Author Archives: Carley Sparks

Neither a lost stirrup nor a stellar lineup of talent could keep Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) out of the winner's circle on Friday.  The Dutch rider topped a field of...

American eventer Marilyn Little is competing at The Fork in Tryon, NC this week with her veteran partner RF Scandalous. Officially, it's the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Eventing Test Event...

Olympic silver medalist Kent Farrington hasn't set foot in a show ring since mid February. But he didn't let a little thing like not competing get in the way of his...

Michael Jung's resume is the stuff of eventing legend. Four-time European champion. Three-time Olympic gold medalist. Individual and team World Equestrian Games champion. He's the first eventer to ever hold...

Margie Engle, the tiny titan of show jumping, won the biggest grand prix of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival on Saturday. It was her birthday gift to herself, which everyone...

It's the final week of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF)—tear mark!—and everything's coming up green, yellow and blue. For the second time in three days, a Brazilian horse ridden...

For the past three months, Lucy Deslauriers plans have been shot. Sidelined by a shoulder injury and a surgery on her hand at the end of 2017, the American show...

Kristen Vanderveen (USA) came to Ocala, Florida this weekend with France in her sights. But she needed a minor miracle to get there. As the final qualifier in the North...

Fourteen legs, seven states, four provinces and eight months. The thrilling 2017/2018 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League officially came to a close at Live Oak International in Ocala,...

Fun fact: it's getting increasingly difficult to come up with creative ways to announce that Eric Lamaze (CAN) has won the WEF Challenge Cup. Yet again. Related: do you think it ever...

We're basing that highly speculative opinion on one fact: they share horses! Irish show jumper Darragh Kenny took second place in the $35,000 Douglas Elliman 1.45m Classic CSI 3* on...

Goosebumps. That's what Marcus Ehning's precisely executed roll back to the final oxer in the Rolex Grand Prix at the Dutch Masters in Den Bosch, Netherlands on Sunday will give...

You've heard the saying, "Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen"? Olympic show jumper Tiffany Foster (CAN) subscribes to the kinder, gentler, Canadian-er approach of "Call 'em king, get 'em to...

It was a scene out of a Hollywood blockbuster. Our underdog hero, a lanky redhead, gallops astride a bay mare, charting a carefully controlled track through a relentless downpour. A...

“When you have elastic arms and an independent seat—you support your upper body from your security in the tack and balance in the stirrups, not the neck—you can do anything...

Remember when we reported on the heated battle between McLain Ward (USA) and Eric Lamaze (CAN) for the title of most WEF Challenge Cup victories? Not once, not twice, BUT...

Meet the new gold standard in ideal starts to a career! Private Practice, a recently appointed hunter, made his derby debut in the $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby at Deeridge...

Hunter heavyweight Liza Boyd (USA) landed from the final oxer in the Deeridge Derby ring to uproarious applause and a chorus of deepthroated "Woo, woo, woos" from the Kiss 'n Cry....

Last year, the nine-year-old gelding Private Practice was working his way up the jumper ranks at Eduardo Menezes' H5 Stables. Last month, he changed owners and professions. Purchased by Brad...

Easy as one, two, three, (four)... Wellington-based rider Alex Granato (USA) found a winning formula in Round 8 of the WEF Challenge Cup at the Winter Equestrian Festival on Thursday,...