Author Archives: Marina Callahan

“Horses understand the importance and the energy differently than we do. I think these great horses sense the atmosphere and want to do well and want to please and want...

On Thursday, world number four Conor Swail (IRL) and his top horse, 15-year-old gelding Count Me In, snagged another win; the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ 1.60m CANA Cup. Coming hot...

Eliza BJX doesn't like being told what to do. Luckily for her rider Matthew Sampson (GBR), what she likes to do is win. They're definitely in agreement on that much,...

At Thunderbird Show Park (tbird), Saturday's CSI3* Kubota Canada Winning Round 1.45m plays by its own rules. The top 10 horses from the first round advance to the second round...

A.I.M United's Daniel Bluman has history with Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) Toronto, especially the CSI5* Grand Prix. After winning the MLSJ Grand Prix of Toronto at Angelstone Events in...

You could say U.S. rider Brooke Morin is living a teenage dream. Though it's certainly not that of your average 19-year-old. Morin's dream of soaring 1.50m through the air with...

"I started doing FEI here in 2020, with this horse as an eight-year-old," said Sebastien Devrainne (FRA) of the now 10-year-old Selle Français gelding, Carre D'as Lili's. Thunderbird Show Park...

"We catch up on the phone and talk about the plans, of course," said Ireland's James Chawke of his colleague, the (also Irish) world number four, Conor Swail. The plans...

A well known secret among riders is that being in the saddle is a transcendent experience. When two hearts work together as one, everyday boundaries are left at the mounting...

"I knew before I went in a fence down can happen so easily, but if I ride well and have a fault I can live with it," said Sweden's Henrik...

The expression "going Dutch," meaning to split things, is sort of how the Orifarm Healthcare FEI World Para Dressage Team Championship Grade I-V works. Grades classify athletes in accordance to...

"To follow Tokyo we had a plan," said Sweden's Chef d'Equipe Henrik Ankarcrona of their Agria FEI World Championship ambitions in Herning, Denmark. The team memorably won gold for the...

That's not exactly how Sweden's Jens Fredricson acquired the ride on 11-year-old gelding Markan Cosmopolit, but you could call it the abridged version. The real story went a little like...

Darragh Kenny's (IRL) Tokyo 2020 Olympic partner, stallion VDL Cartello, has disappeared from the start-lists this week. Citing the welfare interests of the horse, the pair will not compete in...

Julien Epaillard (FRA) and 10-year-old mare Caracole de la Roque jumped Wednesday's course faster than you can say Agria FEI World Team & Individual Jumping Championship - First Competition -...

"As soon as the music started it was the most insane feeling. [Glamourdale] was dancing to his Freestyle and I just felt I could sit there and enjoy it," said...

Crack open the history books, the Mustang FEI Vaulting World Championships 2022 in Herning (DEN) has written a few new pages. Starting with World Female Individual Vaulting Championship, where Manon...

On Sunday, Charlotte "Lottie" Fry (GBR) and Glamourdale came just a percentage shy of Catherine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN) and Vamos Amigos leading score of 81.864% in the team competition at the...

The Danish got their just-desserts on Sunday in the Blue Hors FEI World Dressage Team Championship Grand Prix in Herning, Denmark. Nanna Merrald Rasmussen, Carina Cassøe Krüth, Daniel Bachmann Anderson...

"Hermes is a clown—he likes the applause and he knows it’s for him! When he enters the arena he doesn’t like to hear [clapping] but when he finishes he thinks of...