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....
Another weekend, another major victory for Richard Vogel and United Touch S. Fresh off their win in the FEI Jumping World Cup qualifier in Lyon, France on November 3, the...
We're just a month away from the return of the Rolex Grand Prix at CHI Geneva. If you’re a true fan of showjumping, a sucker for sports anniversaries, or you...
It was a special kind of homecoming this weekend in the 1.60m GNP 5* Grand Prix at Club Hipico La Silla for the London-based amateur rider from Mexico, Andres Azcarraga. ...
In an age where the competitive window of show jumping horses seems to be lengthening, it’s rare to see less-experienced, 9-year-old horses rounding out a 5* podium—let alone topping it. Not...
BREWSTER, NY—In an effort to convince her husband that horse showing is not a zero-sum pastime, Adult Amateur jumper rider Cindy Frank decided to host a dinner party using only...
If The Golden Bachelorette has taught us anything, it’s that there are many ways to continue looking and feeling great well into your midlife—and beyond. It’s no different for horses, as evident...
If Black Beauty needed a real-life equine stand-in for a modern remake, Robert Whitaker’s ride, Vermento, would be a good place for casting to start. Bred by Robert’s father, British Olympic silver...
We are less than a month away from the final Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) event of the 2024 season: The highly coveted 1.65m LGCT Super Grand Prix. The class...
Oslo’s Telenor Arena in Fornebu can seat 25,000 people, and is considered one of the largest indoor stadiums in Europe. For that reason, it makes an ideal, season-opening venue for...
This weekend, it’s last call for the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) standings and the combined €9,450,000 on offer for the top finishers in both categories. ...
Earlier this month, word broke that the 10-year-old Westphalian gelding, Zineday, former ride of Germany’s Philipp Weishaupt, had been sold to the USA’s Eve Jobs. Headline-stealing horse sales are par...
