Channel Archives: Sports

Even if your goal is the short, short list, being on the short(ish) list is infinitely better than being on the long list. Especially if your heart is set on riding for...

The paint is dry, the grass is mowed, the mood in turnt and the entry list is live for the 2016 Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event. Phillip Dutton and Fernhill Fugitive...

“What you’re facing is nothing less than a reality check for the sport,” said FEI's Olympic Press Committee member Alan Abrahamson at the FEI Sports Forum on Tuesday. “A lot of...

Olympic gold medalist. Former World #1 (for nearly two consecutive years). Winner of the seemingly impossible Rolex Grand Slam. There are a lot of reasons to love Scottish show jumper...

Missed Connection posts all tend to have one thing in common: they're almost never solved. Unless, that is, you happen to be eventer Kate Samuels. Here's how it started. A little...

Peanut butter and jam. Netflix and wine. Reed Kessler and Cylana. Some things are just meant to go together. How else do you explain a 17-year-old qualifying for the Olympics on a...

Don Stewart can often be found at the ingate of the junior hunter ring cracking jokes, keeping the atmosphere light and offering tidbits of wisdom to his talented group of...

There are few moments more frightening for a rider than a horse who stumbles suddenly in the course of normal business and threatens to go down. The fact that horses...

Ian Millar (1988 and 1989). John Whitaker (1990 and 1991). Hugo Simon (1996 and 1997). Rodrigo Pessoa (1998, 1999, 2000). Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (2008 and 2009). This weekend, Steve Guerdat (SUI)...

Just in case you needed a reminder how brilliantly athletic the riders and horses competing at eventing's top levels truly are, Buck Davidson and Park Trader offered a dramatic illustration...

SHOW SEASON IS UPON US… Are you ready for the nerves, the hurrying up and waiting, the broken vending machines, far-away porta-potties, and that rider who keeps beating you by...

Ever wondered what your horse would say to you if he could? What is he thinking as you pull his mane, tighten his girth, sponge his dock? How does he...

They’re the superstars of the junior ranks. The medal winners. The Under 25 Grand Prix champions. And, when they’re not on horseback, they’re busy hitting the books. Squeezing in a...

If, as a 10-year-old horse enthusiast, you dreamt of running away to Hollywood, apprenticing with a horse stuntman, and making your living as a maverick of the silver screen, you’re...

A study of more than 400 riders in Germany has proven what most of us have known all along: horseback riding generally produces awesome, well-adjusted people. Now if you're rolling your...

Her father is Canada’s most decorated equestrian athlete. Her mother, a highly respected horsewoman. Amy Millar shares what it was like growing up in the Millar household, as told to...

Have you ever yearned for something so much it caused you actual physical suffering? These peeps can relate. Only the "thing" they want is Reed Kessler's life. You could say...

To the unwashed masses, polo can be quite the experience. Champagne flowing, big hats, ladies in heels walking about the field "stomping the divots" (champagne in hand, of course). It...

Kent Farrington may get the most online marriage proposals, but Beezie Madden wins for adoption requests. Because it’s not enough to want to ride like Beezie, show jumpers aspired to be...

“What are the three things you must have in order to become a good rider?” 1. A good seat. 2. A good seat. 3. A good seat. This was the...