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If you wanted a sign that 2021 was going to be an improvement over the dumpster fire that was 2020, this might just be it. The United States Equestrian Federation...

Some say "there is no bad weather, there is only bad clothing." Those people tend to live in cold climates, like Canada and Sweden, and have perplexingly optimistic attitudes toward...

The above photo depicts the Paris leg of the Longines Global Champion Tour/League of years past. You can clearly see the Eiffel Tower in it. But you cannot touch the...

It's Monday and you no doubt have many important things to do. These are not those things. But we suggest you stop here all the same. Dani Waldman, of #flamingfeathers...

Matt Mills is a World Equestrian Games reining team gold medalist. He, along with Martin Muehlstaetter, was recently added to the Million Dollar Riders ranking of the National Reining Horse...

Once, many moons ago, I ordered a custom made plaid Baker blanket for my Jack Russell just so he could "mini-me" the fancy horses I groomed at the time. It...

Twenty-one-year-old Lucy Deslauriers has spent the past two months in school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. But she didn't let a little thing like not riding get in...

Sales for days! Until Nov. 30 to be exact. There are thousands of items on sale this Cyber Weekend at Equishopper. Here are a few of our favorite deals. Blankets...

Establishing control of the horse after a fence is one of the biggest challenges in show jumping. The TnT (Turnbacks 'n Transitions) exercise from The Equivault works on rideability after...

If there's one perk to the pandemic, it just might be Black Friday pre-sales. Now more than ever brands are pushing online sales. Because on the world wide web you...

Straightness is a critical factor for jumping success. A horse that jumps straight is set up to jump in good form, jump higher and has a better chance of landing...

Tackling long put off home improvement projects has been a popular pandemic pastime. Jan Tops is no exception. The brain force behind the Global Champions Tour/League spent a bit of...

There's a reason we buy ponies for our unborn babies and stockpile tiny show coats and jodhpur straps years before our kids ever express an interest in being paraded about...

These are weird times that seem to give rise to new reasons to feel stressed, sad and/or outraged on an hourly basis. It's...a lot. But there's one fellow who's having...

In the beginning... Fifty-eight pairs contested Saturday’s $250,000 STX Vans Grand Prix at Desert International Horse Park in CA. Nine found a clear path around the Manuel Esparza (MEX)-designed track...

Round 1 of the 20202 ASPCA Maclay Final tested control. “You had some questions that kept being repeated—long to short, long to short—really showing that the kids had focus and...

Coach Stacia Klein-Madden's advice to Dominic Gibbs as he rode into the Alltech Arena for the 2020 ASPCA Maclay National Championship work off: "Do the freaking test." And that's precisely...

Breeches, hunt coats, vests, riding shirts—the entire FITS Fall collection is on sale right now at Equishopper! But only until November 3... SHOP FITS SALE >> FITS Pippa Suede Knee...

If there's one theme from 2020 that seems determined to spill over into the new year, it's that nothing is as it was. And it could be some time before...

The prize list for the much anticipated 2021 winter season at the World Equestrian Center – Ocala is out. With the grand opening set for January, the new show grounds...