Well ENers, here we find ourselves, on the cusp of the final 5* cross country day of 2025 and it’s going to be a big one. There’s a hefty entry list for Les 5 Étoiles
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Classic Pierre: half strides galore, lots and lots of places to not make a silly mistake, and a brand new drop that’s bigger than the Burghley Leaf Pit – it’s all happening at Pau. Speed’ll
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Ahead of Friday’s FULL DAY OF DRESSAGE (yayyy…) at Les 5 Étoiles de Pau, we’ve got your primer to this absolutely stacked field ready for viewing as you follow along! You can find more information
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What a welcome to the final CCI5* of the year: yesterday, we took our first turn around the course in high-70s sunshine, and today, we’ve gone back to bed because the wind is so wild
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Let’s do it one more time! This week the curtain rises on our final CCI5* of a whirlwind 2025 season. This time, we’ll be heading to the south of France (and, apparently, the rainy weather
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Just over a week ago, the 2025 Agria FEI European Eventing Championships wound down to a thrilling conclusion in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. As always, the championships served up a fascinating indicator of where
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On Saturday evening at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championships at Blenheim, the Swiss team were in bronze – on the brink of winning their first eventing medal since 1981 – and Andrew Nicholson, their
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I, admittedly, have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with heart rate monitors in the past. My first introduction to them was during my time as a triathlete, when everyone convinced me it was
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Vittoria Panizzon has ridden at nine senior championships for Italy, including three Olympic Games, but at the beginning of this season it seemed unlikely that she would make it to a 10th. She was entering
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“I like a challenge,” said Felix Vogg in his deadpan manner. His Blenheim Europeans ride Frieda has certainly been that; for the 12-year-old Casalito mare even to be here will have surprised people, and for
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It’s high championship season for European riders this summer, and we’re all set to go with the final FEI Eventing European Championships, this time for Senior riders. The Europeans return to Great Britain for the
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In 2008, Yasmin Olsson Payne was told she would never ride again. An accident while hacking with friends left her with a bleed on the brain and bad facial lesions, and many 11-year-olds would have
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There are championship riders, and then there is Karin Donckers. The 54-year-old ever-jolly Belgian is making her 30th senior squad appearance – she was riding at championships before a good percentage of her rivals were
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The week of the 2025 Agria FEI Eventing European Championships is upon us, and over the next 24 hours or so, some of the greatest horses and riders from across our broad continent will descend
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