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...
Ashley Vogel (USA) had big plans going into the summer of 2022. Taking six months off to rehab a knee injury wasn't one of them. The worst part—and the best?...
Having ridden my fair share of young or newly started horses “just back from the cowboy” in my youth, I thought I’d come into parenting my toddler with a few...
SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK—Claire Fisher did not have the round she was hoping for in her Pony Medal class on Saturday during the HITS Saugerties Horse Show. After circling once, pulling...
In a perfect world, there’s nothing obstructing the connection between you and your horse. In reality, every horse’s back and shoulder conformation is different and changes over time. Even the...
There’s a big week of show jumping ahead at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. Not only will tbird’s CSIO5* Odlum Brown BC Open stage the coveted $235,000 Longines Grand...
At 17 years old, most high school kids are thinking about homework, dating, and driver’s licenses. American show jumper Caroline Mawhinney? She’s got bigger fish to fry. “She can’t drink...
This week at Thunderbird Show Park’s MLSJ Canadian Premier, the CSI5* start-list is packed with fresh American faces. How fresh? Nearly half of the 16 Big Tour riders from the...
