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July 29, 2024

Olympic Equestrian Controversies

The Olympics is in fully swing, with a busy equestrian schedule. This year it's in the incredible Palace of Versailles. As a long time fan of the giant building, I'm also a fan of riding next to it. I'm never going to the Olympics but I can still dream of riding there, maybe there's a trail ride.[...]

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horses passing by each other in the ring
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June 16, 2024

Photographing Loudoun Benefit

I enjoyed Upperville so much that I went back for round 2: Loudoun Benefit. This show is held on the exact same show grounds the week following Upperville, which means another opportunity for pretty pictures underneath the oaks.  But I actually photographed on the other side of the road[...]

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horse cantering in the show ring at Upperville Horse Show
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June 10, 2024

Taking the Kids to Upperville 2024

I was asked the other day when I was going to start showing Stu. Showing hasn't been on my mind in a long time. There's the first problem, which is that Stu and I are in no way ready to go to a show, with our inconsistent rides. But there's also a significant lack of interest in showing. I don't[...]

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March 16, 2020

Warrenton Hunt Point to Point 2020

Saturday was the 79th running of Warrenton Hunt's Point to Point. Leading up to the event, I was watching their facebook page to see if they would cancel the event due to the coronovirus, and it seems others were too, as they eventually posted that the race was still on. I've never been to th[...]

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March 12, 2020

Cheltenham Festival

If you follow British horse racing, then you already know the Cheltenham Festival is going on. If you don't, well, the Cheltenham Festival is going on! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guardian Sport (@guardian_sport) on Mar 11, 2020 at 9:36am PDT The Cheltenh[...]

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March 2, 2020

Preparing for the Foxhunt

For someone who lives in Virginia hunt country, I haven't been out much to experience the actual fox hunting part of it. Frankly, I've been missing out, and I should have gone foxhunting a long time ago. I was told by nearly every horse friend in the area how much they love foxhunting. But sadly, I[...]

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August 28, 2019

Great Meadow International 2019 – Cross Country

To continue on from yesterday's Show Jumping post, we move right on into cross country. Except today I took B and the husband! And then ended up spending most of the time taking care of B, so really, it was a bit difficult to get the pictures and videos that I wanted.  Really though, wouldn't ch[...]

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August 27, 2019

Great Meadow International 2019 – Show Jumping

Ah, another year, another Great Meadow International. I believe that's the saying.  I love that Great Meadow hosts so many events, primarily because it's minutes away from my house. It really makes it convenient when world class competition and events literally come to me.  Now that I h[...]

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May 7, 2018

2018 Spring Gold Cup

Springtime is Virginia Gold Cup time! One of the best excuses to day drink, ever!  Gold Cup attracts about 100,000 people from the DC area to our little area of Virginia. We joked on the way over there that for some of the people who come, this is likely the only time they leave the metro[...]

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December 11, 2017

The 3rd Inspection

The second day was the free jumping. The dressage horses went first, followed by the jumpers, although the format was the same. First, they were run around the arena in a figure 8 to show those lead changes, then they were sent down the chute. Sadly my battery wasn't charged (dang confusing foreign[...]

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