Spruce Meadows is a right of passage for any serious young rider. Just ask Mimi Gochman (USA). “I’ve been watching the Spruce Meadows Nations’ Cup in the fall for a...
Next week, John Perez's daughter is graduating from high school. But it was the Colombian rider who was top of the class on Sunday at Spruce Meadows. Nineteen combinations contested...
American eventer Phillip Dutton is leaving Bromont, Quebec this weekend a winner. But he's taking homework back to Avondale, Pennsylvania with him. The three-time Olympic medalist was one of 18...
“It was a bit of an eye-opener for [Azure] and it’s certainly the toughest thing she’s done.” — Phillip Dutton “Here at Bromont there’s coffins, banks, hills, gulleys, drops… it’s...
Ireland's Daniel Coyle was both the winner of The Mustangs CSI5* class at Spruce Meadows on Friday and the rider with the fastest jump off time on the day. These...
Figuring out the right formula for success with a horse is an ever evolving process of trial and error. Sometimes that process, as Colleen Loach can attest, errs on the...
If there is a central theme to Australian Paige Jardine’s show jumping career so far, its resiliency. To be sure, that’s not a new concept for horsemen—or athletes, in general....
"Our guys would kill to jump on the Nations Cup team. They don't care about anything else, which is great for me," said Irish chef d'equipe Michael Blake. For the...
Kyle King (USA) and Cerolino have been knocking at the door of a win for the past two weeks at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. "We've been a little...
Irish team member Paul O’Shea has been thinking a lot lately about his posting trot. “I post too high, and I look like I'm a beginner when I'm doing it,”...
When Shawn Casady (USA) met 13-year-old gelding NKH Cento Blue earlier this winter, the connection was instant. "I was at the warmup ring," Casady explained. "This horse kind of looked...
There’s a big week of show jumping ahead at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. Not only will tbird’s CSIO5* Odlum Brown BC Open stage the coveted $235,000 Longines Grand...
Germany's Andre Thieme had a dreamy excursion in Rome this weekend for the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix at the Piazza di Siena paired with his A-list co-star, 13-year-old mare DSP...
It was a memorable Memorial Day for the Pete Eurton-trained Exaulted, who put in a stout rally to turf his rivals in the $500,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1), Monday at Santa...
At 17 years old, most high school kids are thinking about homework, dating, and driver’s licenses. American show jumper Caroline Mawhinney? She’s got bigger fish to fry. “She can’t drink...
“Some of these horses appear in my life and it's an instant match,” said Erynn Ballard (CAN) of new mount Game Over. “He goes the way that I like. He's...
Riding around the Sky High international warm up ring at Thunderbird Show Park gives a direct sight line to a trio of hunter rings that line the west side of...
On paper, the odds were against Eye Candy on Friday at Thunderbird Show Park (tbird) for the CSI5* Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) Team Competition. With world no. 8 Conor...
This week at Thunderbird Show Park’s MLSJ Canadian Premier, the CSI5* start-list is packed with fresh American faces. How fresh? Nearly half of the 16 Big Tour riders from the...
