“Meanwhile TN wants to murder women for having abortions, we’re building concentration camps for undocumented persons, and Epstein’s best pal is president.” I apologize, Dear Reader, for the untimeliness of...
This was the week my editor rolled into town. She immediately had me crying alone in the bathroom of a fancy Palm Beach five-star hotel. One can barely help it...
Note to readers: Week 6 of WEF is hunter week and my editor said I should mention something about WEF in my What the WEF?! column. So consider that box...
When I first decided to become someone who writes about our sport of show jumping, I looked to the famous sportswriters of the early- and mid-century who worked during the...
I was given an assignment by my editor: “Imbibe the Show Pony.” “The Show Pony?” “WEF has a signature drink now.” I did some googling and found the press release:...
And the weather turns slightly chilly during the week. There’s some rain. A wind kicks up. I am in bed with woolen socks and an enormous sweater that I could...
It descends with a flurry of activity: Winter Equestrian Festival season, edition 2026. The flurry started months ago. The season has been this big, sparkling, glittering destination in time, sucking...
Back in July, four Belgian boys (boys, simply for the alliteration, had they hailed from Malaysia or Madagascar they would have been men) took team gold at the Longines FEI...
“The horse jumped to win tonight, the rider rode to lose.” The spotlight is on Kent Farrington, world number one, making his blue eyes glow in the darkened arena. “That...
She’s second to go. Earlier, she scored the second clear in a tough class, built big and technical. A course that took out top-ten riders Scott Brash and Christian Kukuk....
Elegance is an attitude. And Harrie Smolders delivers like a postman. I keep being reminded of the former as I watch the Longines Global Champions Tour, streaming live from the...
And we have a jumpoff! We are in Barcelona at the Longines League of Nations Final. Eight nations plus the host country, Spain, are battling it out for the 2025...
When did I first fall in love? It was never supposed to happen. I was very young and in Chicago on a tourist weekend. Somehow I found myself attracted to...
It’s the fourth leg of the Longines League of Nations (LLN) at the Polo Club St. Tropez. The last qualifying event before the Final will be contested in Barcelona two...
It’s Friday night in St. Tropez, where the final qualifying leg of the Longines League of Nations is set to take place on Sunday, but tonight is the five-star Grand...
This is an origin story. I am at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California and, in a fit of mischievousness, I'm trying to embarrass my friend. We are in...
