Author Archives: Carley Sparks

Ian Millar (1988 and 1989). John Whitaker (1990 and 1991). Hugo Simon (1996 and 1997). Rodrigo Pessoa (1998, 1999, 2000). Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (2008 and 2009). This weekend, Steve Guerdat (SUI)...

Imagine you’re out for a summer hack with your six besties. Naturally, you’re riding matching horses. And are dressed in your finest racing silks. Which also match. Because that’s just...

William Fox-Pitt (GBR) has been cleared to return to competion! British eventing’s leading man was sidelined by a serious head injury last October when his horse fell on the CCI**...

This weekend in California, class sponsor of the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix waived the coat rule for the biggest class of the HITS Thermal Desert Circuit. That is, riders...

Have you ever yearned for something so much it caused you actual physical suffering? These peeps can relate. Only the "thing" they want is Reed Kessler's life. You could say...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE5d87ziCOU Famous riders telling mortifying stories. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?! Her uncle is world #1 ranked four-in-hand driver, Chester Weber. Her mom, the co-organizer of their family's annual horse show....

From Gulfport to Germany, here’s what’s live streaming this weekend. Saturday 13 March 07:50 ET Reem Acra FEI World Cup s’Hertogenbosch, GER 16:00 ET $7.7k Jumper Classic Gulfport, MS 19:30 ET...

Kent Farrington may get the most online marriage proposals, but Beezie Madden wins for adoption requests. Because it’s not enough to want to ride like Beezie, show jumpers aspired to be...

Bodybuilder: “I haven’t been hurt…since 2003.” Horse: “Let’s see what we can do about that.” (Warning: This video contains NSFW language. And a world of pain.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwCORV_qLz0 What’s that? You want...

You spoke. We listened. EVERYONE LAUGHED. Keep the wisdom going and read more #EquestrianTruths!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdUcGvWSU5g Professional groom Jason McQueen shows you how to get the perfect cut, every time. It’s sheer genius!

Shammy, the dwarf Miniature Horse, is the lap dog of tiny horses. And he’s not ashamed to admit it. At the barn, in the grass, on the couch—he likes nothing better...

Born in Gronau, Germany to Turkish parents, Yalvac grew up obsessed with photography and horses. “When I was a kid, I could stand for hours in front of a picture and cry...

There are times when every rider is forced to take time off. Maybe the weather's too terrible to ride. Or your horse is a bit off. Or, perhaps, you somersaulted...

You didn’t fall off. You were doing equestrian yoga.

France's Simon Delestre put an end to the epic world ranking's reign of Scott Brash (GBR) this month. Here's what we know about show jumping's new world number one. 1....

Anne Kursinski’s right hand, Carol “Hoffy” Hoffman, reveals her trick for trimming thin manes in this Tuesday Tip video posted to the five-time Olympian’s Facebook page. It’s a variation on...

Irish wunderkind Bertram Allen and Quiet Easy lost the Grand Prix of Olympia last December because of one. U.S.’s top-ranked dressage rider Steffen Peters was eliminated from the Reem Acra 2015 World Cup Final...

Want to be "that guy"? The one out there ruining it for everyone else in the warm-up ring. We got you, friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9y2Uu9XX8

Equestrian Vine star Michael Renker channels the weird horse girl in all of us in six seconds or fewer with this ongoing series. Because it’s hard out there for a...