule. While there is still
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I’ve got half a mind to stick a lunge line on my little brother after seeing this week’s photo. I’m sure he could benefit from the exercise. We certainly are glad that this rider stuck
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After over a year of artist’s block, I’ve thankfully found inspiration and have started drawing again. Maybe the arrival of spring has something to do with it, but any hour not spent at the barn
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Boyd Martin thought Phillip Dutton did “bloody well” today in stepping up to take over his rides while he’s sidelined with a broken leg following a mishap at Carolina International. In addition to piloting his
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As the resident crazy cat lady on the EN team, I have to endure John’s constant ribbing about why I don’t own more intelligent, loyal pets, i.e. dogs. But we’re not here today to discuss
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A blog post has been published today with some updates on the respective recoveries of injured pair Boyd and Silva Martin. Silva sustained a head injury from a fall from a horse in Wellington earlier
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I’ve been thinking of telling Boyd and Silva to buy a Powerball ticket, because their rash of bad luck has got to be coming to an end soon. The Martins are among the most resilient
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Boyd Martin is heading into surgery this afternoon at Christiana Hospital to have a rod inserted into his broken right tibia, which he cracked straight through following a mishap on cross country at Southern Pines
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A thrilling weekend of CIC’s at Poplar Place and Carolina International is all wrapped up! Stellar events were put on by both sites and a grand time was had across the land. Carolina International did
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Boyd Martin had seven horses entered in the national horse trial divisions this weekend at the Carolina Horse Park. We’ve just learned via Boyd’s facebook page that he suffered a fall from Steady Eddie on
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Boyd Martin and the Shamwari Syndicate’s Shamwari 4 were on their A game this morning. I was able to see the tail end of Boyd’s warm-up with David O’Connor, and I overheard Boyd remark that
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