In this excerpt from his autobiography Still Horse Crazy After All These Years, Olympian Jim Wofford shares what it was like to struggle with learning a new system of riding in 1965 when he was
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You’re about to start your dressage test and it starts to rain. Before you even finish trotting down the first long side of the arena, the judge rings the bell. After what you believe to
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We’re deeply saddened to share the news that Jimmy Wofford, five-star winner, Olympian, leading equestrian intellect, and consummate horseman, has died at the age of 78 following a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. His extraordinary, forward-thinking
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‘Tis the season to hit the refresh button on your flatwork foundation! You’ll see the extra effort pay off not just in improved dressage scores, but in improved performance in the jumping phases as the
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As the 2023 season gears up, we would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the new Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MER) for national levels. All MER specifications can be found in Appendix 3
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Embed from Getty Images We’re sad to share that Lenamore, a stalwart legend on the New Zealand squad with Caroline Powell, has been put to sleep at the age of 31. Caroline Powell, the Irish
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It was always the goal for Madison Park to retire sound and healthy from top level competition. With an Advanced and 5* career that lasted well into the Thoroughbred gelding’s teens, it became a simple
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The eventing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics will not be put through a full trial run, as was revealed at last week’s FEI Eventing Forum. Previous iterations of the Olympics have seen a full
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The Virginia Horse Center Foundation is pleased to announce that national and FEI level eventing continues at the VHC under the name of Virginia Horse Center Eventing (VHC Eventing) May 25-28th, 2023. Through the leadership
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Last October, the eventing world lost one of their own when California-based trainer and rider Pam Fisher passed away unexpectedly due to an undiagnosed medical condition. Originally from the East Coast, Pam spent several years
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Eventing Olympian Will Coleman of Gordonsville, Virginia, was awarded the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation’s Whitney Stone Cup for 2023 at a special ceremony held during the USET Foundation’s Gold Medal Club Reception on
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There’s something about USEF Network, isn’t there? For years, it’s been the Old Reliable of streaming services, happily giving us all access to top-level eventing (and plenty of other disciplines besides, including my own guilty
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What’s it actually like to own a top event horse — and how can you ensure the situation benefits everyone involved? Ellen Ahearn and Eric Markell, part-owners of Tamie Smith’s Mai Baum, explain their set-up to
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‘Modified’ was first introduced by the USEA in 2017, and that year, there were just 28 starters at the level — but five years on, has it developed and fulfilled its intended purpose? It would
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Let’s be clear, the fact that the public is so concerned about horse welfare is a good thing. And many people are concerned: a survey commissioned by World Horse Welfare and performed by YouGov found
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Andrea Baxter, her family, and Bec Braitling were in the midst of a normal morning on January 9. She, like most California residents, had kept one weary eye on the always-open weather apps since late
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The Setters’ Run Farm Carolina International CCI and HT, happening March 16-19, 2023 at Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, NC, is pleased to announce a media partnership with Nation Media and Eventing Nation. This partnership
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Jessa, 32, and Kinsey Lux, 28, are sisters. They grew up in Minnesota but spent most of their high school years in Ocala, FL riding and being coached by Kyle and Jennifer Carter; Kinsey even
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Pony Clubbers from across the eastern United States embarked on the trip of a lifetime last week. Four talented riders were selected to take part in the 2023 Pony Club Inter-Pacific Exchange (IPE), which is
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It’s a big year for Team New Zealand: after taking both team and individual bronze at the FEI World Eventing Championships at Pratoni, thus ending a long spate of slightly unfortunate luck at championships, they’ve
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In this excerpt from Anne Kursinski’s Riding & Jumping Clinic, Olympian Anne Kursinski tells us how she schools transitions in order to improve balance and self-carriage in all her horses. Transitions — particularly downward transitions,
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When a determined 14-year-old Cassandre Leblanc showed up on trainer Holly Jack’s doorstep, she didn’t speak a word of English and had one goal: to find out what she was made of. Seven years later,
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If you want to start an argument in a room full of riders, all you really have to do is mention importing horses from overseas vs buying them in America. On one side you have
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