If Mark Bluman is familiar with William James, he likely finds common ground with the turn-of-the-century American psychologist and philosopher who famously gave the lecture "The Will to Believe." In...
Sharon White has always believed in her partner, Claus 63. But she’s also had to play a bit of a long game. Having imported the 14-year-old Holsteiner from Germany as...
Belgium's Abdel Saïd had the championship title on his brain as he stormed to victory in the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Grand Prix of Rome on Sunday. And, he...
Henrik von Eckermann called it a "good start" to the World Cup season. By "good," he meant was he captured a career-first Grand Prix win—five-star no less—for 10-year-old BWP mare...
“If you get there, wins will come.” It being spooky season, one can almost imagine the whispery, insistent voice behind Kevin Costner’s ghostly premonition in the 1989 baseball film “Field...
“They’ve got magnums!” The camera is trained on the German Team, who’ve just hopped off the top of the podium, magnum bottles of champagne in hand, and accosted their chef...
Richard Vogel was the first to go in the second round—the top 12 from the first, returning in reverse order. He was hanging on to a score of four faults,...
Kristen Vanderveen is trotting the globe—quite literally. Over the past nine months, the 37-year-old American has campaigned eight horses—six under the Bull Run moniker—at 25 shows in eight countries—from Doha...
First Miami Beach. Then St. Tropez. Now Vienna. The Iron Dames have dominated the 2026 Longines Global Champions Tour, with three riders from Deborah Mayer’s all-female squad qualifying for LGCT...
Fun fact: the Ruby-Throated hummingbird beats its wings once every 0.02 seconds—which is roughly the same, infinitesimal decimal (0.03 seconds) by which Daniel Bluman and Corbie V.V. lost the 5* Grand Prix of...
It’s Brazil against France, the hometown team. The first round of the Longines League of Nations went down flawlessly for Team Brazil. Their first three riders went clear, eliminating the...
By his own admission, Beat Mändli was not supposed to win the opening leg of the 2026/27 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League during this year’s American Gold...
The FEI has suspended Saudi Arabian rider Abdullah Alsharbatly for one month after his second Jumping Recorded Warning within 12 months. Alsharbatly, 43, received his first warning at the CSI5*...
When it comes to making history, the most groundbreaking events often occur with the flick of a pen. In show jumping, a more apt analogy would be the click of...
If the momentary crash of the international livestream during the jump-off was any indication, the eyes of the world were watching the finale of the CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix, presented...
A year ago, almost to the week, Nina Mallevaey captured her career first five-star grand prix victory. The Brussels Stephex Masters on Dynastie de Beaufour. It was a Rolex Series...
Like proud parents, many top riders shy away from publicly declaring a favorite horse on their string, even if the answer—at least for many of them—is fairly obvious. Not Yuri...
If there was one word to sum up Gemma Stevens' week at Burghley Horse Trials, "shocked" might come close. At least, that was the running theme in her commentary. By...
It's been just a few short weeks since the FEI World Championships in Aachen, and already, the event feels far in the rearview. For the 32 teams that officially secured...
