Horseware Eventing Podcast

No 7-year-old has finished on a sub-40 score at the international two-star level during the 2017 season! Will we see a sub-40 finishing score from the 2017 World Champion? Only four 7-year-olds have finished sub-40 at Mondial du Lion in the last decade!

The team sans Diarm discusses which horses to watch in France this weekend, and of course there is a long discussion about Fair Hill, where Canada’s Selena O’Hanlon took the coveted CCI3* win. Plus, Michael Jung set a record finishing score in the CCI1* at Strzegom! Buckle up for a big episode.

With Sam off on official EquiRatings business, Nicole, Jenni and Diarm rehash an epic week at wild and crazy Boekelo, which certainly lived up to the hype.

It was a Battle of the Tims as Dutch favorite Tim Lips faced off with Tim Price for the win. While the Kiwi took first prize, the other Tim claimed the Dutch National Championship and the hearts of many in a class performance on home soil.

And there were many more performances to celebrate, like Liz Halliday-Sharp and the exciting 9-year-old Deniro Z leading the way for Team USA in his CCI3* debut. Chris Burton proved once again that he is the undisputed speed king as the only rider in the field to make the time aboard Cooley Lands. And, of course, Diarm can’t let the girls forget that he picked Cekatinka to win.

We have a full and very excited team this week as Sam, Diarm, Nicole and Jenni all prepare to head to Boekelo for the biggest CCI3* of the year … if Nicole doesn’t get lost while navigating the Dutch train system.

Jenni surprises everyone with a pop quiz on Boekelo history that goes completely sideways, and everyone has a different opinion on who will win. Sam sticks with the numbers in making his picks, which Diarm thinks is the easy way out. Nicole and Jenni are both cheering for Australia to take their first win in event history, though there are literal dark horses and invaders from the USA prepared to challenge. Who will prevail in the end?

You can watch Boekelo live starting with dressage on Thursday on the Boekelo website with commentary from Nicole and Diarm packed with EquiRatings stats. #MBE17

In the latest episode of the Horseware Eventing Podcast the team talk all things Ballindenisk & Waregem as well as looking back at the Arena Eventing at the New York Central Park Horse Show.

It was a successful weekend in particular for Sam who took the CIC3* at Ballindenisk from the in form Izzy Taylor, Tim Price has a new star on his hands with the 9 year old Pat’s Jester & Maxime Livio’s Waregem win isn’t enough to win his way back into Diarm’s good books.

Sam has enjoyed a midday bath, there is much speculation over what was in Jonelle’s shopping bag & being held on course has a whole new meaning…

We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording this one!

It’s a big episode for #girlpower, as the team proves to be right in the prediction for Izzy Taylor to take the final leg of the 2017 Event Rider Masters series with Be Touchable.

With the USA also taking a major victory at the weekend with Kim Severson and Cooley Cross Border winning the Blenheim Palace CCI3*, plus a major CIC3* running in the States at Plantation Field, it’s safe to say Jenni hijacks the episode. Mighty Nice is back, ya’ll!

Diarm also talks about being on fire … literally. Nicole has a narrow miss with a vodka luge. Sam actually holds things together for once.

The whole team is back just in time to chat about arguably one of the strongest fields in Event Rider Masters history as we head towards the Series Finale at Blenheim this weekend.

The team agree unanimously on who will take the final leg but there is plenty of discussion on podium contenders.  No surprises as Diarm tries to steal picks that don’t belong to him and comes up with various ‘angles’.

Sam is competing at Blenheim so the team enjoy looking into his chances. Nicole & Jenni set up a highly entertaining challenge if he beats his expected score in the first phase.  As always we hope that Jonelle doesn’t listen to the podcast because if she does the boys will be in big trouble!

There are plenty of innuendos, disagreements and stats as normal service is resumed!

Let us know what you think will happen this weekend by getting in touch on Facebook & Twitter & don’t forget to tune into all of the ERM action which will be live on www.eventridermasters.tv from 9.15am on FRIDAY for the dressage and 10.15am on SATURDAY for the jumping phases.

It’s good to be back.

The penultimate event of the 2017 series and ERM 2017 is heating up. Can Gemma Tattersall keep up her ERM form? How close can Mark Todd and Marcio Jorge get to her before we head for Blenheim? Will our dark horse for the season, Treason, post a counting score that further closes the gap?

Will Chris Burton and Graf Liberty enjoy a first Event Rider Masters win, or will Oliver Townend win this leg for the second year in a row?

Just Diarm and Nicole on this one before they pack their bags for rainy Scotland.

What a weekend of action that was! Ingrid winning her first championship, the Brits being back at the top with Bartle, girl power surging through the sport once again…Full team in the house to discuss.

NOTE: We tried to record this a few times but the platform we record on has a bug at the moment which means the audio is drifting. It sounds like we are interrupting each other. We have edited it for now and are hoping they can get it fixed asap. Thanks for your patience.

Finally Championship time is here for 2017 and all eyes turn to Strzegom where the best of best will battle it out to be crowned European champion. We have a full house of Nicole, Jenni, Sam and Diarm all giving their views on the ones to beat (and who might come unstuck!).

Jung is aiming for history again — surely he can’t win four European titles in a row on four different horses?! He is going to have to beat the best to do it. Ingrid arrives on Aachen superstar Horseware Hale Bob, Tom and Upsilon fly the French flag, while Gemma and Quicklook V will surely be the cornerstone of the British challenge.

5 days of top class eventing action awaits!

It’s an Event Rider Masters special episode as the team reviews leg 5 at Gatcombe, where Gemma Tattersall won with Arctic Soul after setting a blistering pace on cross country.

That makes Gemma the first rider in ERM series history to win a leg on two different horses. With a win at Chatsworth this season also under her belt, it’s all about #girlpower on this episode.

We also have a special surprise, as Gemma joins in on the episode to talk all things Gatcombe! Visit eventridermasters.tv to relive the action.