Show Jumping
Set Your Alarm for 3:00pm ET: Show Jumping History Is About to Be Made
Mark this date. December 13 will go down in history as the day the Super Cup was born. The first ever Global Champions (GC) Playoffs…
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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.
Show Jumping
McLain Ward in “The Greys of Our Lives”
Twenty eighteen was a grey year for McLain Ward. In a literal sense. A bevy of overcast-hued horses have kept the double Olympic gold medalist…
5 days ago
Show Jumping
Scott Brash’s Ursula Is Retirement Bound
Ursula XII, a horse whose name is reminiscent of 90s sitcom Friends and/or Disney’s The Little Mermaid, depending on the year you were born, will grace…
5 days ago
Show Jumping
Steve Guerdat Wins the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final—AGAIN
The top ten(ish) came. They saw. But only one would conquer. The annual Rolex International Jumper Riders Club (IJRC) Top 10 Final saw (most of)…
1 week ago
Interviews & Profiles
Mattias Tromp Plays Mind Games (with Himself)
Rising star Mattias Tromp (USA) jumped a whopping 260 spots up the Longines World Rankings in 2018—by doing his homework. Ranked 408 in January, the…
1 week ago
Show Jumping
The 2020 FEI World Cup Finals to Return to the Oddly Shaped Thomas & Mack Arena
The Longines FEI Jumping and Dressage World Cup™ Finals are returning to Las Vegas in 2020. Hurrah! But…they’re back at the oddly shaped Thomas &…
2 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Eric Lamaze Cancels Fall Tour Due to “Health Concerns”
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze will not show in Geneva this week due to undisclosed health issues. Lamaze posted a rare personal note on…
2 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Shane Sweetnam and Palina De L’Escaut Win in Wellington, Confuse Around the World
Which one is the horse? Who’s the rider? Show jumping is confusing, let’s watch football. World #20 ranked rider Shane Sweetnam (IRL) and horse-with-a-human-sounding-name Palina De…
3 weeks ago
Horses in the Headlines
Emanuel Andrade Returns to Instagram After Horses Seized by FBI
Equestrian Sport is in the mainstream media again this week! And for once, it’s not a puff piece on the talented rich kids of show…
3 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Beezie Madden and Breitling Remind Us All Why They Are the World Cup Champions
As if there was ever any doubt. Elizabeth Madden (USA) and Breitling LS served a hot a plate of “It’s Beezie, b*tch” in the Longines…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Zazou Hoffmann: From Rookie to Front Runner in a Little Over a Year
A year ago August, Zazou Hoffmann made her World Cup debut at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. On Saturday night, the 27-year-old shot straight…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Rowan Willis and Shark Go for the Kill, But in the Nicest Way Possible
He’s a predator in the ring. But a pushover in the stable. Australia’s Rowan Willis and Shark captured their first international victory on American soil…
3 months ago
World Equestrian Games
10 Things to Know About Show Jumping’s New World Champion, Simone Blum!
From German ladies champion to world champion in two years! Germany’s Simone Blum became the breakout star of the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Tryon,…
3 months ago
World Equestrian Games
It’s Twitter Official: McLain Ward Is The GOAT
It’s official. McLain Ward has achieved hero status. You might think he’d already gotten there, what with the double Olympic gold medals, World Cup title…
3 months ago
World Equestrian Games
Team USA Well Within Striking Distance of the Swiss
Ireland’s Alan Wade came out swinging in round two of show jumping at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, NC on Thursday. Of…
3 months ago
World Equestrian Games
Great Britain Claims Double Gold at WEG
They have names fit for fictional Disney characters, but the fairytale ending is 100% real. Rosalind Canter (GBR) and Allstar B led the British eventing…
3 months ago
World Equestrian Games
Tropical Storm Florence Claims the Dressage Freestyle at WEG
Dressage is the latest victim of the weather in North Carolina. Or of untenable logistics. You be the judge. Late Friday night, the press office…
3 months ago
World Equestrian Games
Laura Graves and Verdades Dance into the Record Books at WEG
Laura Graves and Verdades made history on Friday, as they’re wont to do. The darlings of American dressage were awarded the individual silver medal at…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
Shane Sweetnam Will Never Be Late Again
Shane Sweetnam’s watch collection grew by leaps and bounds last week. And also via leaps and bounds. The Irish show jumper won not one, not…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
Shane Sweetnam Earns $10,000 in Good Karma (and a New Watch)
Since its inception in 2015, the Longines Rider Challenge, a $30,000 cash prize that is awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points in the…