After this morning’s first horse inspection, we were treated to a teeny-weeny, dainty little dressage session in the drizzle this afternoon, which saw the first fourteen competitors deliver their dressage tests for judges Katrin Eichinger-Kniely (C), Tim Downes (B),
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There are some things the French do very well: kissing, bread, excellent aphorisms (‘ah, la vache’ – literally, ‘oh my cow’, instead of ‘oh my God’), cinema, full fringes, a Breton stripe, and truly unique
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The first horse inspection got underway this morning at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, mercifully not in the dark for the first time in recent memory. This is partly because of our friends and neighbours the
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Started from bottom (March) and now we here (the tail end of the European eventing season, sobbing into a bottle of cheap red). But what better way to cap off a whirlwind season than at
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With the dawning of cross country day at the 2019 Dutta Corp./ Fair Hill International Three-Day Event in Elkton, Maryland, came the usual pre-cross country excitement and tension. Riders warmed up and found their zen
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October is the spookiest month of the year — and we don’t just mean Halloween. That nippy autumn chill can have even the most placid event horse seeing “ghosts” lurking in arena corners and “boogie
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Megan Sykes has lived much of the last four years in her truck. She’s come to love the hours spent listening to true crime podcasts and endless playlists shuffled by Spotify. It’s a nomadic life
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Erin Sylvester didn’t need to wait long for her final placing to be decided in the 2019 Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day. With her back still facing the ring after jumping a double clear round over Marc Donovan’s
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If you’ve never been to Mondial du Lion, the Eventing World Breeding Championships – or indeed, any event in France – allow us to set the tone for you. The stands? Absolutely heaving. The wine? Flowing
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The overnight CCI3*-L leader after yesterday’s cross country, 23-year-old Woods Baughman, could finally breathe easy after jumping the last fence of Marc Donovan’s Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day show jumping course. His double clear round
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Welcome to the final day of the 2019 Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day! An incredible double rainbow all the way across the sky heralded in the morning prior to the competition’s second horse inspection. All horses who
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Ahh, Sunday morning. A time for long lie-ins (until 6.00 a.m.), slow coffees (lukewarm, from a communal pot on a table in the rain), and crying over horse inspections, apparently. This morning’s dramatic final trot-up
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There’s been a significant shuffle to the CCI4*-L leaderboard at the end of cross country day at the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day. After much ado about flag penalties, a whole new top three emerged with
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“Don’t get weird.” That was coach Sharon White’s last piece of advice to 23-year-old Woods Baughman before he left the start box with C’est La Vie 135 in the CCI3*-L at the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International
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Welcome back to Le Lion d’Angers, the gathering point for four-legged child prodigies and one very, very large spider. Today saw us head out onto the beautifully-designed cross-country course, where much excitement ensued. The CCI2*-L
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Are you suffering from Fair Hill fomo? Then you’re in luck because this will be your comprehensive, minute-by-minute account of the CCI4*-L cross country. Keep this tab open and refresh the page for the latest updates.
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It’s Friday evening at the 2019 Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day and the leaderboard of both the CCI4*-L and CCI3*-L divisions have been shuffled since competition began yesterday. Yesterday’s CCI4*-L leaders, Will Coleman and Dondante,
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10/10 riders surveyed agree: Derek Di Grazia‘s championship cross country courses are no joke … as usual. After two decades of designing the course here at the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day, this year
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Is there anything more charming than six-year-olds on tour? Despite baby brains and physical weakness – and genuine surprise at seeing actual crowds for the first time in their young lives – we’ve seen 42
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Well, at least it’s not raining. It was, however, an exceptionally windy day here at the Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day in Elkton, Maryland. Though the conditions made delivering a relaxed dressage test a
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The 2019 Dutta Corp Fair Hill International Three-Day is now upon us and while we have seen quite a lot of dry weather in the region over the past month, the skies opened up yesterday.
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For all of the rain that the Elkton, Maryland area hasn’t had over the past few weeks, nature seems to be making up for it today, just in time for the first horse inspection at
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It’s all well and good chasing the best horses and the best riders around the world once they’ve already established themselves, but there’s nothing quite like the thrill of spotting a great horse in the
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