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February 18, 2019
Feel Good Story of the Day: Cedric and Quick Study Are Pasture Buddies
For nearly a decade, Laura Kraut's great grey gelding Cedric and Lauren Hough's quirky bay...
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Pivoting During a Pandemic
Boston-based manufacturer EquiFit specializes in designing stylish and technologically advanced products for horses—typically in black. Now, they’re making one for humans. It’s also black. Last week as COVID-19 continued its...
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New Dates Set for Tokyo Olympics
Save the date! The Tokyo Olympics have been rescheduled for Jul. 23, 2021 to Aug. 9, 2021, nearly one year to the day after the Games were due to start this summer....
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May Tournaments Canceled at Thunderbird Show Park
Pandemic event cancellations continue this week worldwide. Joining the likes of Hickstead (GBR) and Aachen (GER), Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC has called off its May tournaments, including the...
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It’s Official: Tokyo 2020 Postponed
COVID-19 has won this round. But the Games will go on. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday, Mar. 24 that the Toyko 2020 Games have officially been postponed by...
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Second Longines Masters Event of 2020 Cancelled
With COVID-19 spurred event cancellations now spreading into June and July, the Longines Masters has pulled the plug on the Lausanne leg of their 2020 season. It's the second event...
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Spruce Meadows’ Summer Series Cancelled Amid Growing COVID-19 Concerns
The 45th anniversary of North America's top show jumping facility is not to be. Equestrian event heavyweight Spruce Meadows, of Calgary, AB, announced Monday that the 2020 Summer Series has...
Sports & Racing
Sports
Kathy Kusner, Equestrian Rebel
Kathy Kusner is celebrated in American history for her show jumping prowess. Born in 1940 to a family of modest means and zero horse connections, she was an unlikely candidate...
Sports
Confessions of a Polo Groom
Polo: the game of kings. We've all seen it depicted on TV at some point—gorgeous horses galloping madly after a tiny white ball, players swinging cane mallets, while spectators clad...
Sports
3 Online Horse Shows to Help Fill the Self Isolation Hours
The [horse] show must go on online! COVID-19 restrictions have led to the cancelation or rescheduling of competitions nationwide. But, a new trend is rising in their absence—online horse shows....
Racing
Haru Urara: Japan’s Lovable Loser
"Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing." Henry Russell Sanders, UCLA Bruins Coach 1950 “Do your best” Ganbatte (Japanese) Ever since Commodore Perry’s “black ships”—so-called because they belched black smoke...
Sports
Canceled by COVID-19: How Event Organizers Are Coping
COVID-19 restrictions have led organizers to cancel equestrian competitions and other events nationwide—but at what cost? We caught up with Derek Braun, founder and president of the Split Rock Jumping...
Racing
Horseracing Has a Place in America’s Challenging Times
Sporting events have long served as a comfort in difficult times and racing is no exception. It was 1945. The Allies were still in the midst of World War II...
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How to Manage Anxiety as a Horse Owner during COVID-19
Every horse owner I know is experiencing some level of anxiety around how COVID-19 is or might affect them as...
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What It’s Like to Be a Para Rider, According to Evie Toombes
When I tell other riders I'm para, they tend to worry I'm more likely to fall off, have an accident,...
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Unbridled: Discovering a Horse of a Lifetime
Seven years ago, Larisa Quirk was feeling frustrated and disheartened with her recently adopted mare, Starbucks. The spicy Thoroughbred had...
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The Day I Found a New Horse in My Barn
It seems that I’ve been blessed with a love for all horses. But some have, at times, been difficult to...
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