The year 2020 has offered no shortage of things to complain about. Unless, that is, you're Steffen Peters. The American Olympian posted a perfect season in 2020, winning all 16...
Twenty-one-year-old Lucy Deslauriers has spent the past two months in school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. But she didn't let a little thing like not riding get in...
It takes a certain type of person to truly understand, and appreciate, the role that “chance” plays in the story of life. This week's guest on The Jay Duke Show,...
In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a magical figure who often appears at the darkest hour to grant the protagonist's fondest wish. In this show jumping story, it's Ann Thompson. But instead of...
Michael Matz is best known these days as the Kentucky Derby winning trainer of famed racehorse Barbaro. But before he was making headlines at the track, he was making them...
In the beginning... Fifty-eight pairs contested Saturday’s $250,000 STX Vans Grand Prix at Desert International Horse Park in CA. Nine found a clear path around the Manuel Esparza (MEX)-designed track...
Coach Stacia Klein-Madden's advice to Dominic Gibbs as he rode into the Alltech Arena for the 2020 ASPCA Maclay National Championship work off: "Do the freaking test." And that's precisely...
The first of just two CCI4*-L of 2020 saw ten riders to completion, with U.S. Olympian Boyd Martin leading from the start to the very end, to finish on a...
The first CCI4*-L of 2020 is taking place at Galway Downs International this weekend, and although the field is small (just 11 are in the hunt following cross-country) it’s mighty....
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...
