Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP), the company heading up the host bid for Wellington, Fl. has withdrawn its bid to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games. This leaves just two cities in the running to host
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I’ve been thinking of telling Boyd and Silva to buy a Powerball ticket, because their rash of bad luck has got to be coming to an end soon. The Martins are among the most resilient
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Kelsey Briggs and her OTTB, The Gentleman Pirate, have become one of our more popular stories of late. After Kelsey wrote in and told us the tearjerker story of her beloved Pirate’s recovery from what
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On this day last year, just 37 pairs had entered Rolex, so it’s exciting we already have 64 pairs on the list before today’s closing date. I’m sure I’m not the only one waiting on
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This is exactly what you DON’T want to happen when you’re jumping down a 6’6″ drop. The year was 2006, and the Head of the Lake was particularly fearsome. The water complex-turned-swimming hole claimed several
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Boyd Martin is heading into surgery this afternoon at Christiana Hospital to have a rod inserted into his broken right tibia, which he cracked straight through following a mishap on cross country at Southern Pines
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The weekend is coming to a close at Poplar Place’s March Horse Trials. Canada continued to dominate, taking home the top three places in the CIC3*. Jessica Phoenix and Kyle Carter enjoyed a very
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Boyd Martin had seven horses entered in the national horse trial divisions this weekend at the Carolina Horse Park. We’ve just learned via Boyd’s facebook page that he suffered a fall from Steady Eddie on
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Company Raylyn Farms’ RF Demeter had back-to-back second-place finishes at Schenefeld and Breda during her European campaign last fall, and Marilyn Little is thrilled she clinched a win today in the Carolina International CIC3* —
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It was all about Marilyn Little today, who had two spectacular rounds on RF Smoke On the Water and RF Demeter, becoming the eventual winner of the CIC3* with RF Demeter. I saw Marilyn from
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The CIC* cross country has just wrapped up, and it came down to the finish for overnight leaders Peter Barry and Long Island T. The pair came home with a few time penalties, so Will
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Good morning from Carolina! The FEI divisions have begun their cross country, with the CIC* out first to test out the new Hugh Lochore course. I caught a handful of rides on the one-star course
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Sharon White has to be on Cloud 9 right now. With Rafferty’s Rules well on his way back to the top following his 2012 injury at Burghley, Wundermaske looking confident and in good form following
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Happy Friday from Carolina International! We have a lunch break at the halfway point of CIC3* show jumping, which works out beautifully to bring you a quick update. As always, Marc Donovan’s course is top
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We wrapped up the first day of competition here at Carolina International with a press conference with the top riders in the CIC3* and CIC2*. Jan Byyny was all smiles this afternoon, though still cautiously
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It is turning out to be some of the best weather thus far this spring, and both horses and riders seem relieved to have some fair weather to ride in. The scoring is coming out
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Hello from Southern Pines! Sally and I will be here all weekend bringing you the action from the Carolina Horse Park and the inaugural Carolina International CIC3*. I arrived early enough this afternoon to catch
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Alex Green is chomping at the bit to make her first Rolex appearance. Together with her coming 10-year-old Holsteiner Fernhill Cubalawn, she has spent the last five years of their partnership working for the goal
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Boyd Martin chatted with Chris Stafford this week and updated everyone on Silva’s condition. Boyd, ever the positive thinker, was in good spirits and reiterated that Silva is slated to make a full, albeit slow,
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Stop the presses! Karen Stives has made a $1 million donation to the USET Foundation to set up an endowment fund to benefit High Performance eventing. This is the first major donation to further the sport
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After much anticipation, the week for the Carolina International CIC3* is here, and with 46 entries and a star-studded cast, it’s going to be a heck of a competition. Both Jenni Autry and Sally Spickard will
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Without further ado, here’s our best attempt to answer the top three burning questions we received in regards to EV113.3, the new USEF rule that as of April 1 will allow eventers to wear medical bracelets in
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Yesterday, I attempted to answer a question: How does Buck do it? How does Buck compete a gazillion horses every weekend? Could an average rider do it? As an eventer, I am crazy by default.
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