Channel Archives: Sports

If you've been following the Thunderbird Harvest Welcome this week and didn't know who Katie Laurie was before, you certainly do now. On Thursday, the Australian rider captured the $37,000...

From third on the leaderboard to fifth then straight to first—the FEI U25 Division's youngest competitor at Thunderbird Show Park rode away with the biggest purse and the Series Championship...

It was a time fault that likely haunted Emily Ward's dreams last night. Leading the U25 Division after Thursday's Round 1, the $5,000 Canoe Financial U25 1.35m, Ward (GBR) and...

There's $20,000 on the line this week in the international U25 Division at Thunderbird Show Park. Plus, a $1,000 bonus to the Division Champion. That unprecedented prize money is making...

Katie Laurie may be from down under. But she's coming out on top at Langley, BC's Thunderbird Show Park. Making her first international appearance with Casebrooke Lomond in Canada since...

If you build it, they will come. And so they did to Thunderbird Show Park. One hundred and twenty six of them to be precise. The Langley, BC venue plays...

Ten years ago last week the equestrian world came together at horse “mecca” (aka, Lexington, KY) to challenge and celebrate the very best at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian...

"Cento" is the Italian word for one hundred. Blue is the color of a winning ribbon in America. Christian Heineking (GER) and NKH Cento Blue claimed both on Sunday, riding to victory in...

Evan Coluccio earned his first Capital Challenge professional championship title at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, OH on Tuesday. Then he went on to win two more before the...

The American system for developing young jumper riders is based on intensive coaching and systemic development. Current wisdom dictates that riders start their career on hunters, learning accuracy and steering,...

Halie Robinson is returning to her geographical roots, relocating her Huntridge, LLC from Santa Barbara to Moorpark, California this October. But it’s definitely not business as usual. The notoriously driven...

Prospects? Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster has a few... https://youtu.be/PHJvFJUobbc Watch the VOLVO CANADA Cup on tbird TV and HN LIVE! Sunday, August 23 at 2:00pm PT.

In 2018, Ashley Arnoldt faced the most difficult year of her life when her dad, Armin, passed away suddenly. That same year she was awarded The Dianne Tidball Legacy Foundation...

As new year’s go, 2018 did not start out well for Calgarian Justin Prather. At a time when many riders are solidifying priorities and setting goals for the year ahead,...

It's a universally accepted truth that show horses are a rather poor financial investment—one all but guaranteed to cost more money than they will ever possibly earn. There are, of...

Americans who have never traveled to Istanbul might not be able to readily imagine an entire island where horses are the means of transportation, but where they are rarely ridden...

The horse show hiatus is over. At least, for the FEI events that survived COVID-19's truncated 2020 calendar. But three months out of the show ring is bound to make...

The average age of retirement in Canada is 63.6. Employees in the public sector tend to retire a little sooner at 61.5—*no comment*—and those in the private sector, a little...

When Betty Ann Lester’s husband asked for her hand in marriage, he suggested she move to Key West, FL, where he was stationed in the Navy. “I said, ‘No way,...

Remember when there was a five star Grand Prix to watch every weekend? When world ranking points accumulated on a near daily basis and it was impossible to keep up...