LEXINGTON, KY—The American governing body for horse breeding has issued their updated in-hand guidelines for the 2023 season, and handler eyebrows are the newest criteria to make the list. “In...
Get ready: Wild card applications are being accepted now for the 2023 USEF Horsemastership Training Series. This winter, the country’s most prestigious jumping clinic will return to Wellington, Florida during...
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA—Top hunter judge Peter Swifton, who officiated a number of hunter classes at the 2022 Scranton Horse Show this spring, is refusing to return boxes containing hundreds of pages...
You know we love horse people. Horse people work hard. Horse people are fun (mostly). Horse people would do next to anything for their animals. But technologically savvy? Ehh—not so...
Sometimes it takes a miracle to accomplish great things. More often than not, it takes an act of faith. “If you build it, they will come,” was the ghostly incantation...
If you have someone in your acquaintance that happens to have a connection to royalty, it's best to hope that person also lacks a sense of humor. Unfortunately, for legendary...
There's still plenty of excitement in store during the second half of the Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) season two. We’re exactly halfway through the 2022 season, and you know...
COLUMBUS, OHIO—Sick of finding her college-age daughter’s horse show ribbons constantly under foot, former barn mom Debbie Gentry got creative. “I just couldn’t stand to look at them anymore,” Gentry...
My husband and I lead separate lives. Not strictly in the traditional sense. We’re not consciously uncoupling, or Kris and Caitlyn Jenner-ing; no one, I hope, is pulling an Adam...
When you’re riding a horse named Serenade, you know you’d better bring the crowd a show. And that’s just what American rider Alice Tarjan did on Saturday night under the...
Beginning in early October, US Equestrian will create a new Chief of Sport position entrusted to the ever-so-capable hands of decorated U.S. eventer, David O’Connor. Just how decorated? Well, O'Connor...
To wash or not to wash? When it comes to dirty saddle pads, that’s pretty much always the question. Sure, the issue seems simple on its face. But there’s a lot more...
Sunday was a good day for U.S. rider Kyle King. How good? To start, King qualified for the jump-off on Peter Holmes’ challenging 1.50m $100,000 Grand Prix track with not one...
Be they ever so humble, there’s no creature quite like the donkey. Though these hairy, hardy decedents of the Equidae family are often thought of as the horse’s slightly quirky...
One year ago, Grace Debney and Zarina De Vidau were competing in the High Junior jumper classes at the American Gold Cup in Traverse City, Michigan. Twelve months later, they...
MIAMI, FLORIDA—With the Winter Circuit right around the corner, Florida equestrian apparel manufacturer StepUp is taking a fresh approach to this season’s hottest clothing designs. According to Creative Director Giovanni...
Anyone familiar with American show jumping knows, when Alex Granato and Carlchen W step into the ring, all bets are off. Especially when those bets include the current time to...
When one of America’s most admired and successful riders for more than three decades announced in 2020 that she was stepping back from international team competition, the equestrian world at...
VICTOR, NEW YORK—It might have been the smell of leaves in the air, the sudden crispness of the wind, or the corn stalk and gourd displays popping up like a...
