My non-horsey husband’s summer break from work started on Saturday, which obviously called for a glass (or four) or something suitably celebratory, which inevitably led to me talking about horses for an hour (or four).
...» Read More!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Horse Lover's Math (@horseloversmath) No, it’s not April. Yes, this is a real thing. Horse Lovers Math brought this crazy/hilarious/weird/ingenious service to my attention this week.
...» Read More!
Aachen is always a crucial event in the global calendar for a few reasons: first of all, that it’s an invitational, and nations must first be given the go-ahead by the competition to enter teams,
...» Read More!
Five-star eventer. USEA Governor’s Award Winner. Grand Prix show jumper. Sara Kozumplik is one of those highly experienced riders who has been there and done that. A life-long horse woman, Sara has been wintering in
...» Read More!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by British Equestrian (@britishequestrian_official) The final leg of the Baton of Hope tour took place in London last weekend and event riders were in the saddle showing
...» Read More!
We’ve just about dried out from — and emotionally recovered from — the wet and wild cross-country finale at CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S last Saturday, and that means there’s just one thing for it: a seriously tough
...» Read More!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Equestly® (@equestly.shop) Maryland International Horse Trials gets underway this week and Equestly is offering spectators the chance to walk Ian Stark’s 4*-S course with international 5*
...» Read More!
If, hypothetically, you’d won the World Championships at the tender age of 25 years old, and had won every British national age title going along the way, and had been second in one of the world’s
...» Read More!
Rise and shine, all my fellow eventing nerds (and good reasonable-time-of-the-morning to all of our friends tuning in from the UK and Europe!) — it’s cross country day at one of my personal favorite events,
...» Read More!
As we anticipate the final phase of the eventing competition in Aachen, we’re taking a look at what the horses and riders will be facing as they set out onto the notoriously technical 4*-S track.
...» Read More!
While this evening’s showjumping phase at CHIO Aachen’s CCIO4*-S may not have been enormously difficult by the numbers – 20 of the 44 starters jumped clear rounds, with 17 of those doing so inside the
...» Read More!
It’s as much of a treat for eventing fans to get to watch World Champions Yasmin Ingham and Banzai du Loir as it is for the talented pair to ride in the most prestigious competitions in the world
...» Read More!
There’s plenty of time left to get to know the field of competitors at this week’s CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S, part of the World Equestrian Festival held each summer in Germany. It’s a spectacle to put
...» Read More!
There are certain competitions that we find ourselves counting down to each year, and CHIO Aachen — northern Germany’s ‘World Equestrian Festival’ — is absolutely one of them. This brilliant, buzzy celebration of horse sport
...» Read More!
When it comes to a show of the size and scale of Germany’s CHIO Aachen – the World Equestrian Festival – it’s hard to know which way to look, which arena to prioritise, or which
...» Read More!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz Halliday-Sharp (@lizhallidaysharp) Aachen is on! The vaulters have had their turn, the show jumpers are underway, and the drivers, dressage riders and eventers are waiting
...» Read More!
It’s officially CHIO Aachen week, and we’ll be coming to you live from Germany later this week when the eventers take center stage. Aachen is not *solely* about eventing, though, as it’s an all-encompassing equestrian
...» Read More!
We’ve finally gotten a look at the 43 horse and rider combinations representing 10 nations in next week’s CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S – plus, the six horses and riders who’ll be taking part in the Jump
...» Read More!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamie Smith – Next Level Eventing _official (@tsmitheventing) It’s midsummer’s day today and I can’t help but reflect on the fact that the eventing season is
...» Read More!
As Olympic individual gold medallist Julia Krajewski entered the arena as the final competitor of the day in Luhmühlen’s CCI4*-S, the writing was already on the wall: she was the newly minted German Champion, no matter what
...» Read More!
By the time two-phase leaders Laura Collett and London 52 cantered into the arena with their 6.5 penalty margin in hand, Luhmühlen’s CCI5* win could have felt like a foregone conclusion — but 41 rails had already
...» Read More!
It’s time to find out who’s going to take the spoils at this year’s Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials! Show jumping will kick off at 4:30 a.m. EST (that’s 10:30 a.m. in Germany), and I’ll be
...» Read More!
All 29 horses that completed yesterday’s cross-country were presented to the ground jury, comprised of president Nick Burton, Dr Joachim Dimmek, and Katrin Eichinger-Kniely, and all were accepted into the final phase of the competition — eventually. Two
...» Read More!
