Author Archives: Carley Sparks

"I got a mad flyer to the last, which I think really helped me win in the end.” That was Ireland's Conor Swail after winning the $35,500 CSIO5* North West...

First in the ring. First in the ribbons! Show jumping maverick Todd Minikus (USA) owned the $2,500 VisitLex 1.40m Speed at the Lexington International in Kentucky with Lord Calador. Posting a...

Steve Guerdat (SUI) and the bay mare Bianca began competing internationally in June 2015. In the nearly three years since, they've finished top ten in two World Cup Finals, earned a...

Germany's Daniel Deusser made his debut at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the UK this weekend and, in a matter of days, has already won two five star classes...

International newcomer Mount St John Freestyle has competed in two freestyles in her short career. Twice, she's broken 81%. Twice, she's taken home the win. The new international mount of...

Britain dominated the podium in the CDI4* Al Shira’aa Grand Prix, on the second day of CHI Royal Windsor Horse Show in the UK. Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester, the karate...

New Zealand's Jonelle Price joined two new clubs this year. Less than ten months ago, the Olympic eventer became a mother, welcoming son Otis with her husband and Rio Games...

British dressage instructor Sally Amsterdamer specializes in flat training show jumpers. Judging by her client roster she’s rather good at her job. Irish team members Andrew Bournes and Richie Moloney,...

It was bound to happen, one day. And Sunday was it. In a dramatic finish to the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE) in Lexington, Oliver Townend of Great Britain...

"I only remember something like this when I was last in Aachen 20 year ago," said Mexico's Santiago Lambre. "I've never competed in an atmosphere like this, it's incredible. They...

You may want to sit down for this. Eventing cyborg Michael "the Machine" Jung did not execute a clean cross country course at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event in...

Scandalous indeed! USA's Marilyn Little and RF Scandalous have stolen the overnight lead at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event (LRK3DE)—aka, "not Rolex"—from perennial favorite Michael Jung of Germany! Logging a...

Target: Lima Romeo Kilo 3 Delta Echo (LRK3DE). Domination sequence initiated.  Activate mare.  Target score destroyed. Phase one: complete. We can't give you a direct quote from the inner workings...

Let's play a game we just invented: Can You Spot the Pattern! In Ocala, Florida, last February, Ian Millar (CAN) produced one of only two double clears in the Longines...

All hail the new queen of four-in-hand dressage. The FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG) Test Event for Driving is currently underway at Tryon International Equestrian Center in North...

Beezie Madden is the 2018 Longines FEI World Cup™ champion! The wonder woman of American show jumping dominated in Paris, France aboard her veteran partner, Breitling LS (the same horse involved...

Team Israel has a(nother) new recruit! Former American show jumper Ashlee Meeus Bond announced on Instagram today that she is officially an Israeli citizen. Bond's father, Steve Bond (born Shlomo Goldberg),...

It was a heavyweight battle. The most decorated equestrian in history versus the American young gun. (Disclaimer: the young gun is 30.) USA's Laura Graves, by any measure, is a...

Does something about the 2017/2018 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final feel inexplicably familiar? Do you have a lingering sense that what's happening has happened before? That you've seen this precise competition unfold...

You know that tired horse movie plot that we all love to make fun of? The one where a young girl meets a troubled horse and, for reasons that defy...