Tag Archives: eventing

Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master are back following a 10th place finish in the individual eventing final at Rio. The sole Canadian in the final, Howard and her 15-year-old Canadian...

From second to third to gold! The French team may have jumped around the rankings during the three phases of Olympic Eventing. But they arrived exactly where they planned. "After...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aShZ6SN4raQ You could say he's rather "happy" with the result. Rio was not the Olympics Games the US eventing team was planning. A lacklustre start in dressage put the Americans in...

It's that time again! Every four years, equestrians around the world find themselves red in the face, defending horseback riding as a sport deserving of a place in the Olympic...

William Fox-Pitt is a five-time Olympian and an amazing athlete. He's also batsh*t insane. Let’s examine the evidence... First, there was the whole coma-to-Rio in ten months thing. Most people...

It was the best better of times. It was the worst of times for the American eventing team. As expected, Pierre Michelet's challenging cross country course caused a major shake-up in...

Australia’s up. France is down. And Britain is out. It’s been a dramatic day in on the cross country course at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio. Australia takes...

Sixty-five competitors, 23 movements and one random soundtrack, another thrilling day of Olympic Eventing Dressage comes to a close. Here’s where things stand. It’s a horse race between the top...

Consider this your highlights reel from Day One of Eventing dressage in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Now let's hope no one gets shot. Jessica Phoenix draws first in the order,...

Public disputes. Allegations of selector bias and unsoundness issues. Last minute changes to the team lineup. The selection process for the Canadian Olympic eventing team has had more plot twists...

Fun fact: Press releases submitted in Q&A format have a 98% chance of being published on Horse Network. Case in point: CHIO Aachen. Press release - Aachen, July 14th, 2016 An...

This was a typical preliminary jump from 54 years ago. The jumps were easy, but the test was incredibly hard. We did roads and tracks down near GMHA (Green Mountain...

When I learned that the life of yet another eventer was lost this weekend, my immediate response was not sadness—I was outraged. Outraged that human and horse deaths continue to...

Michael Jung is on fiya! He's killing it at his job (riding). He's wise to the ways of the  horse show. And, if Twitter is any indication, he's rather popular with the...

Another day, another victory. So goes the life of German superstar Michael Jung. Hot off his victories at the 2015 Burghley Horse Trials and the 2016 Rolex Kentucky Three Day...

When a horse refuses a jump on course in competition any manner of disasters can happen. You might get pitched onto the ground or into the jump. You could get caught...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNXUho0YbaA You’re heading to the first jump on course. What could go wrong? ONLY EVERYTHING. 1. Your horse spooks A golf-cart backfires, the speakers pop, Jumbotron blows a bulb, the mere...