A well-packed tack trunk can make an eventing weekend feel calmer before the horse leaves the float. Dressage, show jumping and cross-country each demand…
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Packing The Perfect Eventing Tack Trunk
Managing nerves before your dressage test
Dressage tests reward precision, but the pressure often arrives before the first movement. Managing nerves before your dressage test is not about removing…
How to Condition Your Horse for the Eventing Season
Eventing asks a horse to move through three demanding phases: the accuracy and suppleness of dressage, the power and bravery of cross-country, and the careful…
Why we love eventing: a personal reflection
Eventing has a way of making every ride feel meaningful. A schooling session is never simply a workout, and a competition is never just a collection of scores.…
Behind the Scenes of a Horse Trial Weekend
A horse trial weekend can look deceptively simple from the grandstand and remarkably complicated behind the scenes. Between breakfast and the final phase, a…
How your horse’s personality shapes training
Eventing asks one horse to move between dressage, cross-country and showjumping, so its qualities matter in every phase. A horse may be careful over fences,…
What makes a great eventing coach
Eventing asks a horse and rider to change gears quickly and confidently. A dressage test rewards accuracy and harmony, cross-country testing trust, bravery and…
Field fence riding: techniques for success
Field fence riding is the heart of the cross-country phase in eventing. Dom and Jimmie Schramm, three-day event riders based in West Grove, Pennsylvania, know…
The role of massage therapy for event horses
Three-day eventing asks a horse to change gears repeatedly. Dressage demands posture, balance and precision; show jumping requires careful technique and power;…
How to Choose a Competition Hauler in Australia
Competition day begins long before the start flag. Between home, stables and courses, a competition hauler carries the horse, rider and equipment needed to…