The sun played peek-a-boo with dark skies yesterday morning at Rebecca Farm for the first horse inspection, but to everyone’s delight, the rain held off while the CCI*, CCI2*, CIC2* and CIC3* competitors presented for their
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Yesterday marked the 30-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, and Team USA has been hard at work in training camp this week in preparation for the WEG Prep Trials in
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Jan Byyny has announced on the Surefire Eventing Facebook page that Inmidair has been withdrawn as an alternate from the U.S. World Equestrian Games squad due to an acute soft tissue injury in his foot.
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This upcoming weekend is positively stacked with exciting competitions, with most of the upper-level West Coast riders heading to Rebecca Farm and our Team USA final WEG prep trial in Virginia at Great Meadow. We
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Everyone loves a Cinderella story, and Allie Nelson’s rags-to-riches tale of how she ultimately won an individual CH-J* gold medal at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in Lexington, Ky., this past weekend is a
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Maddie Parisan and Hope to Star had one of four double clear trips on cross country in the CH-Y** this past weekend at Young Riders. Though they unfortunately had to withdraw before show jumping after “Carson”
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David Ziegler burst into the spotlight this past weekend at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships when he medaled in not one but two sports — clinching individual CH-Y** gold in eventing as
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Balls of Steel — it’s a company that manufactures whiskey and spirit chillers, with a portion of profits benefitting cancer research. And Balls of Steel is also the newest sponsor of the U.S. World Equestrian
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It definitely came down to the finish line for the CCI2* riders at NAJYRC today. Double clear rounds were few and far between, with three out of 13 pairs producing faultless rounds. David Ziegler entered
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It was all Area II today in the show jumping phase of the CCI* at NAJYRC. Alexis Nelson entered Rolex Stadium sitting in second place individually on her dressage score of 49.4. She and Total
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With the conclusion of CHIO Aachen yesterday, the final German WEG squad has been announced this morning. Last month, Germany named its long list for the Games with the intention of naming the final team
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It was smooth sailing for David Ziegler, who took a commanding lead after dressage and carried that form over to today’s cross country course. PRO’s Samantha Clark reported on Twitter that the pair had textbook
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The CCI* division at NAJYRC in Lexington was most certainly not a dressage competition. It was a wild day of cross country, and the leaderboard saw some dramatic changes by the time the division completed.
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The fall eventing season is almost upon us, and the USEF has just announced the recipients of grants for European competition. Grants were available for competition at Burghley (CCI4*), Blenheim Palace (CCI3*), Pau (CCI4*), and
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David Ziegler is posing a double threat in Lexington this weekend. Yesterday, he competed in the Prix St. Georges level Championship class aboard Peninsula Top Man, taking individual silver overall. Today, he put those dressage
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All 62 horses passed the first horse inspection this afternoon at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in Lexington, Ky. Just three horses were held. In the CH-Y**, Nicole Doolittle with Tops, last
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As reported earlier this week, Taylor McFall is hard at work raising funds to purchase her leased pony, Prince. Supporters around the equestrian community have been happy to help! Taylor says she has a good start,
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The eventing community mourns one of its own this weekend as Judy Thayer, 58, Fair Hill International’s treasurer and horse trials chairman, died Friday morning following a brief battle with cancer. As a former chairman
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As we enter the final weeks prior to the World Equestrian Games, the U.S. Team for Eventing only has one final hurdle in their way: the mandatory preparatory trial at Great Meadow. This event has
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In keeping with today’s epic saves trend, check out this Horse Nation post by Carley Sparks: Three riders who are doing nothing to dispel the myth that galloping horses at five foot fences is, like, super easy.
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Kelsey Wilkins is no stranger to the Virginia CCI*. After falling off her first upper-level horse Madeira twice at the event over the course of a few years, she returned this spring with a vengeance.
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This just may win for the best idea of all time. Recently, we posted a guest blog by California eventer Jen McFall, whose daughter Taylor has begun eventing and is leasing a pony named Kilbarry Prince.
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Graeme Thom resigned June 22 as chef d’equipe of the Canadian Eventing Team due to a difference in philosophy with the Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee members, he announced today. “The riders have been absolutely
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