A big congrats to our team of riders over in Europe for the USEF Eventing European Development Tour, who picked up silver in the first FEI Eventing Nations Cup at Bicton this past weekend. Next, we’ll see many of these riders at Luhmühlen in Germany across the 4*-S and 5* divisions, so stay tuned for more from the tour!
U.S. Events Opening for Entries Today
Summer Coconino H.T. and Western Underground, Inc. TR,N,BN 3 Day Event (AZ); Huntington Farm H.T. (VT); The Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm (MD); Genesee Valley Hunt H.T. (NY)
U.S. Events Closing Entries Today
Golden Spike H.T. (UT); Aspen Farm H.T. (WA); Shepherd Ranch Pony Club H.T. (CA); Silverwood Farm Spring H.T. (WI); Horse Park of New Jersey H.T. I (NJ); Seneca Valley Pony Club H.T. (MD); Full Gallop Farm H.T. (SC); Essex H.T. (NJ)
News & Reading
Are you planning on a Classic Three-Day Event this year? This is one of the best ways to learn all about conditioning and producing a horse for this throwback to the original format of eventing, and there are some considerations to keep in mind when it comes to fitness. Kim Goto Miner has some advice for you here.
Miss Lulu Herself stamped herself as a two-time Arena Eventing champion at the Devon Horse Show this week under Boyd Martin, who took home another hometown hero win in front of a packed house on Sunday night. Read about Boyd and Lulu’s big night here.
A large number of horse deaths in eventing do not occur from falls at fences, research has shown. A new study, published in Equine Veterinary Journal, aimed to gather data to understand the reasons for equine fatalities in eventing. In the absence of full data sets being publicly available, information was gathered from various media reports between 1998 and 2023. Read more on Horse & Hound here.
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Hear from one of this weekend’s winners at VHC Eventing at Virginia Horse Center!
