This morning in a luxury hotel somewhere in Calgary, Alberta, a CP International exec rolled out of his California King, tossed aside a thousand thread count sheet, and thought to...
Tragedy struck the eventing community today at the Ratomka Horse Trials, Minsk (Belarus). Russian rider Nikita Sotskov died following a rotational fall at fence 21 on the CIC3* course. He...
Chris Surbey (CAN) crossed an item off his bucket list last night, a win at the Spruce Meadows' Masters Tournament in the ATCO Six Bar. But he was all apologies after...
Come Sunday, 40 of the world's top horse and rider combinations will take to the International Ring at Spruce Meadows in Calgary to contest the CP International. At $2 Million...
Think the high stakes drama of the Olympic Games is over? It was just the opening act. Doda de Miranda's future uncertain with Cornetto K Several media outlets have reported...
I was tired when I arrived at the barn to ride. I had already been running with the dogs, gone to yoga, and I hadn’t slept well. My thoughts had...
It’s happened to most of us: we rode to our heart’s content as children, with time on our side and the bills sent straight to mom and dad—while they secretly,...
Tragic news out of HITS Saugerties this week. Twenty-two-year-old Rebecca "Becca" Weissbard suffered a fatal fall while competing at the HITS-on-the-Hudson VIII in New York on Aug. 31. Weissbard was showing...
Our daughter rides. A lot. She spends as much time at the barn and riding as she does in school. By the time kids get to the USEF Pony Finals...
After every round in Deodoro Olympic stadium at the Rio Olympics, athletes are required to go through the Mixed Zone. It's the media equivalent of running the gauntlet. Athlete on...
https://youtu.be/Gw5FN-LDSSs The Rio Games was an emotional rollercoaster. It was an overwhelmingly emotional for Great Britain's Nick Skelton, who won the individual gold after an epic career comeback. It was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QzI5Hb_fw It was previously unheard of in an Olympic Games: six horses jumping off for the gold medal. But then it was a previously unheard of depth of field, too....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXU2nQV_lE There was a lot of crying in Rio today. Show jumping legend Nick Skelton (GBR) stood atop the Individual Final podium, as the British national anthem played, and wiped...
Any hope of an individual medal evaporated for Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum at the first jump on course this morning in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. A costly mistake to the 1.50m wide...
Some 11,551 athletes will compete in the 2016 Rio Games, contesting 306 events in 28 different sports. All come to Brazil with the same dream—Olympic glory. But only a fraction...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2AP6RRrBjM Imagine you’re speeding down a highway in Porsche. Only you can’t see because it’s raining… No, scratch that. You’re blindfolded! Heading toward a brick wall at Mach speed. And...
And then there were three. The US Olympic Show Jumping team has withdrawn Beezie Madden and Cortes ‘C’ from competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Madden was to contest...
Zika, questionable water purity, personal transportation—Spain's Pilar Lucrecia Cordon likely planned for many contingencies coming into the Rio Games. But nothing could have prepared her for what she and Gribouille du...
BRA-ZIL! BRA-ZIL! BRA-ZIL! It was the chant of a few thousand Brazilian show jumping fans as riders from the host country set hoof in Deodoro Olympic Park stadium today for the...
Laura Graves (USA) is leaving Rio with a team bronze medal and the bragging rights that come with a fourth place individual finish against formidable competition. Not too shabby for...
