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No ‘Nodding-Off’ at the Royal for Four-in-Hand Driver Misdee Wrigley Miller
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...
Where Are the Women on Team Ireland?
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...
When the Candeles Lost Their “Unicorn,” McLain Ward Sent a Gift Horse
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...
Learn to Recognize the Six Stages of Grooming
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...
Paige Jardine’s “Rollercoaster” Year
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....
Paul O’Shea Is a Thinking Rider’s Rider
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,”...
Daniel vs Daniel: Bluman and Coyle Have the Stats on Their Side in Omaha
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,...
All Erynn Ballard Wants for Christmas Is a Couple Millimeters
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...
Female Riders Won Every MLSJ Grand Prix this Fall in Mexico
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...
How Heart Horse Baloppi Taught MLSJ’s Lacey Gilbertson to Win
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...
How Eric Navet Helped Karl Cook Find the Missing Piece
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...
Pressure and Presence: Jennifer Gates Is Finding Success in the Moment
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...
Jenni McAllister On the Controversial Brain Mapping Therapy That Got Her Back in the Ring After Injury
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™...
Nikolaj Hein Ruus Is Having a Moment—and Boy, Has He Earned It
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...
