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It's official. McLain Ward has achieved hero status. You might think he'd already gotten there, what with the double Olympic gold medals, World Cup title and 500,000+ Grand Prix titles...

Ireland's Alan Wade came out swinging in round two of show jumping at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, NC on Thursday. Of 122 starters to contest the...

They have names fit for fictional Disney characters, but the fairytale ending is 100% real. Rosalind Canter (GBR) and Allstar B led the British eventing team to glory and themselves...

With the exception of a few remaining vet inspections, Week One of the World Equestrian Games (WEG) is a wrap here at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina....

Laura Graves and Verdades made history on Friday, as they're wont to do. The darlings of American dressage were awarded the individual silver medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games...

An endurance horse has died following Wednesday’s ride at the FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, NC. Barack Obama, a 20-year-old Anglo-Arab gelding ridden by Jenny Champion (NZL), was euthanized...

While clustered chaos was the order of opening day at the 2018 World Equestrian Games, the Indoor Arena offered sweet respite to patrons in search of conditioned air, a dry...

Between incomplete construction onsite, Hurricane Florence barreling toward the coast of Carolinas, and questionable housing arrangements for grooms, the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Tryon, NC have been off to a rocky...

Shane Sweetnam's watch collection grew by leaps and bounds last week. And also via leaps and bounds. The Irish show jumper won not one, not two, but four new Longines...

Since its inception in 2015, the Longines Rider Challenge, a $30,000 cash prize that is awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points in the Open Jumper classes at the...

Four years ago, Uma O'Neill (USA) received a sales horse video from German horse dealer Paul Schockemohle.  The clip featured a seven-year-old grey stallion, named Clockwise of Greenhill Z, that was showing consistently...

USA's Carly Anthony is about to face her greatest challenge to date. At the venue that once made her "sweat." The daughter of Redmond, WA-based hunter/jumper trainer, Cara Anthony, the...

What broken foot? France's Eric Navet was sent on a forced vacation earlier this year after breaking his foot in a riding accident—at the walk, no less. The injury required...

It has been four months since we watched Beezie Madden and Breitling LS expertly navigate each round of the 2018 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Paris to take...

You can call Thunderbird Showpark "The Conor Show" from here out. In 2017, Irish rider Conor Swail swept the Summer Fort Festival at the bucolic venue in Langley, BC, winning...

Jonathon Millar has a new ride in his string. The Canadian team member took over the ride on Camil du Parc du Menobu from Quebec's Francois Lamontagne (CAN) two and...

"When he was a five year old, he bucked me off!" Said Canadian Olympian Hugh Graham of his homebred gelding and current Grand Prix mount, Knock Out 3E: "I was...

Irish show jumper Jordan Coyle has zero filter. At least, not one that he’s exercising around the media just yet. At the rate he’s winning, that day will come. Too...

Managing the demands of family, work and a busy horse show schedule is challenging at the best of times. Juggling all those things while hosting—and competing in—the biggest international show...

Veteran show jumper Hugh Graham (CAN) has competed at every major championship in equestrian sport—the Olympics, World Championships, World Cup Finals, Pan American Games—and won numerous grand prix over the course...