Author Archives: Carley Sparks

Remember when there was a five star Grand Prix to watch every weekend? When world ranking points accumulated on a near daily basis and it was impossible to keep up...

Three of the most spectacular weeks on the Wellington winter circuit have been relegated to a footnote in history. The organizers of the Palm Beach Masters announced on Friday that...

Show jumping fit-spiration Kent Farrington is back at it with another #MondayMotivation episode, the <:30 second viral video series that's quickly becoming the highlight of our week. The theme of...

With COVID-19 cases in North America soaring to nearly a third of the global total this week, you'd be forgiven if you're feeling a little stressed right now. And if,...

The 45th anniversary of North America's top show jumping facility is not to be. Equestrian event heavyweight Spruce Meadows, of Calgary, AB, announced Monday that the 2020 Summer Series has...

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United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Safety Officer Jon Holling has issued a social media call to arms for the eventing community. Spurred by the tragic deaths of 33-year-old eventer...

Missing the magical partnership that was Laura Graves and Verdades? Fear not! Team USA has a new dressage dream team and they just cracked the elusive 80% barrier in the...

In the time vortex of horse show life, days morph into weeks and hours disappear into minutes. "Real life" takes on a distant otherworldly quality. And the singular, all-absorbing pursuit...

American show jumper Karl Cook has opinions. And he has a lot of them. On things like fashion (there's power to a great suit) and the Hollywood machine (a nice place to visit). On the place for politics...

In 2018, British show jumper Holly Smith made her championship debut at the World Equestrian Games™ Tryon in North Carolina riding the aptly named Heart's Destiny. The following year, they...

"I never really imagined that I would win one of these grand prix!” In her 20s, Erin Davis-Heineking (USA) competed at Florida's Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) as an amateur jumper....

At 15.1 hands high, Catoki only just qualifies as a horse. It's a fact that becomes glaringly obvious when McLain Ward's muscular 5'8" frame is perched atop his back. But...

The word "caprice" is defined as "a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior." Kent Farrington's approach to training Kaprice, the chestnut mare in his string for the past...

Ireland's Daniel Coyle is only 25 years old. But he already has a decade of work experience under his belt. And overcome his share of tumultuous challenges along the way....

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, of many. Verbose even. One...

"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 sign refers to abuse of...

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 Champion announced he is leaving...

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 rider at the 2019 Pan...

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 would be the ruin the...