Channel Archives: Sports

For many a young equestrian, going off to college means taking an extended vacation from riding. It doesn’t have to be this way. Especially if you happen to attend one...

It’s Finals Night at the 50th running of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity in Oklahoma City, and it’s hot beneath the bright lights of Jim Norick Arena. The...

One of the most notable developments from the 2016 USEF Annual Meeting was the passing of a rule requiring USHJA registered horses to be microchipped (EQ103.2, HU101.2, JP100.2). As of December 1,...

If you’re not already impressed by the power and athleticism of the jumping horse, you will be soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQxnGPMofHE

Heartbreaking news out of Wellington, Florida this morning. Two Wellington-based show jumpers are dead following a car accident inside the gates of the Palm Beach Polo and Country in the early...

A lot of things can go wrong when your horse slips the bridle mid course. You could fall off, as most often is the case. You could keep jumping, like Belgium show...

German dressage rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (GER) is currently ranked #5 in the world with her 14-year-old KWPN stallion Unee BB. In 2015 alone, they won the Grand Prix and the Grand...

And people say dressage riders don’t have a sense of humor… (Watch for the Carl Hester cameo at the end!) [fb-video src='https://www.facebook.com/trtmethod/videos/441043972753891/'] When he’s not busy posing as dressage rider extraordinaire “Brett Kidding,”...

Rafael Pease just wanted to catch some fresh powder on his 21st birthday. But the snowboarder got more than he bargained for when he discovered a stranded horse, trapped in four feet...

A horse believed to be the world’s oldest equine, passed away over the weekend at the ripe old age of 50. FIFTY! Fiddy. 5-0. Half-a-hunny. Orchid, a thoroughbred-arabian cross, was...

The 2015 USEF Four-in-Hand Driving National Championship started out cold and rainy, but was warm and sunny for Sunday’s cones phase in the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park....

Seven years ago, Ian Debeer was one of the most prolific street artists in Pittsburgh. He was no. 2 on the Graffiti Task Force list of "10 Most Wanted Graffiti...

Hundreds of miles of untouched, virgin land, speckled with a myriad of horses, goats, sheep, cattle, yak and little running ground squirrels lie before me. Falcons fly overhead, as scavenging...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJ2-VqwxAE In theory, riding hunters should be an easy proposition. The jumps are natural-looking and mostly inviting, the courses are straight-forward (line diagonal, line diagonal, maybe a single?), and if you’re...

While most of the action going down at the Dublin Horse Show last week was of the exciting-yet-bridled variety (save perhaps Andres Rodriguez’s delightfully unbridled enthusiasm for the puissance), it was French equestrian artist Clémence...

In many ways, the sport of polo is a world unto itself, even from other sports in the equestrian space. Long associated with privilege, glamour, and even princes, polo sometimes feels like the least accessible discipline...

Picture this: you are on an expanse of green grass nine times the size of a football field. Beneath you an athletic thoroughbred stands poised, ready to leap into a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C9JsBlsVdw Earlier this week, I had my first polo lesson with Palo Alto Polo Holiday, a traveling Argentinean polo program run by the fantastic Leonardo Rossolini and Emily Hordijk, which is stationed near my hometown...

Watch Team RSV Neuss-Grimmlinghausen (GER) take the win in the first freestyle round of international group competition at the CVIO4* in Verden with a score of 9.003! And look super dope in their...

[caption id="attachment_422" align="alignnone" width="640"] Smokey leads American Pharoah onto the track for a jog on Friday morning.[/caption] “He’s my favorite horse in the barn,” Baffert boasted. “He’s such a cool...