It was a nine rider jump off. First to go in the Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland was Dutch rider Arne Van Heel aboard everyone’s new crush: the up-and-coming 10-year-old...
“Don’t make it interesting, don’t make it interesting! We don’t need it, Shane, we don’t need it to be interesting!” I’m shouting at my TV screen while Shane Sweetnam, rider...
“What an exciting Grand Prix!” she says, practically shouting. I’m in my yard in Wellington, Florida and this traitor is speaking happily and enthusiastically, in a way she NEVER does,...
For show jumping fans in 2026, the season’s summer dog days will mean just one thing: It’s time to breakout the popcorn. Not only do we have the upcoming FEI...
Shakeups are par for the course in the lead-up to major championships, and this summer’s FEI Jumping World Championships, taking place August 19-23 at the Allianz Park in Aachen, Germany,...
The Al Shira'aa King George V Gold Cup. It’s a whoop of Whitakers. If you’re wondering how I know this, I consulted The Book of St. Albans, compiled by Dame...
With the 2026 FEI Jumping World Championships in Aachen just around the corner, the show jumping spotlight is naturally focused on to the top, horse-and-rider combinations most likely to make...
Gibbs Un Prince is not a winner. At least not by conventional standards. The 10-year-old Selle Français (Number One D'Iso un Prince x Panama Tame) has only won two FEI...
The inevitable has occurred. Godolphin has announced that its all-time winningest globetrotting horse and worldwide fan-favorite Rebel’s Romance has been retired from racing. Over a career that spanned seven seasons,...
I love me a derby. It separates the men from the boys. The women from the girls. The horsemen from the hobbyists. But with philanthropic endeavors that fill a standard...
“Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?” Martin Fuchs enters the ring. He and his horse, Lorde, are fresh, having skipped the first round....
After nearly two decades living in Belgium and the Netherlands, Italy’s Piergiorgio Bucci was feeling, in his words, “heavy… deep within.” He missed his home country of Italy—the culture, the food, the...
“Look at the aggression!” Mark Bluman is flying at full speed, without a pause, without a thought, towards the fearsome permanent double liverpools that mark the penultimate obstacle in the...
Spruce Meadows is a world unto itself. A vast equestrian campus set on over 500 acres, filled with pomp and circumstance—marching bands, paratroopers, Mounties, triumphant prize givings, crowd-filled stands, and...
Last week, in the five-star Grand Prix at the Longines League of Nations in Rotterdam, a spectacular podium placing from a New Zealand rider had everyone asking “Who is Luke...
Hot on the heels of their first team sale, the Premier Jumping League, the new upstart show jumping league founded by Frank McCourt, announced it has secured FEI approval. Even...
The Premier Jumping League, the upstart show jumping league flush with $300 million in prize money guaranteed over its first three years, has its first team—sold for a cool $50...
Sometimes show jumping gives you lemons, and sometimes it gives you an inclement downpour in the middle of the Spruce Meadows International Ring. Rain or shine, World No. 2 Richard...
