Simply clearly a 6'5" or higher obstacle aboard a horse is an astounding feat. Seven year ago, Ireland's Susan Oakes' did it riding side saddle. On two different horses. In...
“It’s the stuff dreams are made of…”—Laura Collett, winner of Les 5 Étoiles de Pau, 2020 It’s hard not to want to add an *asterisk to everything 2020 these days,...
Thirty years go Todd Minikus (USA) won the Grand Prix that put him "on the map." Aboard the aptly named Thrilling, he rode away the victor in the 1990 Washington...
If you thought for a minute that the year’s only CCI5*-L might be a bit “softer” than average, what with COVID, travel restrictions, the lack of prep events (for all...
Each April, as the grass barely begins to emerge, and we wonder if it will ever (truly) be warm again, some of the very best horses and riders in the...
Rapper DJ Khalid and hit makers Ludacris, Rick Ross, T-Pain and Snoop Dogg might have made the phrase famous with their club banger "All I Do Is Win." But Canada's...
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,...
