Growing up with horses, we gave saddle fit only the most cursory of consideration. More often than not issues were “solved” with the addition of a foam riser or a...
A little inspiration can go a long way! Whether it’s beginner group lessons, advanced gymnastics, exercises for a young horse, or schooling a specific skill, collaboration is often the best...
Super Saturday at Meydan is meant to separate Dubai World Cup contenders from the pretenders and it certainly did that as North America gobbled a gate-to-wire 5 1/4-length victory over Thunder...
Goosebumps. That's what Marcus Ehning's precisely executed roll back to the final oxer in the Rolex Grand Prix at the Dutch Masters in Den Bosch, Netherlands on Sunday will give...
This picture brings up so many memories of my first years as young professional. When I first started showing Pongo in the Pre Greens, people laughed. I did all of...
You've heard the saying, "Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen"? Olympic show jumper Tiffany Foster (CAN) subscribes to the kinder, gentler, Canadian-er approach of "Call 'em king, get 'em to...
It was a scene out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Our underdog hero, a lanky redhead, gallops astride a bay mare, charting a carefully controlled track through a relentless downpour. A...
“When you have elastic arms and an independent seat—you support your upper body from your security in the tack and balance in the stirrups, not the neck—you can do anything...
“I didn’t think Kristen was actually beatable, to be honest." That was 2017 World Cup Champion McLain Ward (USA) right after he beat Kristen Vanderveen (USA) by more than a...
Remember when we reported on the heated battle between McLain Ward (USA) and Eric Lamaze (CAN) for the title of most WEF Challenge Cup victories? Not once, not twice, BUT...
It's tough to spot an obese horse when it's your own. We tend to think, "She's just big boned," or "It's her breed." Many owners aren't even sure what constitutes...
“She’s a chestnut mare, and one thing I’ve found out that I should have known already is that she’s a typical chestnut mare." That was confirmed ginger Daniel Coyle (IRL)...
Meet the new gold standard in ideal starts to a career! Private Practice, a recently appointed hunter, made his derby debut in the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at Deeridge...
Godolphin's Winter Lightning was expected to run away with the featured 1 1/8-miles UAE Oaks for fillies Thursday at Meydan. But there is a reason they run the race and...
Hunter heavyweight Liza Boyd (USA) landed from the final oxer in the Deeridge Derby ring to uproarious applause and a chorus of deepthroated "Woo, woo, woos" from the Kiss 'n Cry....
Last year, the nine-year-old gelding Private Practice was working his way up the jumper ranks at Eduardo Menezes' H5 Stables. Last month, he changed owners and professions. Purchased by Brad...
Easy as one, two, three, (four)... Wellington-based rider Alex Granato (USA) found a winning formula in Round 8 of the WEF Challenge Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival on Thursday,...
Training a young jumper is a process. Like assembling the 7,541 piece LEGO® Star Wars Millennium Falcon or configuring a 1000 piece double-sided jigsaw puzzle picturing only gradients of white, it...
In my younger (ok, MUCH younger) days, I didn’t like mares. They seemed unpredictable and difficult compared to geldings, or even stallions. I was wrong. In the feral society of...
