Channel Archives: Sports

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 article written by a...

With the start of winter circuits just around the corner, Rene Dittmer is proving he’s one to watch this year at Wellington International and beyond.  The 30-year-old phenom from Stade,...

Make that 31 consecutive wins for Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB... Sunday’s Lövsta Top 10 Dressage at the Sweden International Horse Show saw personal bests from three...

No one was more surprised that Harry Charles won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ A Coruña on Sunday than Harry Charles. And for good reason. Charles’ mount, Sherlock, is...

Same venue. Same players. Same ending. The script for the individual final Grand Prix of the 2023 Major League Show Jumping season read strikingly similar to the 2022 showing. But...

If you were making a list of Worst Names for a Horse, "Blood Diamond" seems like a shoo-in for the top 10. Behind perhaps "Genocide" and "Hate Crime" but ahead...

Four-in-hand teams don't have official team names. But if they did, we'd dub Bram Chardon's White Lightning. They're deadly fast, explosive through the cones and like homemade hooch, they get...

Germany's Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB have got stamina. On Saturday, dressage's reigning dynamic duo did what they typically do and won the CDI5* Lövsta Top 10 Dressage...

Germany's Marcus Ehning has been there too a few times in Madrid. The 49-year-old multi-hyphenate winner topped the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Madrid on Sunday, for the third time...

Sometimes all that glitters is gold. New Zealand dressage rider Melissa Galloway and Windermere J’Obei W contested 13 FEI classes in the 2023 season. And won every single one. She's...

As far as dramatic entrances go, starting your Freestyle with a canter pirouette and moving immediately into tempi changes is a solid start. Spain’s Jose Daniel Martin Dockx and the...

Fifty years into his dressage career, Steffen Peters is still finding joy in the sport. Last April, the duo were the top-placing American pair at the FEI World Cup Finals...

0.2 penalties. That's all the separated the top two on the leaderboard of the Galati Yacht Sales CCI4*-L at The Event at TerraNova. Lucienne Bellissimo (GBR) saw her lead after...

It may have taken him a minute, but France’s Kevin Staut was back to his winning ways at the Stuttgart German Masters on Sunday, November 19.  The 43-year-old rider took the...

In the eight year history of the Global Champions League no team has topped both the season standings and the GCL Super Cup. Until now. Riesenbeck International made history on...

Count Me In is back. Over the past season, Ireland's Conor Swail has stepped the 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Count Grannus x Sherlock Holmes) back from the top level and out...

It all came down to the clock in the Galati Yacht Sales CCI4*-L on Saturday. Lucienne Bellissimo (GBR) maintained her lead at The Event at TerraNova on Tremanton after cross country....

"[The years] 2023, 2022 were my best seasons in my career," said Julien Epaillard. On Saturday, the Frenchman added a new feather to his cap: the title Grand Prix of...

Five-time World Cup champion Isabell Werth (GER) contested her first qualifier of the Western European League 2023/24 season at the Stuttgart German Masters this week. Was starting at the third...

"Success is a by-product of excellence," Deepak Chopra famously said. In four-in-hand driving, it's a product of Exell-ence. Australia's Boyd Exell swept the FEI Driving World Cup™ at the 37th...