Horsemanship
So You Think You’re a Horseman?
If you can start a young horse, retrain a “problem” horse, expertly maneuver a truck and trailer, give both IM and IV injections, and safely…
Author:
Carley Sparks
Carley sees the world through horse-colored lenses. They’re like rose-colored lens, but with more show jumping. Carley’s mission is simple: to make show jumping more popular than hockey, football and ice cream. Combined. Carley lives in Toronto with her partner, daughter and son.
Show Jumping
13 Things to Know About Ireland’s Winning Nations Cup Final Team
When Olympic gold medalist Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) was tapped as chef d’equipe for the Irish show jumping team in 2017, Ireland had not qualified a…
2 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Team USA Has Déjà Vu in Barcelona
The American show jumping team won bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. They took team gold at the 2018 World Equestrian…
2 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Ben Maher Is in an Empire State of Mind
The concrete jungle is where Ben Maher’s (GBR) dreams are made of this weekend. The British import won all the things this Saturday at the…
3 weeks ago
Interviews & Profiles
Rowan Willis Likes a Challenge, Blue Movie Enjoys Being One
On paper, Rowan Willis’s mount Blue Movie was probably seemed like a bad investment for the first decade of her life. Foaled in 2006 and…
4 weeks ago
Driving
James Miller Is Driving a Road Less Travelled
Two years ago, American polo player James Miller took up the reins on a new equestrian hobby and started combined driving with a pair of…
4 weeks ago
Interviews & Profiles
Broke in Europe, a Beezie Madden Story
Today, the name Beezie Madden is synonymous with American show jumping and Olympic medals. But there was a time when team USA’s most decorated rider…
1 month ago
Show Jumping
Beezie Madden Jumps into Grand Slam History
On Saturday, 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu made history in New York when she took down tennis great Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 to become the first Canadian…
1 month ago
Driving
Best & Worst with Koos de Ronde
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And for Koos de Ronde (NED), it once was both the best and…
1 month ago
Driving
Nifty Hamilton and Makari Design Are Driven to Succeed
Nifty Hamilton (USA) needed a better dressage score. That was the impetus behind buying a four-year-old stallion only green broke to driving some eight years…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Cita Has Won an International Class at tbird Every Year Since 2016
In news that will surprise exactly no one who follows show jumping, Cita, ridden by Ireland’s Daniel Coyle, logged a win opening day of the…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Clarion SN Is the Heavy D of Horses
A clarion is an adjective that means “brilliantly clear.” It’s also the name of a dinosaur-sized horse that jumped a brilliant clear for Canada’s Kristen…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Marlon Modolo Zanotelli Is Brazil’s Golden Boy
When Brazil hosted the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Marlon Modolo Zanotelli was not on the national team. But even as he watched from…
2 months ago
Hunter/Jumper
George Morris Gets Lifetime Ban by SafeSport
George Morris has been added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport “Banned” List. A stalwart of equestrianism, Morris’s name is synonymous with show jumping. He’s…
2 months ago
Eventing
Boyd Martin’s Pan Am Double Gold Medal Winning Performance—in His Own Words
Boyd Martin, anchor of USA’s Pan American Games Eventing team and unofficial Disney prince, was the golden boy of Lima. Riding the 11-year-old Trakhener gelding…
2 months ago
Dressage
Four Things to Know About Canada’s Gold Medal Winning Dressage Team
The Canadian Dressage Team came to the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru with visions of gold dancing in their heads. They’re leaving with new…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
Global Champions Tour Montreal Has Been Cancelled *Sad Face*
First the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Now the 2019 Global Champions Tour Montreal. For the second time in as many years, a major equestrian event…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
McLain Ward to Sit Out First Team Championship in Over a Decade
Like death, taxes and two scoops of raisins in every box of Raisin Bran, McLain Ward has been a constant the Americans can count upon…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
Jordan Coyle’s Bloody Good Week
In the original days of bullfighting, the Picador was the central attraction billed on promotional flyers. People gathered to watch the spectacle of a mounted…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
Top 10 Moments of the Week, tbird edition
We’re going to stop posting about the Odlum Brown BC Open at Thunderbird Show Park soon. Pinky swear. But not just yet… Because last week?…