It was supposed to be a mini-break—a weeklong vacation in Dubai. Then the missiles started falling. Canadian show jumper Graham Williamson and his wife, Jennifer, followed their 18-year-old son, Locklyn, to Spain...
Mackenzie Drazan Cook is an amateur equestrian and the wife of American Olympic show jumper Karl Cook. After losing her teenage sister to suicide, Mackenzie founded the nonprofit TEAM and the...
As a former member of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) National Advisory Board, a UC Davis alum, the parent of a former Division I equestrian athlete, and an avid...
I was on a writing retreat in a tourist town, dining with a few generous strangers, when one asked what I was working on. "I'm writing a book about horses,"...
Note to readers: Week 6 of WEF is hunter week and my editor said I should mention something about WEF in my What the WEF?! column. So consider that box...
When I first decided to become someone who writes about our sport of show jumping, I looked to the famous sportswriters of the early- and mid-century who worked during the...
I was given an assignment by my editor: “Imbibe the Show Pony.” “The Show Pony?” “WEF has a signature drink now.” I did some googling and found the press release:...
And the weather turns slightly chilly during the week. There’s some rain. A wind kicks up. I am in bed with woolen socks and an enormous sweater that I could...
It descends with a flurry of activity: Winter Equestrian Festival season, edition 2026. The flurry started months ago. The season has been this big, sparkling, glittering destination in time, sucking...
The final Major of the year delivered major thrills, spills and high stakes drama. From Kent Farrington's epic disappointment in the Rolex Top 10 Final and dominating comeback in Sunday's...
For a couple of years in college, a fellow horse-crazy buddy and I volunteered at a guest ranch, helping at their fall festival. We tacked up horses, helped manage them....
Now we got bad blood. The Prague Playoffs got off to a dramatic start when Simon Delestre was disqualified, and his Istanbul Warriors team eliminated, in Round One of the...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—Today, the second installment of the Wicked movie franchise, Wicked: For Good, will finally arrive in theaters around the globe. In the months leading up to its release, the film has earned...
I’ve ridden horses for most of my life. Often times, it’s been young horses, and because of that it’s become a habit to be aware of the details that are...
Dale Harvey, a former Grand Prix rider who twice represented Canada at the FEI World Cup™ Finals, is now the CEO of West Palms Events, a show management company that...
There have been times I’ve wanted to quit the horses. Sell everything: the blankets in every size, bits in every shape. I’ve even imagined selling our farm, the one I...
