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...
Buckle up. This whole episode is one hot take after another. Paris 2024 team silver medalist Karl Cook joins Olympian Dani Waldman and superfan Sadhbh P (pronounced: SIGH-ve) this week...
For more than three decades, Days End Farm Horse Rescue (DEFHR), in Woodbine, MD, has stood as a beacon of hope for neglected and abused horses, transforming lives through rescue,...
When it comes to equine fitness, we tend to think of a racehorse at its peak speed; an undeniable athletic feat, a muscular 3-year-old galloping at a full-out sprint, nostrils...
Karen Sparks is the only millennial woman running five-star shows in North America. No one is more surprised than she is. This is her story. Brought to you by Three...
