The irreverent sports website’s “Olympic Field Guide” series spotlights Japan’s 71-year-old Olympic dressage contender. (more…)
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GB Eventing Team: Our Handsome Horses
Tina, Piggy, William, Mary and Zara recently attended a press conference at Greenwich, site of the fast-approaching Games, wherein they made much of their horses’ good looks. (more…)
EN Today: Inspectiongate continues
News of Hugh Thomas’ resignation has spread worldwide, and even mainstream media has picked up the story. (more…)
EN Today: A bit of Olympic eventing punditry
Jacky Green of Maizey Manor weighs in on the players and their prospects in Greenwich later this summer. (more…)
EN Today: FEI publishes nominated list for Olympics
Who might be going to the Olympics? Check out everybody’s nominees.
‘Competitive Horse Prancing’: Colbert is not done with us, yet
Stephen Colbert issued this response to the USEF’s response to his declaration of dressage as America’s new national pastime. Follow? (more…)
Hello, my name is _________ and I’m going to the Olympics
Between now and the Olympic games, we’ll be hooking you up with the stats on all of your favorite equine athletes. Today’s featured Olympian: the U.S.’s #1 seed showjumper, Flexible. (more…)
Presenting the U.S. Olympic Showjumping Team
The selection trials have concluded, and the USEF has spoken: Here’s who they believe to be the best show-jumpers in the land. (more…)
Introducing the 2012 U.S. Olympic Dressage Team
On Saturday the following horse rider combinations were nominated for a plane ticket to London, pending final approval from the USEF: (more…)
Stephen Colbert’s new favorite athlete is Mitt Romney’s dressage horse
Lord help us all, Colbert has discovered the sport of dressage. This clip is making its way ’round the Facebooks this morning. (more…)
EN Today: Zara, Twitterlympics and the GB Squad
Zara Phillips is more than just a British eventer–she’s British royalty. Abby Gibbon reports on the implications of her naming to the British Olympic team earlier this week. (more…)
EN Today: USA’s short list!
The US Olympic Eventing short list has been announced, which means John can finally quit lying awake formulating algorithms that represent different horse/rider combinations and their statistical combined potential for success. Drum roll, please…. (more…)
Question: Can we disguise Steffen Peters so he can ride two horses in the Olympics?
In case you think we’re kidding, we’re not.
London Calling: John’s eventing short list predictions
John’s thoughts on who’s gonna need a passport next week (as opposed to who’s going to need a stiff drink and a box of tissues). (more…)
Let’s Discuss: The US Olympic event team
Post-Bromont veterinary inspections are taking place as we speak, with a short list of riders being sent to England to be announced later today. Who do you think is going to make the cut? (more…)
GetMyFix.org: ‘It’s crunch time’
Our favorite hunter-jumper pundit, Miss Carley Sparks, has spoken. She breaks down the Olympic showjumping team selection process and gives George some advice on which horse/rider combos deserve plane tickets. (more…)
Devon… You Decide: Who jumped it best?
Featuring photos by HN’s good friend Helene Gallagher from Saturday’s Olympic showjumping observation event, the subject of today’s contest: The liverpool–who jumped it best? (more…)
EN Today: Rolex’s Olympic Implications
With Rolex behind us and less than 80 days till the start of the Games, EN’s Visionaire takes a look at the results with Olympic team selection in mind. (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: 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…)
So You Wanna Go to the Olympics: Show jumping
The United States Equestrian Federation has announced the four competitions that will host the 2012 US Show Jumping Team Observation Events. (more…)
Riding on the Radio: NPR shows horse sports some love
National Public Radio has featured not one, but two equestrian-themed stories this week as part of its “Countdown to the Olympics” series. (more…)
Pentathlon: The ‘other’ equestrian sport
So you dream of winning Olympic gold, but there are two problems: 1. Dressage is hard and 2. You’re not really into jumping higher than, say, 3’3″. Pentathlon could be the sport for you. (more…)
Vote William Steinkraus in 2012
For the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, of course. Voting opened today to determine the next class of inductees, and the show-jumping legend is included among the individual nominee finalists. (more…)
So You Wanna Go to London: U.S. dressage selection trial dates announced
Audition for your place on the squad June 8-17 at the USET Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ. In other Olympic dressage news… (more…)