Author Archives: Carley Sparks

It was a million-dollar question for Ashlee Bond. After a subpar performance at the Paris Olympics, the Israeli rider’s second games with Donatello 141, Bond considered retiring the 13-year-old Westphalian...

Piergeorgio Bucci had a straight forward strategy heading into Sunday's 13-horse jump-off for Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ at Madrid: “just go faster than [Maikel] van der Vleuten.” That's precisely...

Six 5* Grand Prix wins for any horse is exceptional. To win six at age 12? That's a special kind of elite. In the past decade, only one 12-year-old horse...

Stockholm Hearts claimed the 2024 Global Champions League Super Cup on Saturday. But the undisputed MVP is a horse that wasn't atop the podium. With a bye into the Semi...

“It wasn’t a disadvantage to go first in the jump-off," said Denis Lynch of his pathfinder position in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup of Stuttgart on Sunday. "Quite the...

Alex Matz didn't win every five-star class at the 2024 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, but he won most of the big ones. The American's winning week started with...

If you've ever wondered what happens at the back gate after winning your first five-star, it was four straight minutes of hugging and more than a few tears for Caroline...

Is it too early to start making World Cup Final predictions? Absolutely. But Major Tom, a horse that three-time World Cup Final champion Rodrigo Pessoa says is "one of the...

Age is just "the number in his passport" for Rokfeller de Pleveille Bois Margot. The 19-year-old Selle Français gelding (L'arc de Triomphe x Apache D'adriers) has jumped 142 1.60m or...

Conor Swail has been a staple on the Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) tour since its inception in 2021 and has 37 career Grand Prix wins on his record. But...

Cannes Stars, powered by the Iron Dames, are the Global Champions League’s leading ladies. Officially. GCL’s first all-female team finished the 2024 season with the championship crown firmly fixed atop...

Daniel Deusser and Gangster v/h Noddevelt didn't just win the CSI5* GNP 1.60m Grand Prix at Otomi Club Hipico on Saturday, they left no question about it. Four of 35...

The odds of winning a 5* Grand Prix are rarely in a horse and rider's favor. On the broad stroke of entries alone, there's a one in 40 win chance...

The inaugural Longines League of Nations Final ended the way every championship should—down to the wire. The defending champions versus the 2021 champions. Rising star Richard Vogel against former world...

Michael Pender is a U25 rider but you'd never guess that looking at his Jumpr stats. The Irish rider has amassed 339 international podium finishes, 27 Grand Prix titles and...

The first-ever Longines League of Nations™ Final takes place in Barcelona this weekend as the world's best teams vie for glory at Real Club de Polo. From the original 10-nation starting list,...

When Martin Fuchs won the CPKC International at Spruce Meadows in 2023, he jumped the final fence with a celebratory fist in the air, knowing he’d clinched the victory. It...

The 93rd start was the charm for José Maria Larocca. The Argentinian Olympian has contested some 92 1.60m classes over the course of his considerable career. In the stirrups of...

Victor Bettendorf was happy just to be qualified for the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Rome on Sunday. Then he won it. The Luxembourg rider is ranked no....

Harry Charles was denied the opportunity to challenge Christian Kukuk for the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But he got his chance in London. Charles helped the Brits...