Holly Payne and Madeline have enjoyed a wonderful partnership together. Over the last seven years, Holly and Madeline have campaigned at the Advanced level, internationally at the CCI3* level and at the CCI4* level at
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Daniel Clasing and his 13-year-old gelding Houston (Reputed Testimony-Amnesty), debuted at the CCI4* level in 2013, snatching a 21st placing at Rolex Kentucky after an impressive double clear cross country round. Daniel and his girlfriend,
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After the excitement of Pine Top Advanced Horse Trials this past weekend, Aiken was host to one of the most eagerly anticipated clinics of the spring season: the George Morris butt whipping session. I was
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The USEA has released the updated list of the top 50 highest scoring event horses, which is re-analyzed at the end of each year. Buck Davidson’s ride, Ballynoe Castle RM, owned by Carl and Cassie
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What do you do when your mother is a six-time Olympian, among many other lifetime achievements? You become a rockstar eventer yourself, naturally. Emily King is Mary King’s eighteen year old daughter who has stepped
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The results are in! Eventing Nation has been awarded two Equine Social Media Awards (ESMAs) for 2014. Eventing Nation has been nominated every year since the ESMA awards’ inception in 2011. This year, the ESMAs
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Otis Barbotiere returned to competition at Pine Top this weekend, running his first cross-country course since the London Olympics 18 months ago. He looked raring to go in the show jumping yesterday — bucking and
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Ashley Adams and Da Vinci Code held their overnight lead in the Pine Top CIC2* with a double clear show jumping trip; they’ll take their dressage score of 42.2 into the cross country tomorrow. Will
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Kim Severson and Fernhill Fearless snuck by Allison Springer and Arthur to take the win in Pine Top Advanced Test A on a final score of 38.4. Kim and Sparky rode their dressage test this
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All the Advanced divisions were mashed together for show jumping, and scores are just coming in just as I need to head out to catch all the cross-country action. So this is your very quick
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Hello from Pine Top! The day is running an hour behind schedule due to a series of severe storms that came through this area this morning. Officials decided around 7:03 a.m. to delay the 7:30
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Fernhill horses are everywhere. We are seeing more and more at every competition, and they are, without a doubt, steadily climbing the ladder in eventing. These horses are athletic, scopey and lovely. Whether you have
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The frangible pins at 8A on the Rocking Horse Advanced course received a good workout this past weekend as horses jumped over the first element before bouncing into the water complex at 8B. Our good
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There’s really no way to break this to you sweetly, so here we go: If we are at a competition, I’m definitely noticing your turnout and that of your horse. And I’m not the only
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Fresno County Horse Park wrapped up its inaugural international event yesterday. Many thanks to Shannon Lilley and Sherry Stewart for bringing us this final report and photos from the event. Go West Coast eventing! [Final
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Are you tired of all the pre-processed highlights from the Olympics? Are you tired of the snow, the ice, the earthquake in SC (what is David O’C teaching them down there?) and just the wet,
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It was another beautiful day in central Florida for cross-country today at Rocking Horse. I’m sure our friends up in Aiken are not thrilled to hear that (!) but it was a lovely day for
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First, a historic ice storm that Gov. Nikki Haley compared to 1989’s Hurricane Hugo. Then, an earthquake that registered as one of the strongest in state history. We can logically conclude that a plague of locusts
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Aikenites are still trying to dig out and clean up following Wednesday’s ice storm, which dumped more than 1 inch of ice on parts of the county. About 45,000 residents in Aiken County are still
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Legendary horseman William Micklem’s been traveling the world with a big old horse skull. Does he enjoy freaking out T.S.A. agents? No. But it’s worth it to have such an ideal visual aid when he’s
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American Saddlebreds can be traced back to the cavalry horses of the Civil War, progressing into the elegant breed they are today. Saddlebreds can commonly be found competing in the pleasure ring, but Lisa Bauman
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In November, the USEF announced that a show jumping coach would be brought on to assist the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team in their training. In a press release issued today, Silvio Mazzoni was named
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BARN RAT. Definition: An individual who spends the majority of his or her life on a farm, in particular a horse farm. Oftentimes, these people will have an unimaginable amount of dirt, sweat and/or hay
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