We started off Defender Kentucky week with a side of unfortunate drama this afternoon as the 35 CCI5* entries came forward to present to the Ground Jury, presided over by Christian Steiner (AUT) and joined
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It’s time to unveil our first 5* Form Guide of 2025! This year, we’ve reimagined our Form Guides to make them easier to consume and simpler for our team to put together. We’ve housed this
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It’s very nearly time to get the party started in earnest at the 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by MARS Equestrian! Before we get too in the weeds, there is a LOT of information
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eventing Nation (@goeventing) Out today! We’re getting the Kentucky party really started with the latest episode of The Go Eventing Podcast! Tune in to hear from
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When Arden Wildasin leaves the start box at the 2025 Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, she won’t be wearing a watch. She never does. Not because she doesn’t care about the clock—she does. But because time,
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In 2011, doctors told Shannon Lilley that she would never ride again and should adjust her expectations as far as her future quality of life. In 2025, she’s proving them very, very wrong. She’ll be
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When Brooke Burchianti can’t sleep, she’s usually thinking about Kentucky. “I’m not at all mentally stable about this,” she laughs. “It’s all I think about—when I’m trying to fall asleep, when I’m trying to relax.
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It’s time to take a peek behind the curtain and see the fruits of the labors of the top-notch course designing and building team at Kentucky! In just over a week’s time, we’ll be heading
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At just 20 years old, Cassie Sanger is our youngest competitor in the CCI5* lineup for the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event. 2025 has marked a big year for the young rider. Not only is
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For Lucienne Bellissimo (GBR), the path to her 5* debut at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event hasn’t been paved with shortcuts or serendipity. It’s been a long, grueling climb, marked by heartbreak, grit, reinvention, and
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Mary Bess Davis is one of several riders making a splashing CCI5* debut at the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event this month. She’ll be partnered with her own 11-year-old Anglo European gelding Imperio Magic to take on
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamie Smith – Next Level Eventing _official (@tsmitheventing) Some days, you’re the bug. Other days, you’re the windshield. Tamie Smith showed her sense of humor on
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The order of competitors has been drawn for the much anticipated Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by MARS Equestrian. Held April 24-27, 2025 at the Kentucky Horse Park, the CCI5*-L boasts 40 entries. New Zealand’s Tim
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Chronicle of the Horse (@chronofhorse) If you’re hankering to hear all about Tik Maynard’s weekend at Road to the Horse at the end of March,
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Entries for the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S, which runs alongside the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event’s CCI5* class, have been published after some logistical juggling on the part of the organizing team to accommodate as many entries
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Woweee – words are failing me so I’ll keep it brief, but, I wanted to take a minute to celebrate the very special day… Posted by Nicola Wilson Equestrian on Sunday, March 30, 2025 This one’s
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It’s high 5* season and we now look ahead to the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, which has revealed its entry list for us to obsessively study. We’ve got a strong field full of Olympians, former
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kentucky Three-Day Event (@kentuckythreedayevent) It’s officially closing day for entries to the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event! We’ll be anticipating a full reveal of the entries coming
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It’s a big week in eventing land as we’re getting a glimpse at entries for the first two CCI5* events in the northern hemisphere at Defender Kentucky and MARS Badminton. Of course, we also have
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Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Full Moon Farm Eventing Foundation’s (FMFEF) Spring Festival Fundraiser in Finksburg, MD! In an effort to raise funds to support a new grant aimed at providing opportunity
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“Where Eventing Lives” Welcome back to The Go Eventing Podcast, the official podcast of Eventing Nation! This is where eventing’s biggest stories, challenges, and triumphs come to life — mixed with humor, storytelling, and conversations
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by United States Pony Clubs (@unitedstatesponyclubs) Want to get experience working in equestrian media? Don’t miss out on the US Pony Club Ann Haller Media Internship at
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryan Wood (@ryanwoodeventing) We’re sad to report the passing of Ryan Wood’s longtime partner, Woodstock Bennett, at the age of 18. The chestnut Irish gelding was
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