Author Archives: Marina Callahan

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...

Erin Silo (CAN) didn't have a straight path up the centerline into the dressage world. Her story has as many twists and turns as a cross-country course. For the greater...

Jennifer Williams (CAN) and nine-year-old gelding Joppe K save their energy for where it counts. On Saturday, it was the CDI3* at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. The pair...

"Our guys would kill to jump on the Nations Cup team. They don't care about anything else, which is great for me," said Irish chef d'equipe Michael Blake. For the...

When Shawn Casady (USA) met 13-year-old gelding NKH Cento Blue earlier this winter, the connection was instant. "I was at the warmup ring," Casady explained. "This horse kind of looked...

Germany's Andre Thieme had a dreamy excursion in Rome this weekend for the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix at the Piazza di Siena paired with his A-list co-star, 13-year-old mare DSP...

On paper, the odds were against Eye Candy on Friday at Thunderbird Show Park (tbird) for the CSI5* Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) Team Competition. With world no. 8 Conor...

"For such a big, powerhouse horse as he is, to have so much blood is a little rare. Usually you have a big powerhouse but they're not so fast, yet...