While this weekend is relatively quiet on the home front, there is much excitement in Saumur, France, for the annual Saumur CCI3*. This is a notoriously difficult competition, and this year it has a whopping
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Caroline Martin’s new nickname is Mrs. Stickability after making an impressive save in her show jumping round with Effervescent at Chatt Hills. The horse slammed on the brakes at the third fence, and Caroline’s air vest
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When Carrie Mulks and High Octane head out onto a cross-country course, the obstacles they encounter pale in comparison to the obstacles they’ve already conquered. Their story begins in January 2013, when one of Carrie’s
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Entries for the Luhmühlen CCI4* went live this morning, and four American pairs are on the list. As expected, Phillip Dutton is re-routing Bruce Duchossois’ Mighty Nice after the horse tweaked a shoe before cross country
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Jon Holling and Proper Timing managed to overcome their three rails in show jumping last night with a clear trip on cross-country today to take home the win in the USEA Adequan Gold Cup CIC3*
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If you follow Evention on Facebook — and if you don’t, what are you even doing with your life? — you’ve been seeing the teaser hashtag #mindyourmelon this week. Finally released last night on www.EventionTV.com,
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The Shetland Grand National is one of the time-honored traditions at Badminton Horse Trials, and this year’s festivities proved to be some of the most exciting in recent memory — not unlike when the four-star
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Alandra Halem, head groom for Allison Springer Eventing, spoke to Horse Nation’s Lorraine Jackson about how she gets Copycat Chloe’s gray coat to shine not just at Rolex, but every day of the year. Many
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As the dry season gets underway, thousands have been affected by wildfires in Southern California, which has prompted the evacuation of many homes and the declaration of a state of emergency by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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While half the field at Badminton fell victim to Guiseppe Della Chiesa’s course, the Germans were holding one of their final selection trials for the World Equestrian Games on home turf at the Marbach CIC3*.
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When it comes to riding cross-country, the Irish are among the toughest in the world. Check out this video of Mark Kyle’s epic Badminton tumble, from which both horse and rider emerged virtually unscathed. The
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Mary King has decided to retire her London Olympic mount Imperial Cavalier from four-stars following a disappointing performance at Badminton, the Exmouth Journal reported. Mary and “Archie” were in 12th place after dressage on a score
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I don’t remember exactly who said this or why. We were down at the ballpark’s lower fields, so it had to be when my son was at least 10 years old. I’d said something to
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What an appropriate outcome on Mother’s Day back home in the U.S. After rails drastically changed the top of the leaderboard, Sam Griffiths and the lovely mare Paulank Brockagh snuck it to win Badminton Horse
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What an exciting finish to what has been an exhilarating weekend at Badminton Horse Trials. Overnight leaders Paul Tapner and Kilronan had a rail in hand coming into this afternoon’s show jumping, and just about
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Stickability was an absolute necessity around Badminton’s incredibly tough XC course today. All in a day’s work for Mary King. Incredible balance from Imperial Cavalier as well. Ho hum. Remind you at all of another
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Dare I say that this is one of the toughest four-star tracks we will see in the post-long format era? Riders were concerned from the get go about the size of the course and nature
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Holy Badminton. Giuseppe Delle Chiesa’s new cross-country course was unveiled under what can only be described as miserable British weather, and the conditions affected the footing greatly, which ultimately impacted how many pairs completed the
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#WheresMontgomery? Oh, you know — just winning Badminton after putting in a phenomenal dressage test with Loughan Glen for a score of 33.3. I have to confess that it’s really difficult for me not to
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Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen have absolutely brought the house down here at Badminton, winning the dressage on an incredible 33.3 to move into a commanding lead. This horse is so good in this phase,
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Michael Pollard and Ballingowan Pizazz have certainly built a reputation for laying down some phenomenal dressage tests, and today was no different as the pair put in a 41.6 to take a hold of the
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Kate called it in her Badminton preview, and Paul Tapner and Kilronan absolutely rose to the occasion today to deliver a jaw-dropping 36.0 at Badminton Horse Trials to hold the overnight lead after the first
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Clark Montgomery and Universe achieved their lowest score yet in a CCI4* this morning at Badminton, posting 50.8, which bests their scores from Badminton last year of 54.3 and 52.0 at Pau. Buzz has been a
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