Sixty-five competitors, 23 movements and one random soundtrack, another thrilling day of Olympic Eventing Dressage comes to a close. Here’s where things stand. It’s a horse race between the top...
Put three individuals in a room and ask them what color the sky is and you're bound to get different answers. People are funny like that. That's not the case...
Say, you wanted to incite a furor of media attention on Day One of the Olympics. Naturally, you'd recruit a few your most diabolical friends and evil acquaintances to ponder your...
Consider this your highlights reel from Day One of Eventing dressage in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Now let's hope no one gets shot. Jessica Phoenix draws first in the order,...
Between the stage diving dancers, supermodel Gisele's strut down the world's longest catwalk, and a moving dedication to Mother Earth, there was much to applaude and enterain in last night's...
Between his towering 6'4" frame and penchant for bold fashion choices, Danny Ingratta is hard to miss at the show ring. But it's his outgoing personality that makes the Canadian...
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Public disputes. Allegations of selector bias and unsoundness issues. Last minute changes to the team lineup. The selection process for the Canadian Olympic eventing team has had more plot twists...
The first time I made the team it was by default. It was 2011. Andy and Carlene Ziegler (owners of Artisan Farms) had just bought me a horse, Southwind VDL,...
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2014 was an amazing year for me. I made the US dressage team for the first time. I competed on my first European tour and in my first championship. And...
No one aims to disappoint The George. Still fewer go on record to share the terrifying moment they did. Joseph Der, of Der Dau Boots, proves to be the exception...
Dirty boots. Ill-fitting tack. Number obscuring hair bows. Sometimes the littlest things can make a bad impression on the judge! Julie Winkel, a hunter and equitation judge with more than 30...
Every athlete in every discipline who's booked a ticket to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio, Brazil next month. But in easy to reference infographic form, so as to not...
Defending Olympic champion Michael Jung (GER) announced a last-minute change to his Rio mount on Facebook today. fischerTakino, the reigning European eventing champion, has been sidelined by an infection following...
It was a crazy time. Russia was set to host the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Six months before the Games they invaded Afghanistan. In protest, the Americans lead a boycott...
Horse show long enough and there will be moments when your hard work, dedication, and sweat equity will seem to magically come together. It may be the perfect execution of a...
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Some horses aren’t cut out for dressage. Like this horse, who isn’t a fan of musical interludes, nor non-alphabetic letter arrangements. Apparently. https://youtu.be/9AFJX-ArN24 The wallflowers of dressage, like our friend...
