The order of go for Sunday’s $30,000 Brown Advisory Open Classic Series 1.40m at the Desert International Horse Park included Olympians, FEI World Championship competitors – and one 13-year-old that...
Following the 2022 ECCO FEI World Championships in Denmark, Australia’s James Arkins had a choice: go to Florida where he had been competing prior to the championships or see a...
Following the first round of the $100,000 WCHR West Coast Hunter Spectacular, Nick Haness and HH Elmo had enough of a lead that they could have played it safe in...
When it comes to finding horses, Luis Gonçalves is always looking for a good canter, scope and carefulness – and being sired by Mylord Carthago certainly doesn’t hurt. “I like...
A year ago, Joie Gatlin and Cruz were an unlikely pair to be found in the winner’s circle of a speed class. The Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Kate Hovland,...
The sun and show jumping and hunter stars are all shining this week at the Desert International Horse Park for the National Sunshine Series I! While nothing beats being live...
Watching Mark Kinsella and Doraindo blaze to victory in Thursday’s $25,000 FarmVet Grand Prix at the Desert International Horse Park, you’d never guess that it was the pair’s first jump-off—or...
Winning 15 FEI classes in 5 months takes great talent and a top-notch string of horses—and for Conor Swail, a healthy supply of horse treats doesn’t hurt either. “Whoever I'm...
Keri Potter already has two FEI wins under her belt this winter at the 2022 Desert Circuit, and when she looked at the hoof prints in the sand on Saturday,...
Who needs the luck of the Irish when you already have the speed of Conor Swail and Nicky Galligan? The Irish riders made sweeping the $37,000 Marshall & Sterling 1.50m...
For Keri Potter, keeping Quitana 11 fit for the mare’s owner and her longtime student, Hannah Loly, is her primary objective this winter—but picking up a few international wins along...
Shawn Casady and RMF Chacco Top only met a month ago, but Casady immediately found that he and the 13-year-old stallion have a commonality: a strong desire to win. “He...
Mimi Gochman is two for two on Individual gold medal wins at the North American Youth Championships. In 2019, she made a gold-medal-winning debut in the Junior category, and in...
When it comes to winning medals, Christian Simonson is to the North American Youth Championships what Michael Phelps is to the Olympics. The 19-year-old from California now has six NAYC...
On Thursday, an emotional Lexie Kment sat in disbelief that she and her Region 4 teammates had just won the Junior team gold medal at the FEI North American Youth...
When Zayna Rizvi’s boots broke at the beginning of the North American Youth Championships, she had to borrow a pair from her trainer, Missy Clark. Now, Rizvi may never give...
Winning an individual gold medal at the FEI North American Youth Championships is an impressive feat accomplished only by a select few. Winning that gold medal after leading through five...
The cheers that went up as Jimena Carrillo Watanabe cleared the final fence of the Children’s Final jump-off could be heard around the Traverse City Horse Show grounds. In a...
When you make a more than 2,000-mile trip, you want to make that trip as worthwhile as possible. On Friday, that’s exactly what Erin Nichols, Miki Yang, Katherine Mathews and...
Who rule the NAYC world? ZONE 4. The contingent from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina captured three of the four team jumping finals at the FEI North American...
