Category Archives: Olympics

It's been a year since American Olympian Adrienne Lyle rode down the centerline in international competition. But make no mistake, the Tokyo Games team silver medalist has been hard at...

There was a time when only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympics. It seems strange now thinking back on it, especially given how many boxes of Wheaties have...

Nearly every athlete, young or old, dreams of winning an Olympic medal. Considered the highest achievement an athlete can attain, a medal from The Games signifies sacrifice, prowess and above...

For more than 1,500 years the world was void of the Olympic Games. That void was thanks to Roman Emperor Theodosius I who was so hell-bent on promoting Christianity, that...

Leave it to France. Long renowned for creating some of the most iconic, luxurious, and fashionable objects in the world—think: Chanel, Hermès, Cartier, and bien sûr!, champagne—the 2024 Olympic host...

If every Grand Prix is a chance to prove yourself to the national team selectors during an Olympic year, France's Julien Epaillard is building a compelling case for Paris 2024....

We’re just about a year away from the 2024 Paris Games—ooh la-la!—and it’s getting down to the wire for team qualification in dressage, eventing, and show jumping.  The first events...

The USA Para Equestrian team closed the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games with their best ever medal total. The haul includes the individual gold in the Grade 1 Freestyle for Roxanne...

The last word anyone would use to describe the Tokyo Olympic Games would be "normal." But it certainly was memorable. After a year delay and highly scrutinized lead up to...

Peder Fredricson (SWE) and All In have been snubbed for gold on two occasions—once at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again in the individual final to kick off show jumping...

Perhaps more so than with any other equestrian sport at the Tokyo Olympic Games, team jumping was greatly impacted by the elimination of the drop score. Unless, of course, you...

If the rollercoaster ride that is show jumping at the Tokyo Olympic Games is making you dizzy, you're not alone. Heading into team qualifying at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park,...

Within 24 hours of British rider Ben Maher winning the individual gold medal in show jumping at Tokyo 2020, teammate Scott Brash has been subbed out of the British squad for...

These Olympic Games have been filled with surprises, but this wasn't one of them: Aboard the sensational Explosion W, Ben Maher (GBR) was named the individual Olympic jumping champion Wednesday...

Thirty combinations left all the jumps up in the individual jumping qualifier Tuesday evening at the Tokyo Olympic Games. There were just 30 qualifying spots available for the individual final....

For the non-horse people in my life watching the Olympics: Thank you for appreciating the "horse dancing," we are now on the "show jumping" portion of the program. I hope...

In the last 20 years, following multiple rider and horse deaths due to cross country falls, a number of safety measures were introduced into the sport of eventing. Not the...

Julia Krajewski landed off the final fence of the individual eventing final and punched her fist in the air. The German rider covered her mouth in shock before throwing herself...

Great Britain added a pair of rails to its score on the final day of eventing competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The team could have had three more and...

Robin Godel's Olympic dream came to a tragic end when the Swiss rider's horse incurred a fatal injury on the Sea Forest Cross Country Course at the Tokyo Games. From...