The Intermediate divisions at Rocking Horse Winter I Horse Trials wrapped up earlier this afternoon, with Marilyn Little and RF Quarterman and Buck Davidson and Petite Flower winning the Open Intermediate divisions. In Open Intermediate
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It was an excellent week riding with U.S. Team Coach David O’Connor in the first High Performance training sessions of the year on the West Coast. I was nervous coming into these sessions, as this is my
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Roslyn Johnson, an eventer from Grantville, Georgia, panicked after learning the deaths of three horses in South Carolina earlier this month pointed to ADM Alliance Nutrition horse feed as the possible cause. Multiple horses in her barn
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Every year it seems as though the “off season” in eventing gets shorter and shorter, and before I know it in the blink of an eye it is time to get cracking again on planning
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Buck Davidson needs little introduction, building a career for himself that includes a stable full of top horses and supportive owners. Who did Buck look up to growing up? What would he be doing if
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RememberingJordanMcDonald.com launched today as a way to help keep Jordan’s dreams alive through supporting his wife, Shandiss, and their horses after his death at Nunney Horse Trials last year. While Shandiss still loves eventing and follows
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This past week, I rode in the Eventing 18 West Coast training sessions at Tucalota Creek Ranch in Temecula, California, where the Eventing 18 and 25 riders rode with Leslie Law for four days. I
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Her body condition score was less than 1 and her chance of survival a mere 2 percent. She was days from death. Miraculously, just over one month since the starving 2-year-old filly was rescued, she
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The movement towards developing and supporting U.S. event horse breeding programs is really beginning to take a strong hold in our community, and we hope that 2015 will bring even more enthusiasm to the subject.
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West Coast rider Jen McFall successfully completed her first CCI4* with High Times at Rolex in 2014 and has her sights set on coming back to the Bluegrass State this year. One of C4 Belt’s
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She won the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* not once, not twice, but THREE times with Winsome Adante in 2002, 2004 and 2005. She was also part of the gold medal winning USA team at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez,
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I recently was watching my trainer, Eric Dierks, as he worked with one of his up-and-coming competition horses, Monty. I was astounded at how much time and patience he was able to spend at the
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I hope that the management of Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) are not trying to be horse trainers or elite riders or coaches, because they would probably fall flat on their faces very quickly, particularly
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Just as the horse racing world compiles a large list of 3-year-olds who may contend the Kentucky Derby around this time of year, we here at Eventing Nation have decided to offer you a preview
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The USEF has released the Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2015 Pan American Games, which will be held July 16-19, 2015, in Toronto. You can click here to view the procedures in full, and here’s
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Sinead Halpin and fan favorite Forrest Nymph, an 11-year-old 14.2-hand New Forest Pony mare, enjoyed a solid year in 2014, successfully competing at the Intermediate and two-star level, which culminated in a completion of the Dutta
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Back in the barn with Julie Richards, we got an inside look at her training, selling and teaching operation at the family farm in Newnan, Georgia. The business has been holding steady for several years,
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I always think that January and February are by far the hardest months to survive for us horse riders, both mentally and physically. The rush of the end-of-season competitions and the holidays and time spent
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Reverse qualification, or loss of qualification, is not a fun topic, but it is something that all riders competing at Preliminary or above should be aware of. Unfortunately, it is something that many riders don’t
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It’s an exciting time for Karen O’Connor, Mexico and eventing as a whole after last week’s announcement that she will immediately take up the role as coach of the Mexican eventing team. More than two
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The votes have been tallied, and we’re very excited to announce that Libby Head and Sir Rockstar are the winners of the Golden Chinchilla as 2014 EN Horse & Rider of the Year! University of
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The U.S. eventing community mourns the loss of El Primero, who died yesterday in his pasture at age 20 with his longtime friend Here’s Awesome and dedicated owner Sara Mittleider by his side. A 1995 Thoroughbred gelding
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There’s been quite a bit of negative chatter lately about the USEF’s Eventing 25 and Eventing 18 programs. If you follow Denny Emerson’s Tamarack Hill Farm Facebook page, you’ve already gotten a good sense of
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