A steady contact is crucial for establishing roundness in a horse. It allows for effective communication between horse and rider and encourages the horse to engage its core and back...
Earlier this month, we posted a photo on social media following Laura Kraut and the 11-year-old Zangersheide mare Bisquetta’s victory in the Rolex Grand Prix of Dublin. Second-last to go...
You couldn’t blame Richard Vogel if he was walking on air right now. The 28-year-old German rider won the individual gold medal at the European Championships aboard his longtime partner...
If the quest for a successful junior riding career is paved with good intentions, the road to a healthy trainer/parent relationship is often littered with them. Competitive riding in every...
In 2023, Equestrian Canada (EC) proudly announced that it signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, an independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. This came shortly after...
Another day, another high-level dressage rider being suspended for training abuses. On June 19, the FEI announced that it had imposed a provisional suspension against Australian Olympic dressage rider Heath...
Pete Rose was a 17-time Major League Baseball (MLB) all-star who was as renowned for his legacy on the field as he was for the vices that cut it short....
There is a moment that high performance mental coach Dirk Stroda has learned to recognize on the face of his clients. It usually happens at a critical point in competition...
Horse people often joke that the barn is a vortex, where “a couple of hours” can easily turn into an entire afternoon and evening. That’s because time at the barn...
“Roma victa!” If you’re a fan of the Academy Award-winning movie Gladiator, you’ll no doubt recognize Maximus Decimus Meridius’s famous battle cry (‘Rome victorious!’) in the opening scene as he leads...
Robin Howie always wanted to rescue a horse. When her internship at Days End Farm Horse Rescue wrapped up, she ended up with two. As told to Alice Collins/Jump Media....
In an industry growing more out of reach for Americans every year, trainer Adrienne Grasso is trying to spark change. The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) coach is using her platform...
It can be difficult to imagine top trainers and riders in their earliest moments of development, times when they may have been still acquiring basic horsemanship knowledge and learning the...
From its inception, #WeRideTogether has been firm about the fact that safeguarding sports is everyone’s responsibility. Now, a free online course is helping to bring the organization’s message to a...
When Ulyssa was finally confiscated by law enforcement in March 2023 after years of living in less-than-ideal conditions, her future appeared uncertain. The 13-year-old pinto mare had been living alone,...
The more we travel to shows, the more overwhelmed I am by the amount of money required to play our sport. My family runs Millbrook Farm in Elizabeth, Colorado, and my...
“How many helmets have you had to replace?” It’s a common, inside-baseball question among competitive equestrians. Because—let’s face it—most, if not all, of us have suffered falls and blows to...
First, to follow up from True’s recent injury, he is much better. All the swelling is gone, no further sign of infection, and the two open wounds are clean and...
Horses’ brains need some variety in their activities. Because of that, I bring trail horses in for arena work at times, send jumpers out to explore the neighborhood, and teach...
Equine injuries, drats! True came to me in pasture turnout the other day with two bleeding wounds—a double puncture and scrape to the front of his knee and a scrape...
