Channel Archives: Sports

Kathy Kusner is celebrated in American history for her show jumping prowess. Born in 1940 to a family of modest means and zero horse connections, she was an unlikely candidate...

Polo: the game of kings. We've all seen it depicted on TV at some point—gorgeous horses galloping madly after a tiny white ball, players swinging cane mallets, while spectators clad...

The [horse] show must go on online! COVID-19 restrictions have led to the cancelation or rescheduling of competitions nationwide. But, a new trend is rising in their absence—online horse shows....

After mounting pressure from nations and athletes, Japan and the International Olympic Committee have postponed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. And while COVID-19 is...

COVID-19 restrictions have led organizers to cancel equestrian competitions and other events nationwide—but at what cost? We caught up with Derek Braun, founder and president of the Split Rock Jumping...

If there’s one thing all disciplines can agree upon, it’s that being stuck inside stinks. Unless you’re lucky enough to have your horses at home, you may be facing some...

“The biggest obstacle to rider safety is riders, without a doubt,” said Jon Holling, United States Eventing Association (USEA) Cross-Country Safety Subcommittee Chair. As a 5* rider himself, Holling is...

Missing the magical partnership that was Laura Graves and Verdades? Fear not! Team USA has a new dressage dream team and they just cracked the elusive 80% barrier in the...

Thirty-three-year-old eventer Katharine Morel of Fort Saskatchewan, AB, and her horse, Kerry On, died following a rotational fall at Rocking Horse Winter III Horse Trials in Altoona, FL, on Saturday,...

Twenty-nineteen was the year of Eve Jobs. In the space of five months, the 21-year-old daughter of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs made short work of milestones that many riders...

In the time vortex of horse show life, days morph into weeks and hours disappear into minutes. "Real life" takes on a distant otherworldly quality. And the singular, all-absorbing pursuit...

American show jumper Karl Cook has opinions. And he has a lot of them. On things like fashion (there's power to a great suit) and the Hollywood machine (a nice place to visit). On the place for politics...

Sloane Coles grew up in a horse-crazy girl’s fairytale. Akin to the protagonists in stories like National Velvet and Flicka, she got her start on the back of a plucky...

Tim Worden, PhD, is a sports scientist based in Toronto, ON who specializes in the application of high performance training concepts. Here he offers his insight into the inner workings...

American show jumper Beezie Madden is the most successful female rider in modern history. She has not one but two team gold medals from both the Olympics and the Pan...

In 2018, British show jumper Holly Smith made her championship debut at the World Equestrian Games™ Tryon in North Carolina riding the aptly named Heart's Destiny. The following year, they...

"I never really imagined that I would win one of these grand prix!” In her 20s, Erin Davis-Heineking (USA) competed at Florida's Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) as an amateur jumper....

At 15.1 hands high, Catoki only just qualifies as a horse. It's a fact that becomes glaringly obvious when McLain Ward's muscular 5'8" frame is perched atop his back. But...

When Horse Network's resident race reporter Richard R. Gross pitched an article on the changing whip rules in Thoroughbred racing, we suggested that he speak with a seasoned show jumping...

Tough. Determined. Unflappable. Did we mention tough? When you’re the youngest girl in a family of boys, fitting into the hierarchy of sibling play requires certain characteristics of which American...