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Daniel Bluman wasn’t planning to bring Cachemire de Braize to Traverse City Spring Horse Show series in Michigan, last week. “I’ll be honest. Mark Bluman, my cousin, has been riding...

Rich Fellers, 2012 Jumping World Cup champion and American Olympian, was arrested by Tualatin Oregon Police detectives Monday morning at his home and stables in Oregon City, Oregon. The arrest,...

Three-time Olympic medalist Eric Lamaze (CAN) has withdrawn from consideration for the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 2008 Beijing individual gold medalist cited health concerns and the absence of...

Left to Left is a debate style column where two authors argue opposite sides of a trending subject. This week's topic is the ongoing tension between the World Equestrian Center...

The bad news: there will be no Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada at Thunderbird Show Park this year. The good news: no international riders will be subjected to...

Andrew Kocher will not be competing this decade. The American show jumper was issued a 10 year ban and disqualified from eight events by the FEI Tribunal for use of...

New expanded online experience and business opportunities for EQUITANA USA partners Norwalk, CT (April 12, 2021) -- EQUITANA USA announced today the launch of the EQUITANA USA Marketplace (powered by...

Devon Horse Show and Country Fair (DHSCF) will not run in 2021, show organizers announced today. But this time it's not the pandemic shouldering the blame. It's bureaucracy. Originally scheduled for...

Spring has sprung and blanket sales are in full bloom at Equishopper! With top brands like Weatherbeeta, Horseware, Rambo, Pessoa and more—up to 60% off!—it's the end of season sale...

Prudent, as defined by Cambridge Dictionary, means "careful and avoiding risks." Adam Prudent was anything but in the $214,000 Wellington Agricultural Services Grand Prix CSI4*. The American rider took all the risks...

History has graced humankind with many famous Erkels. There's Ferenc Erkel, the father of Hungarian grand opera. And Dutch former medical aid worker Arjan Erkel, who headed a relief mission...

HITS Shows has hosted 22 individual Million Dollar Grand Prix classes, at three different show grounds, in three different states across the USA since 2010. Germany's Andre Thieme has won...

Many say SmartPhones have no place in a riding lesson. This exercise relies on one. The "Hey Siri" drill, from The EquiVault, is a group lesson that is challenging, educational,...

A horse died in competition on Sunday, March 28 at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Lord Pizarro, an 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding ridden by Ansgar Holtgers Jr. (USA), fell while attempting a...

World #3 Daniel Deusser (GER) came to Florida's Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) to win. He's leaving with the biggest purse of the winter season and a win streak unrivaled since...

Women's History Month just got a little richer. Olympic veteran Margie Engle and McLain Ward’s two-time Olympic mare Sapphire have been elected Show Jumping Hall of Fame Class of 2020....

Irish riders brought home the green this weekend, coast to coast. At the Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) in Thermal, CA., Nicky Galligan (IRL) and Javas Miss Jordan topped a...

Ginger-Blue, aka "Cookie," and Ben Maher (GBR) rode to their first ever international 1.50m victory on Friday. The 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, owned by Jane Forbes Clark, topped a starting...

The Show Jumping Hall of Fame Class of 2019 is official! Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Burr Howard and Olympic judge and longtime FEI Steward General David Distler have...

The FEI World Cup™ Finals have been canceled for the second year in a row. This time it's ongoing outbreak of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) in...