- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘Waiting for mother to get her leg over is like waiting for rain in the Sahara’by Hovis on March 24, 2023 at 7:00 am
Dear diary, Apologies for the lack of diary last week, but the mothership was in India and didn’t bother to send some sort of stand in scribe for her, thus leaving me unable to convey my brilliance via this medium – after I broke the last laptop I’m not allowed another one… Sadly, the trip
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I know. I am a hero. You don’t need to tell me’by Hovis on March 10, 2023 at 7:02 am
Dear diary, Right! Own up! Who in all creation has annoyed her upstairs again?! She’s suddenly turned frostier than mother when anyone suggests she’s looking “show ready” and has sent more white stuff our way than at a Happy Mondays after-show party in the 80’s… One minute it’s all spring sunshine and bonking bunnies and
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘In terms of bounce per ounce, I have a lot of ounces…’by Hovis on March 3, 2023 at 7:00 am
Dear diary, So that time of year is here again when the nights are getting shorter, the mornings lighter and the words “ducking fresh” are heard (often from between gritted teeth) by horse owning humans across the land. I feel that this once again highlights the lack of basic understanding on Darwin’s theory of evolution
- Hovis’ Friday diary: Working to achieve my black belt in the art of ‘spin and sod off’by Hovis on February 24, 2023 at 7:00 am
Dear diary, Thank you everyone who has responded to my ask regarding how to avoid any more hacking horrors. I have to say some of you are more mercenary than mother (which I can assure you is quite some feat) and your top tips around shoulder dropping and erstwhile literally throwing people under buses were
- Hovis’ Friday diary: I fear the bin lorry might favour a munch on a feathered fancyby Hovis on February 17, 2023 at 7:00 am
Hovis out hacking with New Crazy Boss Lady while his mother is out of action. Dear Diary, I give up… Literally give up. Every female I am surrounded by is nuttier than a squirrel in a Special K Factory. Now, in fairness this is not a new revelation when it comes to the mothership – let’s be honest, the woman struggles to identify which direction a lift is going with
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘She’s my mother and if anyone is going to deck her it’s me’by Hovis on February 10, 2023 at 7:00 am
Hovis out hacking with New Crazy Boss Lady while his mother is out of action. Dear diary, Over the years, I have often heard an expression regarding the Karma Bus, but up until this week, was not sure of its existence. Don’t get me wrong, I have seen plenty of buses, but they’re usually headed to exotic sounding places like Frog-In-A-Marsh and full of octogenarians eating Worthers Originals and discussing
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I went from thinking she was actually quite normal to realising she is a ‘horsewoman’’by Hovis on February 3, 2023 at 7:00 am
Dear diary, As I am sure you all know, the mothership bobbed off at the weekend to St Morzits to watch over-washed and thus shrunk thoroughbreds chase after a bouncy orange ball on a frozen lake while their riders try to smack each other with long hammers. A game only humans could have dreamed up,
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘I behaved like a fat fighter on a chocolate promise’by Hovis on January 27, 2023 at 7:00 am
Dear diary, Ok, so this chilly willy weather is losing any charm, if it ever held any, faster than mother puts on weight if she even glances longingly at a Jaffa cake. I mean, like seriously, while I know that I was robbed of my ability to propagate the Earth with my progeny at puberty,
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘We have gone from synchronised swimming to prancing on ice’by Hovis on January 20, 2023 at 7:02 am
Dear diary, If you ever ever wanted proof that Mother Nature is indeed a woman, then her response to my diary last week just about gives as cast iron evidence as you will ever need. So, ok, I *might* have had a bit of a moan about the non-consensual waterboarding that was occurring every time
- Hovis’ Friday diary: ‘Forget the Ark – I need a chuffing submarine’by Hovis on January 13, 2023 at 7:00 am
Dear diary, So, if 2022 was the year of Mother Nature forgetting to take her HRT and thus causing us all to sweat down to the size of a Shetland, then 2023 seems to be the year she forgot her Tena, because lord above it is wet. Like really really wet. Honestly, the amount of
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- Come As You Are: ‘The Thing I Have To Fight For’ – Molly Jensen’s Life with Cystic Fibrosisby Allie Heninger on March 29, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Molly Jensen’s parents joke that she came out of the womb loving horses. However, Molly also came out of the womb already diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Despite not growing up in a horse family, Molly
- MARS Equestrian to Return as Title and Presenting Sponsor of Bromont CCI Three-Day Eventby Edited Press Release on March 29, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Bromont Horse Trials is proud and excited to once again welcome MARS EQUESTRIAN™ as title sponsor of the MARS Bromont CCI4* taking place June 8-11, 2023 in Bromont, Quebec. “We are honored MARS EQUESTRIAN has
- World Champ Joins Smoking Hot 53-Strong Kentucky 5* Entry Listby Tilly Berendt on March 29, 2023 at 9:28 am
The entry deadline for the 2023 renewal of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event came around yesterday, and when I first glanced at the final line-up early this morning, you could have knocked me down
- Wednesday News & Notesby Cheg Darlington on March 29, 2023 at 4:01 am
🔥 David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner & Danny Dyer join the cast of Jilly Cooper's Rivals, an original eight- part blockbuster saga based on the iconic novel. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/o9GQXcofwR — Disney+ UK (@DisneyPlusUK) March
- #TrainingTipTuesday Video Break: Warming Up for Cross Country with Liz Halliday-Sharpby Sally Spickard on March 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm
You know we love a good educational video here at EN, and here’s another that’s popped back up on our feeds this week. Liz Halliday-Sharp shares some advice for using your warm-up fences when preparing
- Meet Equestly: The Clothing Company That Makes Dreams Come Trueby Veronica Green-Gott on March 28, 2023 at 6:30 pm
At first glance, Equestly seems like just another top-of-the-line equestrian apparel company fighting for space in a competitive market. The products are high-quality, the prices fit most budgets, and the fashion is cutting-edge and stylish.
- Waredaca Launches Jimmy Wofford Legacy Fund to Promote Eventing Educationby Sally Spickard on March 28, 2023 at 3:30 pm
Waredaca is launching a new program to honor its dear friend and supporter, the late Jimmy Wofford. The Waredaca Eventing Education Foundation (WEEF), a 501(c)(3) charity, was formed with the mission to support eventing education
- Behind the Breeding: The Mighty Magic Touchby Amanda Chance on March 28, 2023 at 1:00 pm
I’ll be honest, when it was suggested that I write a piece about the eventing stallion Mighty Magic (thanks to the recent successes of his offspring at the top levels) I just about fell over.
- Tuesday News & Notes from Kentucky Performance Productsby Tilly Berendt on March 28, 2023 at 12:12 pm
There are few things I like better than the closing day of entries for a 5*, because by this point, we finally start to get an idea of who’s going to be where, which means
- Monday Video: Primmore’s Pride Takes Kentucky 2003by Abby Powell on March 27, 2023 at 8:30 pm
Get ready for a walk down memory lane with one of the all-time greats. After the passing of Primmore’s Pride last week, one of our very favorite YouTube channels, vintageeventing, has upload a fantastic video