WILMINGTON, OH—An adult amateur rider at the Midwest Equestrian Center was forcibly removed from a flat class this week for heckling her fellow riders in the 36 & Over Adult...
Nayel Nassar did not have the fastest jump-off round of the evening on Saturday, October 14 during the CSI4* Grand Prix at Tryon International Equestrian Center. Yet despite stopping the...
The Pan American Games are here! Taking place October 20 to November 5, 2023, the annual regional championship is being held, for the first time ever, in Santiago, Chile. As...
On Monday, October 9, the FEI released a statement summarizing their decision pursuant to an anti-doping case against retired Canadian Olympian Eric Lamaze. Lamaze was charged with “fabricating medical documents...
At 28 years old, there aren’t many jobs that Gunner, a former cow horse, is still qualified to do. His feet are sore, so he requires special padded shoeing to...
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, at the farm to the north called Lothlorien, the very grand dreams of Irish show jumper Daniel Coyle began to take...
It’s a familiar formula in everything from storybook fairytales and Star Wars blockbusters to Hogwarts lore in Harry Potter. Hapless pupil learns from teacher, competent pupil challenges teacher, (now) masterful pupil defeats teacher. It’s...
Mustang training is a kind of calling, no matter how you arrive at its door. For 24-year-old trainer Tori Bromme, that call came in a very 21st century way. In...
DUBLIN, OHIO—In a conversation they have had many, many times before, Amanda Grant’s 50-something parents struggled to understand their grown daughter’s current financial choices. Having ridden horses for nearly 20...
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY—Fresh off a week of round-the-clock observation at the 2023 USEF Pony Finals, Thomas Casing, a social anthropologist with the University of Michigan, came away with some revolutionary insights...
As Kermit the frog once lamented, it’s not easy being green. But it's really not that hard, either. Taken on balance, equestrian facilities are not considered by experts to be...
The best part? Absolutely no one is shocked. Over the last century and a half, we’ve had the rare opportunity to witness standout achievements by women in gender-blind athletic contests. ...
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...
