Having stepped back from championship-level competition in 2021, four-time Olympian Beezie Madden is like the Tracy Chapman of show jumping. We don’t get to hear or watch her ride nearly...
There’s a well-known saying, now a charming lyric in a newly released country song, that claims that “Good horses come home.” At Paris Olympian Ashlee Bond’s farm, they also entertain...
For many riders, it can take years to put the pieces of a partnership together with a new mount. For Richard Vogel, it took five weeks. On Sunday, the German...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the United States Surgeon General released its landmark “Surgeon General’s Advisory on Horse Sports,” which declares that participation in horse-related activities is not only extremely...
There is no one on earth with more optimism than a horse girl on Christmas morning. I happen to know this firsthand. For many years in my early life, I knew that...
A prominent Olympic medalist has made her feelings on hairnets known, and it’s causing quite a stir. Recognizable not only for her talent and medals on the world stage but...
Retirement can be hard, especially on the most successful among us. For some, getting used a new routine can be challenging. Others struggle to find purpose outside of an all-encompassing...
A crisis of confidence is not something one usually associates with Irish rider Conor Swail. After all, he's the man who can lose his bridle and still finish fourth in a speed...
Whether you’re the older barn mate, the middle barn mate, or the younger barn mate, growing up in the shadow of a phenom like Leone Jei can’t be easy. After...
Barry Bonds. Michelle Kwan. Jim Kelly. Three of the greatest athletes in their respective sports during their respective eras. And yet, all three missed out on a coveted major championship win....
As the size of a jump-off field increases, so does the size of the question mark. Even among a stacked field of top-ranked competitors (think: World No. 1 Henrik von...
There’s a very special new lady heading to American rider Karl Cook’s stable this month after CHI Geneva. Clarification: another very special lady. That would be 2024’s indomitable Foxy de...
If there was a United Nations for horse sport, Darry Lou might just be its most hardworking representative. A striking redhead with his shock of flaxen mane and deceptively pony-like...
In 2016, Spanish rider Gabriela Roger Ibars was just 21 and shopping for a young horse to bring along with her then-trainers Eric van der Vleuten and Maikel van der...
There’s a downed branch in the back field. It’s just a little thing. You could barely call it a log, really, but it serves our purpose. After weekly lessons, my...
The top-ranked show jumping export from Luxembourg, Victor Bettendorf, is having a storybook year. If you'd asked him where he'd be 10 months ago, though, topping the podium in the...
Say that five times fast! It was a day of shakeups, makeups, and nail-biting moments during the GCL Super Cup Semi Final on Thursday, November 21. So much so that...
The stakes were high on November 20 during the opening round of the GC Super Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After all, only eight spots were up for grabs among...
She’s off the trunk before I come around the corner, a flurry of scraping nails and excited whimpers. Maybe it was the familiar cadence of the horse’s hooves on pavement....
