Channel Archives: Sports

Time wasn’t a factor in the $40,000 Adequan Grand Prix under the lights at Desert International Horse Park on Saturday night. It was the factor.  Six of the 33 combinations...

It was a postcard moment. Watching Katie Taylor-Davidson and L’Con Reyes, the first of 27 combinations to set hoof in the spectacular grass field at Desert International Horse Park in...

Watching Mark Kinsella and Doraindo blaze to victory in Thursday’s $25,000 FarmVet Grand Prix at the Desert International Horse Park, you’d never guess that it was the pair’s first jump-off—or...

It's a truth universally acknowledged that a rider in possession of a good horse will go to great lengths to avoid the media. So we found a work around... Introducing...

Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an historic article on a major...

Evergate Stables horses don’t have a therapist. But if they did, he’d probably look and act a lot like Assistant Trainer Simone Besutti. Instead of a therapist’s chair, though, you’re...

It's Hunter Week at Desert Circuit IV! Thirty of the west's best hunter pairs will contest the $50,000 Butet USHJA International Hunter Derby on the spectacular grass field at Desert...

Winning 15 FEI classes in 5 months takes great talent and a top-notch string of horses—and for Conor Swail, a healthy supply of horse treats doesn’t hurt either. “Whoever I'm...

Keri Potter already has two FEI wins under her belt this winter at the 2022 Desert Circuit, and when she looked at the hoof prints in the sand on Saturday,...

Berry de Maillet is a hunter wizard in training.   The former jumper competed up to the 1.45m CSI4* level in his previous life, showing internationally in Spain, Mexico, and...

Who needs the luck of the Irish when you already have the speed of Conor Swail and Nicky Galligan? The Irish riders made sweeping the $37,000 Marshall & Sterling 1.50m...

For Karrie Rufer, it was love at first lick. The American show jumper first encountered Mr. Europe, aka "Eddie," while on a shopping expedition in the Netherlands. She was in...

This week, Hall of Fame Thursday remembers one of the great horses of all time, Abdullah, Show Jumping Hall of Fame class of 2008. An article published in the program...

Can two-time FEI victors Keri Potter and Quintana II keep their streak alive Week III of the Desert Circuit? Will world #9 Conor Swail swoop in with a win? It...

For Keri Potter, keeping Quitana 11 fit for the mare’s owner and her longtime student, Hannah Loly, is her primary objective this winter—but picking up a few international wins along...

Shawn Casady and RMF Chacco Top only met a month ago, but Casady immediately found that he and the 13-year-old stallion have a commonality: a strong desire to win. “He...

Winning a competitive speed class generally requires a good gallop and some slick turns. For Lindsay Archer and Jarpur, however, it takes some strong shuffling and powerful “poofs.” “[Jarpur]’s a...

Jenny Karazissis and Big Shot are no strangers to the winner's circle. The 2021 US Equestrian National Horse of the Year has been a blue ribbon printing machine since his...

Keri Potter (USA) doesn't always show her student's FEI horses. But when she does (in the first international class of the 2022 Desert Circuit), she wins. FEI competition officially kicked...

Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an historic article on a...