In the ups and downs of equestrian sports, it’s hard to think of an eventer who has experienced more highs and lows than Will Coleman in the past five years. 2021: wins the Aachen CCIO4* with...
It's often said that eventing is "not a dressage competition." But that's precisely who's in the lead of the CCI5*-L Defender Kentucky Three Day Event after cross country on Saturday....
Moving day came early at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L with a whole new group of riders filling the top four slots at the close of dressage. And it's...
In 2024, Will Coleman and Diabolo took the win in the CCI4*-S at the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. On Thursday, they took the lead in the CCI5*-L. Coleman and of...
The first CCI5* of the year did not disappoint. Set on the southern coast of Australia, the 2026 edition of the Adelaide Equestrian Festival is the sole five star in...
Eightieth. Eliminated. Twenty-six. Ninth. Seventeenth. Thirteenth. Sixteenth. Eleventh. If you looked at Cartania’s FEI finishes, a casual glance wouldn’t have made you pick her as a five-star winner. Until a...
If the last few years have not yet proven, the 2025 edition certainly has. Horses that succeed at Maryland have the blood and grit to handle the terrain and intense...
“It’s 100% focus when you’re in there,” Monica Spencer gushed of her ride on the second day of the MARS Maryland 5*. “At that [final] salute, I thought, yeah, I...
Half the 22-horse field strutted before the ground jury on Thursday at the 2025 MARS Maryland 5* to start off the dressage and it's Boyd Martin in the lead after...
After Michael Jung’s unbelievable fifth win at Kentucky, shattering dressage scores and leading margins, this week's Adelaide Equestrian Festival, the second CCI5*-L competition of the year, had much to live...
“I was thinking this morning: I have two chances of winning here,” Boyd Martin (USA) mused. “Maybe Michael went to the strip club last night or maybe he goes off...
Anything above 50% odds are definitely in your favor in equestrian sports, but what about a 97% win chance? Your name must be Michael Jung. After an enormously successful day...
“This is the best group of five-star horses I've had,” said Boyd Martin (USA) at the start of the press conference after the second dressage day of the Defender Kentucky...
Records have been few and far between in recent years. But one man continues to break them over and over. The Olympic individual gold medal combination of Michael Jung (GER)...
Coming in last to the show jumping is familiar territory for British eventer Oliver Townend. His name always hovers at every five star as a favorite and often at some...
It was a day of mixed emotions at the MARS Maryland 5*. Of the original 23 entries, 21 attempted Ian Stark’s cross country course. Of those 21, four parted ways,...
It’s a full circle moment for Tamra Smith and the 18-year-old Mai Baum in Maryland. “He started his four star long career here at Fair Hill,” Smith reminisced. “So, to...
The road to a five star is rarely a smooth one, but for USA’s Cosby Green (23) and now 14-year-old Highly Suspicious the journey was tumultuous. “I probably had...
The odds weren't in Oliver Townend's favor heading into the final day of competition at the 2024 Defender Kentucky Three Day Event. Equiratings Prediction Centre gave the Brit a a...
It was British domination on cross country day of the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event with Tom McEwan holding his lead, Yasmin Ingham defending her second place, and Oliver Townend...
