Author Archives: Carley Sparks

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson (USA) won the $50,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix in Wilmington, Ohio with Akuna Mattata on Saturday night. And she's got two more promising mares just like her in the...

Douglas E. Boyd and Berkley III are on fire! And they're taming the flames to do it. The dynamic duo's hot streak started three weeks ago when they won the Open Welcome...

Anyone who has been fortunate enough to get a glimpse at the inner workings of Millar Brooke Farm knows that the devil is in the details. But here’s a little...

You've heard of horse whisperers. Kristy Lake is a sock whisperer. The first sock whisperer, in fact. Likely the last one too. Because what Kristy does defies logic, science, and,...

Last week, T.J. O'Mara captured his second major equitation title in as many weeks weeks. (He's the 2016 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East and 2016 Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Medal Final champion). Consider him your equitation...

Two equitation finals in the bag for 2016. Two victories on the books for New Jersey's T.J. O’Mara. Two Sundays ago, the 17-year-old Rumson resident captured the 2016 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping...

Beezie Madden, Ian Millar, Scott Brash—some riders seem to thrive under pressure. The higher the stakes, the better their performance. For less accomplished riders, the pressure cooker of the show ring can cause a plan to...

It’s equitation finals season! Time to drop the stirrups and pick up a few position tips from the pros—so we can all learn to ride with the precision of Victoria Colvin,...

Immediate friends, family, and associated trainers aside, few people pay close attention to the results of the junior hunter ring. Fewer still, check the news for updates on those divisions—even at a showcase...

Take a shot at the Grand Prix. Do a shot on the podium! That was the order of the day for the $40,000 Amalaya Investments CSI 3* Grand Prix at the...

Alexa Aureliano of Old Brookville, NY, earned her first major equitation victory on Saturday. Riding Qualitat, a seven-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Heritage Farm, she captured the THIS National Children’s...

Acclaimed dressage rider Robert Dover is famed for many things. The four Olympic team bronze medals he accumulated during his international career. His impressive track record as chef d'equipe of the U.S....

Between the Ghostbusters, the Pink Panther, the Gladiators, and Ariel, there were plenty of theatrics in the ring for the Pro-Am for Charity at the Longines Masters Los Angeles in California. But,...

For the past 40 years, Pedro Cebulka has been the colorful character leading riders to the ring at the biggest equestrian events in the world—sometimes in heels. Here he shares his...

Elite riders. A list celebs. A frenzy of flashing bulbs. We're just one face plant away from the best night of our lives at the Longines Masters Los Angeles in California. [caption id="attachment_13613" align="alignnone" width="620"]...

Kara Chad of Calgary, Alberta was the Travelling Reserve for the Canadian Show Jumping Team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here she recounts what it's...

You could it call it the German team’s retirement gift to Ludger Beerbaum. Or perhaps his to them. Team Germany took home the trophy in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping...

Last year, Jimmy Torano (USA) watched the Central Park Horse Show from the broadcast box as the color commentator for NBC Sports. This year, he planned to watch it from home....

Course designers have a number of tools at their disposal when building a course. They play with the types of jumps and the elements they're built with. They tweak the distance...

McLain Ward jumps Grand Prix courses like he's executing the world's biggest equitation final—he's smooth, precise, and deadly accurate. But while he may make the show jumping appear effortlessly easy,...