Ah, the proverbial rut. We all get stuck there from time to time, and on some occasions with our horses. Riding is like the tides, results come and they go...
World no. 13 Kent Farrington (USA) is what you might call a DIY horseman. By "do it yourself" I don't mean sewing saddle pads or crocheting riding gloves. The Olympic...
If you see a certain German standing ringside, quietly but intently, know he's doing a bit more than just memorizing his course. Twenty-five-year-old Richard Vogel lost his rookie status quite...
In Wellington, riders, grooms, managers and show crew alike look forward to the weekend show jumping scene at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) iconically dubbed "Saturday Night Lights." The energy...
When Olympic gold medalist McLain Ward arrived in the sleeting, snowing city of s'Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, it was with a clear mission. Ward left the palms of Wellington International...
When you're in a tight, three horse jump-off, it would be a fool's assumption to imagine the class is an easy win. Show jumping is often a numbers game. The...
"We just had to get on the same page, but we've grown to be a great team," said United States rider Marie Meyers of her 10-year-old gelding Double Dream Plus....
"I had a good feeling when I walked the course," said Olympic Gold Medalist Laura Kraut (USA). It wasn't because the track set by Steve Stephens (USA) for the $425,000 Lugano...
Spanish rider Pablo Gómez Molina has been perfecting his freestyle test with 13-year-old PRE gelding Ulises De Ymas for over two years. Like casting a spell, the most finite motions...
The last time we saw Ashlee Bond (USA) and Donatello 141 they were winning the Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) team series championship with the Helios at Desert International Horse...
Patience is a virtue, even in show jumping when the main objective is to beat the clock. For 27-year-old Olympic rider Bertram Allen (IRL), the real exercise in patience is...
Fast, careful and powerful are just a few of the shining characteristics that make Kent Farrington's (USA) 11-year-old mare Orafina a modern show jumping marvel. Though the KWPN mare has...
If you're looking for a horsey oasis in the desert, Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) is always the right place to fill your cup. On Friday, it also became a...
U.S.A.'s McLain Ward has had the ride on 15-year-old mare Callas for about a year, but she's been in close proximity for years. The Olympic Gold medalist knew the mare...
You didn't need airpods to be connected to Fredric Wandres & Bluetooth OLD's ‘Friday Night Lights’ FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle, just a seat at the Adequan Global Dressage...
Santiago Lambre (MEX) is on a campaign to put the most mileage under 13-year-old Hanoverian mare Casey's hooves in the least amount of strides possible. On Thursday, they added the CSI4*...
"I have a great team coming up," said U.S. Olympic medalist Kent Farrington. To some, that might sound like a simple, positive sentiment. To show jumpers, however, it's a veiled...
For Conor Swail, the current world no. 5, winning a class is something that happens on a regular basis. Yet, each class (and horse) is unique, and such things stand...
"For him to win here, and on my birthday...just wow," said a ringside Teddy Vlock (ISR), who stood beaming as Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Volnay du Boisdeville galloped victoriously around...
