Author Archives: Carley Sparks

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...

Darrin Dlin’s Buddy Bounce is no shrinking violet. “Well, he's Irish," deadpanned Dlin. "So he's very casual, very arrogant. And then he walks in the ring and he puffs up...

The "meet cute" in romantic-comedies is a plot device used to introduce two main characters. The circumstances of the meet cute are sometimes unusual, other times contrived, and typically funny....

Ten events. Three countries. Eight teams. One team champion. The tenth and final leg of the Major League Show Jumping team event will play out Friday night at Desert International...

Alanine De Vains was never meant for Cassio Rivetti. The 11-year-old Selle Francais mare, originally campaigned by Egypt's Abel Said, was purchased earlier this year for his 19-year-old student, Violet...

A.I.M. United claimed their second win of the Major League Show Jumping season Saturday, jumping to the top of the podium at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA. They...

With the final two stages of the Major League Show Jumping season among us, the team championship race has rounded the home stretch at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal,...

The few seconds before the start bell rings in a Grand Prix and a rider picks up a gallop to the first fence are often a window into strategy. Many...

“It was a long way to come to Mexico, so we need to make it worth it,” deadpanned Roadrunners Kaitlin Campbell. The team did exactly that at Major League Show...

“I felt when I saw the jump off course that it was going to be very, very thin margins,” said Eye Candy’s Conor Swail. “And that's kind of how it...

On Friday, A.I.M. United’s Ashlee Bond (ISR) had an unusually bad day at the office in the Major League Show Jumping Team Event at San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Riding...

San Miguel de Allende in Mexico is full of surprises. So too was the MLSJ Team Event. The seventh stop of the 2021 Major League Show Jumping Tour saw the...

A year ago, Kate Walkington and Clarimero T were a new partnership just getting to know one another in the ring at Thunderbird Show Park—and to mixed results. “I got...

"Always when you win one class, you get motivated for the next one. I feel today that was my day." That was Santiago Lambre after winning both FEI classes at...

Blazing 7s currently sit at the bottom of the Major League team standings in lowly eighth place. But don’t be fooled into thinking they're out of contention. That ranking is...

Trade season is officially open at Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) and Eye Candy has wasted no time stirring—and sweetening—the pot! Each Major League team is made up of six...

Kristen Vanderveen (USA), anchor rider for the Diamond Devils this week at Major League Show Jumping Phase 5, is known for her penchant for speed. But her fleet-footed riding has...

Phase IV of the Major League Show Jumping tour was undoubtedly the most dramatic yet. Hosted for the second week in a row by Angelstone Tournaments in Toronto, the second...

Which team is poised for a comeback? Which one has a long haul ahead? Can anyone catch Eye Candy? MLSJ co-founder Keean White and ten-time Olympian Ian Millar breakdown the...