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One has a penchant for trucker hats and hoodies. The other, a stickler for classic attire. One is a man of few words; the other,…
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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.
Opinion
The Inevitability of Sexual Abuse in Horse Sport
“If you tolerate it; you are condoning it,” reads a sign on the door of Murray Arena at the Okotoks Recreation Centre in Alberta. The…
2 days ago
Show Jumping
Rodrigo Pessoa Is Starting a “New Chapter” and It Doesn’t Involve the Irish Team
For nearly three years, Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa has donned a green coat and chef d’equipe cap for Ireland. Today, the Olympic, World Cup and World…
4 weeks ago
Olympics
Nicole Walker Provisionally Suspended Following Positive Drug Test
Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker is having a bad day. The worst kind of day for a national team member. The 26-year-old, Canada’s leading jumping…
1 month ago
Show Jumping
Millennials Won Every World Cup This Weekend Past
Remember when the Internet was in an uproar over the future of horse sport and Baby Boomers the world over were convinced that lazy millennials…
1 month ago
Show Jumping
Beth Underhill’s Warm Up Strategy Makes People Nervous
Start with an oxer. Jump two off the left lead and three off the right. End with a rub. Most riders have a pre-competition warm…
1 month ago
Interviews & Profiles
Under the Saddle with Adam Cromarty and Special Guest Geoff Billington
Normally, when an athlete sits down with a member of the media for an interview, it’s with a boiled down version of their story. A…
2 months ago
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…
2 months ago
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 months 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 months 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 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
3 months 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
