SAUGERTIES, NY—Katheleen Connelly was just wrapping up her warm-up ahead of the 36-49 adult amateur 3’ hunter class when she was alerted by a series of loud, successive beeps. Mid-circle on...
You couldn’t blame Richard Vogel if he was walking on air right now. The 28-year-old German rider won the individual gold medal at the European Championships aboard his longtime partner...
Martin Fuchs doesn’t like to make comparisons between his horses. At least he didn’t three years ago. While acknowledging the superstar talent that his current grey mount, Leone Jei, had...
If there was an encapsulating moment during the individual final at the 2025 Longines FEI Jumping European Championships in A Coruña, Spain, this might be it. Gilles Thomas and Ermitage...
If there’s an obvious undercurrent so far to the 2025 FEI Jumping European Championships, small mares with big hearts might be it. While Course Designer Santiago Varela’s deceptively challenging course...
If Lillie Keenan doesn’t have a personal assistant yet, she may need to look into one. Though you could hardly say Keenan has been putting her feet up since she...
When it comes to winning the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, only one rider in history—Scott Brash (GBR)—has managed to do the deed. But he’s not the only one...
Earlier this week, American rider Bliss Heers’s top horse and partner of seven years, the 15-year-old stallion Antidote de Mars, passed away unexpectedly from a stroke. “I’m so grateful for...
It all came down to cross country for Team USA in the UBS-Cup CCIO4-S* at CHIO Aachen on Saturday, July 5—and what a test it was. Designed by Italy’s Giuseppe Della...
It was a tale of very different American wins on Wednesday, July 2 at CHIO Aachen, with two promising young horses officially making an impression in Germany. First up, three-time...
If the quest for a successful junior riding career is paved with good intentions, the road to a healthy trainer/parent relationship is often littered with them. Competitive riding in every...
No doubt the Propellerheads and Shirley Bassey said it best in their smash 1998 hit, which claims: “It's all just a little bit of history repeating.” Whether he was ever...
If fantasy football were played the same way in the sport of show jumping, it would all come down to how much horse power you could draft for your team. ...
Another day, another high-level dressage rider being suspended for training abuses. On June 19, the FEI announced that it had imposed a provisional suspension against Australian Olympic dressage rider Heath...
REDMOND, WASHINGTON—A new study from Microsoft has discovered that employees everywhere are struggling with what has been deemed "the rise of the infinite workday.” The research conducted by the tech giant has...
Every true fan of show jumping has a combination that they secretly (or not so secretly) love to love. Maybe it’s a clear bond of admiration and trust, like we...
A decade ago, the horse who would become an Olympic silver and Pan American team gold and individual bronze medalist under American rider McLain Ward was just a naive 6-year-old,...
Last week, as my senior horse was being treated for an aggressive skin infection, I asked my vet about turnout. After nearly a month of rain in New York, my...
There’s a certain level of guts required by Spruce Meadows’ sprawling grass fields and notoriously stout fences. For humans as well as horses, it's a facility that doesn’t exactly cater...
The last two months have seen a flurry of sanctions and eligibility decisions by the U.S. Center for SafeSport regarding a variety of professionals working in the U.S. hunter/jumper industry...
