Though her horse, Rafferty’s Rules, retired on the Rolex cross-country course, owner Adrienne Claussen couldn’t be happier about his partnership with rider Sharon White, and their future together–Burghley, maybe? (more…)
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EN Today: Kentucky Conversion
Amanda Kerchevale took her non-horsey mom to Rolex and came home with an Allison-Springer-stalking, epic-course-walking eventing addict. (more…)
EN Today: Doug Payne’s Rolex helmet cam
Ever wonder what it’s like to gallop around a four-star track? Doug’s narrated helmet cam gives us a guided tour of the 2012 Rolex Kentucky. (more…)
EN Today: And the award for non-horsey boyfriend (now fiancé) of the year goes to…
…Josh Calnan, who proposed to eventer Courtney Carroll at the Normandy Bank at Rolex this year. (more…)
EN Today: Badminton is cancelled
Unlike Horse Nation’s “Rolex is cancelled!” April Fool’s prank, this one is for real, due to flooding from torrential rains. John addresses the fallout. (more…)
EN Today: Confessions of a first-time Rolex horse owner
Dr. Adrienne Classen of Wits End Eventing is the owner of Rafferty’s Rules, who will be competing at Rolex this weekend with Sharon White. (more…)
EN Today: The ‘Odysseo’ horses on holiday in the Bluegrass
How does the four-legged cast of Odysseo spend its downtime? Frolicking about and rolling in poo just like normal horses, of course. Samantha Clark gets the scoop. (more…)
EN Today: Rolex XC course walks for ‘A Just World’
The only thing better than walking the Rolex cross-course with a top rider is doing so for a good cause. Samantha Clark brings us the full report on this special opportunity. (more…)
EN Today: Upside Down – The dark side of the games
EN friend and blogger, and my personal hero Hamish Cargill returns today with an article exploring the other side of the Olympics–the part nobody wants to tell you about. (more…)
EN Today: KHP takes out restraining order on Samantha Clark
Nah, they didn’t really, but that’s just because she’s so stealth they probably don’t even realize she’s snooping around, snapping pictures (more…)
EN Today: Eventing in the desert
More proof (like you needed more proof) that eventers are completely insane. Thanks to Pam Bennett-Skinner for contributing and a giant thanks as always to sister site Eventing Nation for sharing! (more…)
EN Today: Your daily dose of Rolex
With Rolex just two weeks away, the folks over at EN are starting to freak out bigtime. Today, John shares network broadcast info, while Abby Gibbon brings us a story on Rolex-bound OTTBs. (more…)
EN Today: ‘Rolex Changed My Life, Pt. 2’
For some people, Rolex is more than just an annual event. For some, like guest writer Amy Wells, it’s a game-changing, earth-shaking, mind-blowing, life-altering revelation. (more…)
EN Today: Rolex spotlight on amateur Amy Ruth Borun
Abby Gibbon interviews Rolex-bound Amy Ruth Borun, an adult amateur riding an ex-racehorse she brought along herself–a storyline that’s becoming increasingly rare in upper-level eventing. (more…)
EN Today: Catching up with Caitlyn
Caitlyn Silliman and her mare Catch a Star are defying the odds after last year’s True Prospect Farm fire. Samantha Clark shares a moment with them at The Fork. (more…)
EN Today: KESMARC explosion follow-up
JER investigates the tragic hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion that occurred Feb. 10 in Ocala, which claimed the lives of an employee and a horse. (more…)
EN Today: Why Michigan eventers are seriously cool, or the Sinead Halpin clinic recap
EN’s Ali Smallpage brings us this report from a Sinead Halpin clinic at Cobblestone Farm in Michigan. (more…)
EN Today: Holly Hudspeth’s road to Rolex
Holly Hudspeth has had a year of highs (having a baby!) and lows (having an injured horse). Today, she chronicles the uphill climb of her last few months for Eventing Nation. (more…)
EN Today: Nina Ligon packs for England
Nina Ligon, a U.S.-based event rider with dual nationality who’ll be representing Thailand in the Olympics, is biding her time before the Games. Interview by Samantha Clark. (more…)
EN Today: Badminton preview
Eventing Nation enlists the help of Jacky Green to rummage through the 2012 Badminton entry list and predict who’ll be hoisting up a trophy at the end of the weekend. (more…)
EN Today: Badminton preview fever
With the Games looming on the horizon, everybody’s got their game face on this spring. Abby Gibbon previews the Badminton entry list. (more…)
EN Today: Experience Eventing, Part 1
Samantha Clark gets the inside scoop on a new website that helps connect event riders with potential owners and facilitate syndication. (more…)
EN Today: Pony power
It’s not about how big you are, it’s about how big you THINK you are. Abby Gibbon reports on a trifecta of upper-level ponies that recently held their own with the big boys at Pine Top Horse Trials. (more…)
EN Today: To helmet cam or to not helmet cam??
Q: Does the FEI have to micromanage everything? A: Why yes, yes they do. Eventing Nation’s ESJ gets us the scoop. (more…)
EN Today: Helmet cam ditch FAIL
There is an old saying, “Look where you go, or you’ll go where you look.” This is most applicable when jumping ditches…which some of us have learned The Hard Way (more…)