Teaching during the 2025 Educational 3 Day at the Florida Horse Park. Photo courtesy of Emily Holmes.
One Big Thing: Educational 3-Day Informational Meeting + Clinic
Join 5* riders Lauren Nicholson and Jennifer Holling tonight for an informational meeting all about the Educational 3 -Day Event at the Florida Horse Park!
If you have the Educational 3-Day on your calendar for November 16-21, 2026, stop by Indoor Arena 2 at the World Equestrian Center tonight at 6:30pm for a fun informational session. These top riders (and potential special guests) will touch on everything from conditioning schedules to 10-minute-box tips, with an expert Q&A for any further questions you may have. The event is free to attend, and you may even leave with some exciting door prizes and sponsor giveaways!
This educational evening will be continued with a Steeplechase Clinic tomorrow, Feb 25th, with 5* rider Joe Meyer and USEA’s Katherine Cooper at the Florida Horse Park. Signups are still available here — just $75 for a day full of learning! Auditors are also welcome to attend.
US Events Opening Entries Today
Twin Rivers Spring International (CA); Longleaf Pine HT (NC); Plantation Field HT (PA); Poplar Place April HT (GA); F.E.N.C.E. HT (NC); Pine Hill Spring HT (TX); Spring Bay HT (KY)
US Events Closing Entries Today
Ocala Winter II (FL); Ram Tap National HT (CA); Pine Top Spring HT (GA)
Other Links and Reading
Sponsor Corner: Kentucky Performance Products
Any horse person has likely been informed of the importance of maintaining proper levels of vitamin E in your horse’s die, especially if you live in an area without access to fresh green grass or your horse struggles with a neurologic disease. But how can you know if your horse needs additional supplementation or not?
Vitamin E is an essential nutrient for horses and plays a critical role in multiple body systems as a natural antioxidant. It guards tissues against potentially damaging oxidative stress and affects the cells in the muscle, nerve, and immune systems. Vitamin E is considered “essential” because while horses can’t function normally without it, they cannot synthesize the nutrient themselves — meaning they must obtain it entirely from their diet.
Horses maintained full time on green pasture typically consume 2,000 IUs of vitamin E a day. That’s more than enough to satisfy their antioxidant needs, but vitamin E levels in grass drop sharply once it is cut. Hay also provides about 10 times less vitamin E than fresh forage does — meaning that without access to the perfect pasture conditions, this is something you should be monitoring in your horse’s diet. A blood test measuring plasma alpha-tocopherol levels is the standard and most accurate method for assessing a horse’s vitamin E level, which can inform how much additional natural vitamin E should be supplemented in your horse’s daily feed.
[Click here to learn more about vitamin E, supplementation, deficiency, and risks]
[Find the full study on supplemental Vitamin E here at kppusa.com]
Training Tip of the Day
Schneider’s Saddlery brings us some under-saddle suppling exercises that actually work — try these out in your next warmup!
Go Eventing
The untapped power of helmet cams in keeping your horse-crazy kid entertained:
