Author Archives: Marina Callahan

Rain in the Netherlands is anything but rare, yet Lorenzo de Luca was anxious to break a seven-year drought under Sunday's Valkenswaard sun. A Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Grand...

“I always said, or maybe predicted, that Truman was going to jump the Olympic Games,” said breeder Aurore Merel with a knowing smile. "People laughed a little bit, but I...

"I've been second here before, so I wanted some good revenge," said Olympic silver medalist Kent Farrington. On a balmy Sunday in La Baule-Escoublac, France, the current world number seven...

King Edward's crown is missing something. If you noticed his new bridle set up at the Longines League of Nations in Riyadh last month or in the Rolex Grand Prix...

"I could tell that I was behind. I could feel it, but the horse never gives up. We fought to the end and it was enough. So I'm very proud...

"When we saw that we have to bring four Grand Prix horses, that meant for us we really have to bring four good ones,” said Frederic Wandres of the FEI...

“I’d like to buy a horse,” is a phrase that would rattle any frugal parent, especially my father. He worked three jobs to keep my family comfortable and happy. Perhaps...

For Beerbaum Stables' Christian Kukuk (GER), Saturday at the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) of Riyadh was a full circle moment. Back in March, during the first stage of the...

Henrik von Eckermann and King Edward lost their touch. Kidding, quite the contrary, but the Swedish world no. 1 did feel out of sync in recent weeks with his 2020...

"Ladriano Z is a veteran of the sport," said Israeli show jumper Daniel Bluman of his 2022 FEI World Championship and 2023 FEI World Cup Finals partner. The stellar 15-year-old...

"Dallas Vegas Batilly once again performed fantastically for me. She has a huge stride. Until today, she wasn't the fastest horse, but we worked on it gradually, and it really...

On Friday, nine countries took a crack at the Brussels Stephex Masters CSIO5* Nations Cup 1.60m. After the first round, however, Germany was on the same page about one thing....

“I said to my groom, ‘I really want to win this one today’, but the chance that everything works out and you win it is so small… but we did...

Try to say Don Juan Van De Donkhoeve three times fast. While you were doing that, Jessica Springsteen (USA) already finished her jump-off in Sunday's CSI5* Longines Global Champions Tour...

"It was a fantastic day and very emotional. I was thinking a lot about my father [Thomas Fuchs] and godfather Willi Melliger who were both on the winning team 40...

When U.S. rider Karl Cook and 13-year-old mare Kalinka Van't Zorgvliet entered the ring for the 1.55m Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) CND5* Grand Prix of Traverse City, there was...

Ioli Mytilineou (GRC) left it all on the line when she galloped through the timers with 12-year-old gelding L'artiste de Toxandra during the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Grand Prix of...

After Sunday's Rolex Grand Prix at CHIO Aachen, third place finisher Philipp Weishaupt (GER) of Beerbaum Stables was conspicuous absent from the press conference. Midway through the panel the doors...

"I think with all of the experiences I've had in Aachen I could write a book," said German Olympic gold medalist Marcus Ehning. If Ehning does ever pen that tome,...

"After the first round I got kicked in the butt, which was exactly what I needed. From your father, and from my father!" said a smiling Edouard Schmitz to Martin...