Hunter/jumper trainer Robert ‘Bob’ McDonald has been permanently banned from horse sport and hockey by the U.S. Center of SafeSport due to sexual misconduct involving a minor. It’s the same...
The driver of a truck and horse trailer who plowed through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Tulsa, Okla. on Sunday night is under investigation by the Oklahoma...
The Australian state of Victoria has temporarily halted its plans to shoot wild horses after a cattleman filed an injunction in the Supreme Court of Victoria to stop the cull....
Horse showing is set to resume at Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina on May 27. Or, more accurately, the post-COVID lockdown version of horse showing is to start....
In the longest spanning COVID-19 related cancellation yet, the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ohio is shuttering its doors to competition September 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. Located in...
Canada’s governing body for equestrian sport is expressing disappointment that horse farms were excluded from a $252 million COVID-19 support package for agri-business that was announced by the federal government...
We're not crying. You're crying. The Spruce Meadows Masters tournament is not to be in 2020. Originally slated for September 9–13, Spruce Meadows announced that the annual 5* event, which...
There will be no sanctioned horse shows this month or next in Canada. Equestrian Canada (EC) has extended its suspension on sanctioned competition to June 30, 2020, due to the...
Looking for financial assistance? We caught up with Bryan Brendle of the American Horse Council to discuss what financial resources are available to American equine business owners in need. What...
The state of Georgia may be starting to reopen, but USEF competition is not. The suspension of all USEF owned and named events, selection trials, training camps, clinics and activities...
COVID-19 has impacted all facets of our lives, including the economy, with an estimated 10 million unemployment claims filed in March. Among them are horse owners, many of which now...
The 2020 Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event (JFI) will not be rescheduled this year. The CCI four- and three-star event, originally slated for May 6–10 at the Horse Park of...
Boston-based manufacturer EquiFit specializes in designing stylish and technologically advanced products for horses—typically in black. Now, they’re making one for humans. It’s also black. Last week as COVID-19 continued its...
Save the date! The Tokyo Olympics have been rescheduled for Jul. 23, 2021 to Aug. 9, 2021, nearly one year to the day after the Games were due to start this summer....
Pandemic event cancellations continue this week worldwide. Joining the likes of Hickstead (GBR) and Aachen (GER), Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC has called off its May tournaments, including the...
COVID-19 has won this round. But the Games will go on. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Tuesday, Mar. 24 that the Toyko 2020 Games have officially been postponed by...
With COVID-19 spurred event cancellations now spreading into June and July, the Longines Masters has pulled the plug on the Lausanne leg of their 2020 season. It's the second event...
The 45th anniversary of North America's top show jumping facility is not to be. Equestrian event heavyweight Spruce Meadows, of Calgary, AB, announced Monday that the 2020 Summer Series has...
*UPDATED: Mar. 24, 2020* Three days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially postponed the Tokyo Games, Team Australia began preparing for the inevitable. On Sunday, Mar. 22, the Australian...
*Updated Mar. 24, 2020* The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees jointly announced Sunday that Canadian athletes will not be sent to the Summer Games in 2020 due to COVID-19 risks....
