HALIFAX, MASSACHUSETTS—A New England hotel owner located near the upcoming Silver Oak Jumper Tournament took a look at his bookings for the month of September and was gravely concerned. “We...
The wee hours of the morning are reserved for night owls, overnight workers, and, apparently, Canadian show jumper Erynn Ballard. “I've just been getting up really early,” says Ballard, who...
After a relatively quiet summer, four members of the North American hunter/jumper community have been added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s disciplinary database in the month of August. Those...
Some epic friendships start in the sandbox. Others on the golf course, over play dates, or in college philosophy classes. When Canada’s Sam Walker and America’s Tanner Korotkin crossed paths...
PHOENIX, ARIZONA—After years of complaints, verbal sparring, and the passive aggressive use of dishes in the sink, an Arizona woman says she has finally figured out how to end disagreements...
There’s something in the water on the U.S. Dressage Team. In the last year, a baby boom has swept through the ranks, beginning with Olympic bronze medalist Allison Brock’s son...
Neither Junior Ella Fruchterman and Young Rider Erin Nichols is a stranger to the FEI North American Youth Championships dressage podium. Both managed to stick the landing on Sunday, leaving them...
Meet Etalon, a former Amateur-Owner hunter prospect turned 1.50m grand prix winner. Galloping through the timers on an uncatchable 40.90 seconds in the CSI 3* ONNI Grand Prix, you might...
Only a quarter point (aka one rail) separated the Gold medal-winning Zone 7 team from the rest of the field. In the end, though, that’s all they needed. The Zone...
It appears that Vertige de Galarzacs missed his old friend and owner, Morning Star Sporthorses’ Karrie Rufer. The 13-year-old Selle Français gelding proved it on Thursday at Thunderbird Show Park (tbird), when he and Rufer...
You’d better believe when you edge out tbird's winningest rider in a jump-off, the world is going to sit up and take notice. That's just what happened on Wednesday at...
Knowing what to expect—and how to adapt—made all the difference for the Zone 10 rider. Watching the first rider go on Wednesday during the FEI North American Youth Championships Pre-Junior...
A last-last minute bridle change helped the Zone 10 rider into the winner's circle. A bridle snafu led to a stellar result for Zone 10’s Lilah Nakatani during the first-round...
During the same month Eddie “Shorty” Sweat lay dying of multiple ailments, including cancer and heart disease, Western Horseman magazine released its December 1997 issue with an article commemorating the...
MEMPHIS, TN—A Tennessee woman startled friends and family this month with her decision to send her two teenage sons to live with relatives rather than sell her horses, Kip and...
When Harriet deLeyer was a young girl in the late 1950s, she and her siblings would take their father’s horse swimming in the Long Island Sound during the hot summer...
Evergate Stables horses don’t have a therapist. But if they did, he’d probably look and act a lot like Assistant Trainer Simone Besutti. Instead of a therapist’s chair, though, you’re...
You can’t be a practicing USEF member or even a casual participant in the sport these days without feeling the winds of change nipping at your heels. Mostly, they come...
HARTFORD, CT—When hostilities boiled over during her family’s Thanksgiving Day celebration, Pony Club rider Kylie Hutchins knew just what to do. “I’ve always been a people-pleaser, so in a way,...
