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Can the Eventing Professional Do It All?
Can the eventing professional do it all? Recently on the center of the equestrian universe (Facebook) a fellow competitor posted that she was seeking a new instructor and needed recommendations. A...
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The CCI3* Debate: Does the U.S. Need More?
Erin Sylvester and Paddy The Caddy, winners of the 2017 Rebecca Farm CCI3*, which was added to the U.S. calendar in 2015. Photo by Shelby Allen. Following yesterday’s announcement that now defunct...
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Perspective: Is the New Qualification Rule Sending Eventing Down the Wrong Path?
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced....
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Perspective: Qualifications vs. the ‘Real World’
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced....
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Perspective: Proposed MER Changes from an Adult Amateur’s Eyes
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced You...
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Eventing: A Sport of Comparison
AK Waller is 18 years old and a senior in high school headed to Auburn University in the fall. She’s looking forward to joining the Intercollegiate Eventing League team at Auburn. AK Waller at Pine Top...
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Perspective: Are We Trying to Fix a Problem by Creating More?
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced You...
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Perspective: Improving Safety is Laudable, but is This the Right Approach?
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced You...
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Perspective: Have We Exhausted Our Options When it Comes to Safety?
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced. As...
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Perspective: Want to Move Up to Prelim? Don’t Skip the Modified Level
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced. As...
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Perspective: Quantity Over Quality Will Stifle the Grassroots of Eventing
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced. As...
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Perspective: How Can We Make Cross Country Schooling Safer?
A number of riders have shared with us their opinions about a recently proposed rule change by the USEA concerning the increased number of MERs to move up to Preliminary, Intermediate and Advanced. As...
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Horse People Are — and Have to Be — Relentlessly Optimistic
This article was originally published on EN’s sister site, Jumper Nation. The author in competition. Erin Gilmore/Shannon Brinkman Photography. Two weeks ago, I rode a couple of young horses at a local...
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The Good, The Bad, and The Weird: We Can’t Expect the Unexpected
Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class. Photo by Shannon Brinkman Photography. Dressage is done and dusted, and yet we can’t seem to stop talking about it. Dressage is unique in the three phases in that...
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Why Fear-Based Training is Never the Answer
Clinics are wonderful experiences, but what should the expectation be in terms of “problems solved”? Photo courtesy of JJ Sillman. In the world we live in, the spread of information is faster than...
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The Value of Communication Over Compliance
My problem child. Photo by Nicole Patenaude. I heard a great quote the other day that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. “The most honest person in the room is the problem child.” When it comes to...
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Should Eventing Have a 5*-Short Level?
Liz Halliday-Sharp and Cooley Be Cool contest the recently-added 4*S cross country track running concurrently with the Kentucky Three-Day Event. Photo by Abby Powell. After a dark cross country day at...
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Big Feelings: An Emotive Response to Eventing and the Public Eye
Tom McEwen and Toledo de Kerser. Photo by Shannon Brinkman. Let’s be clear, the fact that the public is so concerned about horse welfare is a good thing. And many people are concerned: a survey...
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Winter Vacations for Your Horse: An Outdated Practice or the Secret to...
Extended turnout: a one-stop cure-all or something more complex? Photo by Tilly Berendt. Like many equestrians, I grew up in the hunter/jumper ring — and maybe it was just the barn I rode at, but...
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Sturdy Riders Unite: Trying to Find Breeches That Fit
Veronica Green-Gott and her horse, GFF Monarch. Photo by Melissa Wise Photography. In many equestrian cliques, there is one acceptable body type: tall and skinny. For someone whose husband fondly calls...
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