Author Archives: Nina Fedrizzi

It’s the marquee event of the spring championship season and this week, the 2024 FEI World Cup™ Final kicks off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Though it’s location is not without...

A new place, a new ride, and two very timely reasons to celebrate this weekend for American rider Adrienne Lyle. Just days after the announcement that she and owner Betsy...

Martin Fuchs and Leone Jei started the month of March out with a coveted fourth place finish in the Rolex Grand Prix at the Dutch Masters in 's-Hertogenbosch A few...

Scroll through the memes on any horse girl’s social media feed and you’ll likely stumble across the same old tropes. Go to the barn and you’ll never come back. Own...

If the sea of female faces that currently make up the lower levels of show jumping are any indication, women will soon be killing it in the equestrian industry. According...

Ask any sport horse breeder with dreams of glory in their hearts and they’ll tell you: the demands of the sport have changed in recent decades, and so has the...

This weekend, Lillie Keenan officially closed out her winter circuit in Wellington with a double bang. The American rider won both the CSI 4* Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup qualifier on Friday...

The third time was definitely the charm for Ireland’s Daniel Coyle, who took home yet another consecutive Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ qualifier on Sunday, March 17 during Live Oak...

Vacations are rarely long enough, but sometimes, they can be just what the doctor ordered. A chance to kick back, refresh the body and mind and—if you’re a Grand Prix...

There are few things more rewarding in show jumping than the feeling that comes from topping the podium of a big startlist in a big money jump-off class. Except, maybe,...

I can remember where I was standing. It was just an ordinary coffee shop, somewhere in Midtown New York. The midday rush was on, and the counter was swamped with...

I should start by saying, I’m not mad. That’s not to say I wasn’t mad. I’m only human. A normal, human, female just trying to go about her day, find...

The heat was on—both literally and figuratively—during the CSIO 4* Sunday Grand Prix on March 3 during Nations Cup Week at Wellington International. The air was muggy with temperatures ticking...

With 30 years of experience designing for multiple international team events, including the 2008 Hong Kong Olympic Games, Course Designer Steve Stephens has seen some things. “This isn’t my first...

We’re just a month and change away from the start of Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Finals 2024 (April 16-20) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the startlist is beginning to...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—A new equestrian research poll conducted by the Chillax Institute just released some surprising results. The Stockholm-based organization reports that the much-buzzed about orange mankini sported by Australian rider...

It was an itsy bitsy, teenie weenie, fluorescent-orange string mankini, and it’s caused quite a stir in the land Down Under. It was supposed to be all in good fun...

Some jump offs are a test of stride length and speed. Others favor cat-like agility. Sometimes, you just need to keep the poles in their cups. That was exactly the...

There aren’t a lot of ways to improve a six-hour drive home from a horse show. But winning the ninth leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European...

Leave it to France. Long renowned for creating some of the most iconic, luxurious, and fashionable objects in the world—think: Chanel, Hermès, Cartier, and bien sûr!, champagne—the 2024 Olympic host...