Hello, it’s me, your roving meteorologist, reporting live from Pau to tell you that if there’s a trot-up going on, there’s a 100% chance it’s raining harder than you previously thought possible, even if it’s
Yesterday, at some point in the midst of 54 dressage tests and a swift descent into insanity, we had a chat with a certain Mr. Tim Price, who admitted that he reckoned this year’s Pau
We can’t think of any other competition that has a revolving disco ball very nearly in the main arena, nor any where the arena-side DJs start their bass drops practically during the last centre line
Never let it be said that we at EN won’t hold our hands up when we issue a retraction: early this week, we printed a preview of this week’s Agria FEI European Eventing Championships in
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ros Canter (@ros_canter_eventing) We’re delighted to share the news that Ros Canter, woman of a thousand titles and medals, is expecting her second child with
As a seasoned Aachenite – this is my sixth time at the German high temple of horse sport – there are a few things I know to be true every year. The time will always,
“Manage your expectations with this first horse inspection,” I told EN Managing Editor Sally Spickard, who has made her first trip over to CHIO Aachen this year, and, as such, has to deal with me,
Change is afoot in the top ten — and beyond — after the final horse inspection at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials, held in front of the ground jury of Katrin Eichinger-Kniely, Merel Schurink, and
Yesterday’s first dressage day at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials was notable mostly for its harsh judging, with nobody across either the CCI4*-S or the feature CCI5* breaking into the 20s (and plenty, to their
There’s nothing, in our humble opinion, more restorative for the soul than a mid-season trip to the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials. It’s arguably the friendliest event in the world (upon arrival today, we were duly
For those of us who live in, um, the ‘business end’ of the United Kingdom, it’s no hop, skip, and a jump to get to the Defender Bramham Horse Trials, which is tucked — as
Tom McEwen made a valiant effort at clinging onto his dressage lead with JL Dublin, but after holding it for 24 hours, he was elbowed out of the top spot by late contenders Oliver Townend
This year’s field at the MARS Badminton Horse Trials is, by any metric, about as good as it gets: there’s former champions, almost too many five-star winners to shake a stick at, flags upon flags upon
“I’ve worked my whole life to even get to 5*, and it’s taken me until this year to finally get a horse to get here,” says 34-year-old Caroline Harris, her eyes brimming with tears as
There’s no point in mincing our words: yesterday’s cross-country day at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, the final CCI5* of 2024, was rough. It went on for hours and soggy hours; the whole course, which
This time twelve months ago, Ros Canter and Izilot DHI cantered into the main arena at Pau – and then ceased motion abruptly when the young, notoriously spooky horse caught sight of the livestream cameraman
You know what takes a long time? A horse inspection with 73 horses in it. You know what takes even longer? A horse inspection with 73 horses in it and an evidently lonely holding box
I’m going to be totally, wholly, and completely honest with you here: sometimes, on this funny Thursday at Pau, which is split by a morning horse inspection and an afternoon dressage session, I struggle to
72 horses and riders completed Adrian Ditcham’s tough course yesterday at Military Boekelo CCIO4*-L, but just 70 of them would come forward for this morning’s final horse inspection, held practically under the cover of darkness
Me, me, me! It’s felt like the Me-Olympics this week, and I’m now so used to centring myself and my Big Bad Flu in the unfolding story of Boekelo that I don’t really know how