United States Eventing Association

It was a hot first day of competition in the MARS Great Meadow International as the sun shined down on The Plains, Virginia. Forty-four competitors came forward in the CCI3*-S, while the first 16 of 57 competitors in the CCI2*-S trotted up centerline today in the Fleming Farm Arena at Great Meadow.

The Radnor Hunt Horse Trials takes place yearly in mid-October in Malvern, Pennsylvania (Area II), offering Novice, Training, and Preliminary levels.

There are some big changes in store this year at the 2019 Mars Great Meadow International (GMI) in The Plains, Virginia. For the last three years, GMI has hosted the only leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup to take place in North America over Fourth of July weekend. This year, while there will be no Nations Cup divisions, GMI is hosting new three-star and two-star divisions in addition to the four-star level, and the event will take place during the second-to-last weekend in August.

It is easy to become overwhelmed by the choices when choosing among different joint products. There are FDA-approved injectable drugs, including those that are injected directly into the joint intra-articularly (IA), or as intravenous (IV) and intramuscular (IM) injections.

The Round Top Horse Trials in Castle Rock, Colorado (Area IX) runs once a year in early July as a one-day event offering Introductory through Training levels.

The MeadowCreek Park Horse Trials was founded on 100 acres outside of Kosse, Texas by Sam and Jodye Lindsey in 1991. With the help of prominent Area V eventer Alyce Hinkle, the Lindseys turned MeadowCreek Park into a premiere eventing venue and hosted their first horse trials at the park in 1992. After 20 successful years of running the MeadowCreek Park Horse Trials, they passed the baton to Robbie and Brad Peterson.

Ever wonder what the pros see when they're out walking cross-country? In the Ride Between the Flags series, riders walk us through their approach to tackling different cross-country questions. International event rider and trainer Barb Crabo talks us through fence 6AB, the Preliminary level water combination at the Coconino Horse Trials.

Whether in the dry heat of the desert or the humid conditions of the east coast, it is especially important during the summer months to be able to cool down your horse quickly and effectively. Dr. Jennifer Miller, who has been a practicing veterinarian in Cave Creek, Arizona for 25 years, explained the importance of cool down.

The Event at Rebecca Farm runs once yearly at the end of July in Kalispell, Montana (Area VII) offering Novice through Intermediate horse trials, CCI2*-L, CCI3*-L, CCI4*-L, and CCI4*-S FEI divisions, and Novice and Training Three-Day divisions. For three years, The Event at Rebecca Farm has also been home to the North American Youth Championships (NAYC).

Born in the Netherlands and imported to the U.S., Starr Witness’s career didn’t begin on the cross-country course – it began in the hunter ring. When her owner Emil Spadone decided she wasn’t cut out for the hunters, he sent her to Doug Payne to try her hand at eventing.