Author Archives: Nina Fedrizzi and Carley Sparks

A few years ago, Rusty Sullivan, Executive Director of The Sports Museum in Boston, appeared on a local radio show to talk about the museum’s award-winning bullying prevention program, Boston...

JOPLIN, MISSOURI—A new spa and wellness concept is changing the way we think about self-improvement getaways. This spring, Deana Allen, 52, launched her flagship ‘RideON!’ equine bootcamp and wellness spa...

Innovation in the 21st century has reshaped society in ways good, bad, and largely still unknown. In addition to rapid gene sequencing (good!), AI (terrifying!), and space travel (we’ll get...

Came, saw, conquered might be the best way to describe Four-in-Hand driver (and Horse Network publisher!) Misdee Wrigley Miller’s impressive week at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto.  Just how...

For a relatively small island in the North Atlantic, Ireland occupies a considerable amount of real estate on the Longines World Rankings of show jumping. At press time, the Emerald...

There is never enough time with a truly special horse, no matter how many years you have together. For Mathilde Candele (14), daughter of Canadian Olympian Yann Candele, that special...

We’re not talking about grooming a horse here. Or priming a young person to take over the family business. We’re talking about the other kind of grooming.  The predatory tactic...

If there is a central theme to Australian Paige Jardine’s show jumping career so far, its resiliency. To be sure, that’s not a new concept for horsemen—or athletes, in general....

Irish team member Paul O’Shea has been thinking a lot lately about his posting trot.  “I post too high, and I look like I'm a beginner when I'm doing it,”...

Fourteen athletes earned their tickets to the 2023 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Omaha, April 5–8, via the North American League (NAL), an eight qualifier tour across Canada,...

They call showjumping the sport of inches, but according to Erynn Ballard, millimeters is the more appropriate term.  The Canadian rider has been riding out a five-star victory dry spell...

The results are in for the recent Mexican leg of Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) at San Miguel De Allende and Monterrey, and one thing is for certain.  When it...

If amateur show jumper Lacey Gilbertson has a motto, it’s to keep her head down and her eyes trained on the task in front of her. “I don't like to...

A true “mid-life crisis” is typically reserved for those over 40, but a mid-career crisis can happen any time. For Californian rider Karl Cook, the years following his successful junior...

It was a sun dappled, spring afternoon in Northern, Germany, an idyllic backdrop to the prize giving ceremony taking place at the Global Champions League (GCL) of Hamburg. For Jennifer...

Last fall, American show jumper Jenni McAllister was floating on air. She had a new, prospective superstar on her string, backed by supportive owners in Sweden, and FEI World Cup™...

Riders who have come up through the ranks the old-fashioned way have certain traits in common. Most have been forced to move in order to pursue their craft in foreign...