Six-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist Phillip Dutton spent the winter in Wellington doing what most competitive riders with high aspirations do—training with the experts. Now he's reaping the reward...
What eventing fans want, eventing fans get. Sort of. Last week's announcement that the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI Five Star (LRK3DE) would be cancelled for the second year...
New year, same problems. Following in the footsteps of 2020 and the shortest show season on record this century, the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE) has cancelled its famed...
Key points: Pre-cooling is the process of reducing the body’s temperature before beginning exerciseIn this study, pre-cooling was found to reduce heart rate as well as surface and rectal temperatures...
Have you ever had one of those days where you felt like a shit rider because you fell off or were eliminated? Then, in an attempt to forget your shortcomings,...
Working with young event horses is one of my favorite parts of my training program. Seeing them develop into confident, willing partners is incredibly rewarding. Whether I’m training one of...
Boyd Martin (USA) won the 2020 Buckeye Nutrition USEF CCI4*-L National Championship this weekend with Christine Turner’s Tsetserleg. In doing so, Martin also earned the unofficial title of coast-to-coast champion,...
The first of just two CCI4*-L of 2020 saw ten riders to completion, with U.S. Olympian Boyd Martin leading from the start to the very end, to finish on a...
The first CCI4*-L of 2020 is taking place at Galway Downs International this weekend, and although the field is small (just 11 are in the hunt following cross-country) it’s mighty....
If you have the space for it, a cross country schooling course at home can be a great asset to your training program. After deciding that you have enough room,...
“It’s the stuff dreams are made of…”—Laura Collett, winner of Les 5 Étoiles de Pau, 2020 It’s hard not to want to add an *asterisk to everything 2020 these days,...
If you thought for a minute that the year’s only CCI5*-L might be a bit “softer” than average, what with COVID, travel restrictions, the lack of prep events (for all...
Each April, as the grass barely begins to emerge, and we wonder if it will ever (truly) be warm again, some of the very best horses and riders in the...
What a difference a few weeks makes. At the beginning of April, people were going to the grocery store without masks, horse show managers were cautiously optimistic about getting May...
The 2020 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI) will not be rescheduled this year. The CCI four- and three-star event, originally slated for May 6–10 at the Horse Park of...
COVID-19 restrictions have led organizers to cancel equestrian competitions and other events nationwide—but at what cost? We caught up with Derek Braun, founder and president of the Split Rock Jumping...
In news that will surprise no one given the rapid rate of horse show cancellations over the past 48 hours, Equestrian Events Inc. (EEI) announced that this year’s Land Rover...
“The biggest obstacle to rider safety is riders, without a doubt,” said Jon Holling, United States Eventing Association (USEA) Cross-Country Safety Subcommittee Chair. As a 5* rider himself, Holling is...
United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Safety Officer Jon Holling has issued a social media call to arms for the eventing community. Spurred by the tragic deaths of 33-year-old eventer...
