We’re just about a year away from the 2024 Paris Games—ooh la-la!—and it’s getting down to the wire for team qualification in dressage, eventing, and show jumping. The first events...
Not only does she have one of the most unforgettable names in the horse business, Rosalind Canter is a serious contender. Having come up the ranks on a combination of...
Five years ago, Jennifer Crooks gave up an international showjumping career to improve the lives of vulnerable children in Ethiopia. Today, what she’s accomplished is worthy of any podium. Some...
It’s hard to remain the “cool mom” long-term to your children, but Ann Hanlin has an ace card up her sleeve, at least when it comes to her two sons....
If you asked USA's Karl Cook five years ago if the new mare on his string, Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet, would be the making of him, he might have thought you’d...
You may be a few years and a Grand Prix horse away from your first Longines FEI World Cup Qualifier, but don’t let that stop you. Perfect your jump-off game...
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA—Former compliance officer Joe Taber revealed he has a brilliant new ‘get rich quick’ plan for his retirement years. The proposition, he hopes, will not only add greatly to...
There are 1.60m horses, there are speed-round horses, and then there is Theo 160. Whether you're a human or an equine, there are few things harder to do in this...
Sometimes your dream horse comes ready-made for show ring success. Sometimes, he or she requires a touch more imagination. That’s just the case for Canada’s Pia Fortmüller and Frieda, who won July's...
Few things are certain in this world. But like a new Taylor Swift hit, tornados, and taxes, you can pretty much guarantee that American Olympian Kent Farrington will be winning,...
The FEI’s recently released 2023 draft revisions tackled many of the usual suspects: noseband tightness, board matters, biosecurity, and more. But it also readdressed the Federation’s 2020 social media policy,...
The 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are just around the corner, and US Equestrian and acting chef d’equipe George Williams have just named the shortlist roster of horses...
Driving horse Bravour 54 earned his place in history books as a 2018 World Equestrian Games gold medalist for Team USA and a 2013 European Championships silver medalist for Team...
Some horses begin their careers with a whisper. Cortes ‘C’ began his with a bang. Way back in 2011, then-two-time Olympic gold medalist Beezie Madden tried the Belgian warmblood gelding,...
While waiting outside the ring for the course walk of the combined Children’s/Adult Jumper Classic at a recent horse show, I couldn’t help but notice the antics of one of...
Olympic show jumper Rich Fellers pled guilty this week to traveling interstate to engage in illicit conduct with a minor, according to a recent report by Portland, Oregon’s KOIN 6 News....
SHROPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM—“Teddy,” the newly internet-famous Welsh pony of the “killer pony” video on Reels and TikTok, isn’t in on the joke. The widely circulated and remixed meme, which states,...
On July 3, Churchill Downs extended its two-year suspension on racing trainer Bob Baffert through 2024, citing “continued concerns regarding the threat to the safety and integrity of racing he...
ALLENTOWN, NEW JERSEY—Two former best friends and college roommates had a falling out this month, resulting in multiple sabotage attempts by both parties—some of them “downright savage” according to authorities. ...
The most revered week in horse sport is about to commence at the CHIO Aachen World Equestrian Festival CSIO5*. Taking place June 27–July 2, the U.S. has named its team...
