Author Archives: Marina Callahan

The clock strikes 4:45 a.m. and "Blank Space" bursts forth from your speakers, swiftly shaking you from your REM induced bliss. Suddenly possessed by the spirit of Gollum, a guttural...

It was over six-years-ago when the rickety trailer, jostling with rusty bolts, pulled through the driveway of the New Hampshire farm I rode at. Our stable relied on an aging...

Like a crack of lightning splits the earth, the suicide of popular U.S. show jumper Robert Gage has shocked the horse world into a SafeSport schism, bringing to light the...

Imagine this is the digital version of the photo album your parents set out on the coffee table at family parties, but better. You won't recoil when you catch your...

Whether or not a "hometown advantage" is fact or fiction is a longstanding debate in the realm of sports. While this is Horse Network and not Myth Busters, there is...

Winning, as a rule, most always feels good. But Eduardo Menezes had an extra reason to celebrate on Saturday at Thunderbird Show Park. The Brazilian Olympian won the $36,500 CSI2*...

The hashtag is trending on Tiffany Foster's Instagram. Thirteen-year-old gelding, Brighton, has given the Canadian rider plenty to be thankful for over their career. Her latest reason to say #TGFB...

It's been a season of captivating finales for fandoms everywhere. Avengers: Engame inspired superhero enthusiasts to turn our Facebook feed into a digital Marvel obituary. Game of Thrones fans have...

They say there's no such thing as bad publicity. What better time to test that theory than when the length of your class list rivals a CVS receipt and the...

The much anticipated Rolex Grand Prix at Royal Windsor Horse Show lived up to expectations with a lineup of show jumping royalty, the 36 starts including 15 of the world's...

The CSI5* Kingdom of Bahrain Stakes for the King's Cup was Holly Smith's second win at Royal Windsor Horse Show, after putting down the fastest time with KWPN stallion Fruselli...

When you watch Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) perform the Al Shira'aa Grand Prix Freestyle to Music with Erlentanz you might reasonably assume they are longtime partners, sharing that kind of telepathy...

Gregory Wathelet (BEL) chose to make his Royal Windsor Horse Show debut Deusser style with a win in the CSI5* Pearl Stakes aboard 10-year-old Zangersheide gelding Spike vd Withoeve. Not...

With a Charles Owen crown, and a dressage saddle as her throne, reigning dressage queen Charlotte Dujardin started her morning at Royal Windsor Horse Show meeting The Queen of England....

Team Mexico began the 2019 Nations Cup Series dubbed the underdogs. But with Sunday's victory at Club Hipico Coapexpan earning them a best two out of three score they're heading...

Canada's Jim Ifko and Celine Ls La Silla played "catch me if you can" with 16 horses in the CSIO 5* Copa Conade 1.45m jump-off at Club Hipico Coapexpan, Mexico...

It's #thebestweekend all year for Oliver Townend (GBR) two years and counting. The pressure was on for the defending champion during the third leg of Land Rover Kentucky Three Day...

Early in the starting order, earliest in the results. Karl Cook and 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding Caillou 24 proved that even in show jumping, where the final spot is the most...

If all equine sports fans were as invested in sharing their undying love for their discipline as eventing fans are every year when the Kentucky Three-Day Event rolls around, horse...

Felix Vogg was already off to a good start on Thursday when he was awarded the Dubarry of Ireland "Best Dressed Male" award. Today, it was the dressage judges who...