ESNZ Equestrian Chair Chris Hodson recently spoke in a radio interview regarding the absence of Andrew Nicholson from the New Zealand High Performance program, addressing concerns about whether or not efforts were being made on
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Show jumping has just concluded for the Open Intermediate division at the Ocala Horse Properties Winter I Horse Trials, and overnight leaders Lauren Kieffer and Czechmate were able to seal the deal on their first
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Last week we shared with you eight emerging stars that we were inspired by in 2014. We asked for you to add to our list by telling us about an eventer that inspires you, and
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Let’s all breathe a collective sigh of relief, EN — the 2015 eventing season has officially begun! Those who made the trip to Florida to beat the cold are enjoying what looks to be some
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Julie Richards was sitting on a stunning blood bay in the large dressage ring by the barn, quietly watching a dark bay trot on the lunge in the gravel parking lot below. Dismounting as I
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The worldwide eventing community panicked when the FEI released the 2015 rulebook for eventing on Christmas Eve with sweeping overhauls to the bitting section for dressage.
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It’s time for everyone to up their game, because the 2015 FEI dressage tests have been released and movements are trickling down the levels. The good news is that the new tests build upon one
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2014 proved to be the year of the power couple, and these five horse and rider combinations really stood out to the EN team as pairs that inspired us in 2014. Whether they defied the odds,
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Karen O’Connor announced on the O’Connor Equestrian Facebook page that she has been appointed the coach of the Mexican eventing team and will take up the role immediately. We are waiting to speak to Karen about
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It’s not every day you get to pick William Micklem’s brain about breeding, bloodlines and his take on the state of U.S. eventing as a whole. We’re running a three-part series in which William addresses
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Many (but hopefully not too many) readers can relate to my afternoon yesterday: I was nonchalantly checking my email when I read the following message:
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The final FEI World Eventing Athlete Rankings for 2014 have been released, and William Fox-Pitt finished the year as World No. 1 by a healthy margin, leading second-placed Jonelle Price by more than 80 points.
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Great news, EN! The USEF reversed its ban on helmets cameras today, just in time for the first event of the season this coming weekend in Ocala. But, organizers can still choose to prohibit the use of
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David Ziegler burst onto both the eventing and dressage scenes for Canada in 2014, taking home gold and silver medals in both sports at NAJYRC in Lexington last summer. We got the opportunity to chat
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The USEF has named the 2015 Eventing 25 riders, and we’re excited to get to know each of them with a series of profiles on EN. These young riders are the future of our sport in
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Emerging stars are making names for themselves in the sport every day. While some up-and-comers are celebrated for their results, others show all the qualities of stardom through their actions, behavior and personality. So we’ve
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It seems rare that young riders remain at the same farm with the same trainers throughout grade school. Yet, Rebecca (Becca) Gall met Chrissy Hollnagel and Sara McGowan of Willow Run Eventing through Pony Club
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There’s a fine line between healthy respect and weak-in-the-knees fear, and it’s one that East Tennessee area eventing trainer Erika Adams found herself negotiating at a recent clinic with The Master George Morris. She and
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We’re delighted to welcome William Micklem as EN’s newest guest blogger. He hardly needs an introduction, having sourced Biko, Custom Made and Giltedge for Karen and David O’Connor; bred High Kingdom and Mandiba; and invented the Micklem bridle — just to
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We’ve reprised the popular Point Two Jingle contest for this year, and we received an overwhelming amount of entries! Some contestants chose to sing their jingles, and others sent in their lyrics. After much deliberation,
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2014 was the year of sticky britches. Perhaps inspired by Rick Wallace’s valiant effort to defy gravity at Chatt Hills last year, this year’s crop seemed more determined than ever to keep a horse between
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Sarah Dunkerton learned early in life that if you want something, you have to work for it. She grew up in a small town in Mississippi on an 80-acre farm with eight brothers and sisters,
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We stumbled upon this helmet cam from a schooling jaunt around an indoor eventing course that appears to be set up just for winter schooling. We have to hand it to these designers for making
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