Author Archives: Carley Sparks

The formula for picking draft picks on a Fantasy Sports Team is skill + opportunity = success. It's the same one Egyptian Olympian Nayel Nassar uses to guide his sports...

The 2022 Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) tour kicks off this week at Thunderbird Show Park, the first of ten stops on the 5* jumping series that spans North America....

On Friday, four-time Olympic medalist McLain Ward (USA) predicted that his “old partner” HH Azur “still has some big wins left in the tank even though she’s more in the sunset...

Collective sport team collapse is a widely known phenomenon in which a team experiences “sudden, collective and extreme underperformance within a competition.” It is said to be triggered by a...

It’s hard to imagine three-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Jung topping three consecutive titles at the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event CCI5*-L in Lexington. It's a feat only he...

“This has been a very tough day, actually,” said Doug Payne. Sunday at the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event in Lexington was the end of an era and the...

Tamra Smith's Fleeceworks Royal and Ashlynn Meuchel's Emporium were injured during the cross country phase of CCI5*-L competition at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event on Saturday. Both horses are...

At six months of gestation, a human fetus is anywhere from seven to 12 inches long and may weigh between one and two pounds. The baby has fully formed lungs...

Perfect 10s, a champion making debut, and the final performance of a career, the 10th edition of the FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final in Leipzig, Germany brought drama and artistry in...

Florida's Palm Beach International Equestrian Center was officially rebranded Wellington International on Saturday. But there was only one country that dominated this weekend—Ireland. The green, white and orange swept the...

The first Nations Cup of the North and Central America & Caribbean division took place in Mexico this weekend and already the 2022 season has the convoluted plot line of daytime soap...

If good things come to those who wait, Kevin Winkel has done his time. And then some. The American show jumper took 20 YEARS to ask out fellow Grand Prix...

The Rolex Grand Slam is one of the toughest titles—if not the toughest title—to capture in show jumping. Founded in 2013 and comprised of four of the most competitive Grand...

It was a postcard moment. Watching Katie Taylor-Davidson and L’Con Reyes, the first of 27 combinations to set hoof in the spectacular grass field at Desert International Horse Park in...

It's a truth universally acknowledged that a rider in possession of a good horse will go to great lengths to avoid the media. So we found a work around... Introducing...

Berry de Maillet is a hunter wizard in training.   The former jumper competed up to the 1.45m CSI4* level in his previous life, showing internationally in Spain, Mexico, and...

For Karrie Rufer, it was love at first lick. The American show jumper first encountered Mr. Europe, aka "Eddie," while on a shopping expedition in the Netherlands. She was in...

Jenny Karazissis and Big Shot are no strangers to the winner's circle. The 2021 US Equestrian National Horse of the Year has been a blue ribbon printing machine since his...

It’s said that good things come in small packages. In Kalinka Van't Zorgvliet’s case, it’s a small, speedy, often opinionated package. “She's super hot, super fiery,” said world #75 Karl...

If you were to put together a wish list for the ideal hunter, it might include things like: Comfortable canterEasy to trainExcellent jumpNice moverStands for ribbons D’Avant checks all the...