Channel Archives: Sports

Four months ago, Daniel Coyle was a professional show jumper in Ireland without any horses or owners. Last week, in Langley, British Columbia, he made his senior Nations Cup team...

Have you ever wondered what the numbers on a polo shirt actually mean? In polo, player positions are only going to be 1 through 4. You’ll never see a player...

If anyone doubted that William Fox-Pitt was ready to return to international competition following his serious fall on cross-country at Lion d'Angers last October, they're holding their tongues now. The 47-year-old...

It's all happening! Check out the CSIO4* show jumping action in the not-$130k $129,500 Nations Week Final Grand Prix LIVE at Thunderbird Show Park.

Mere hours after McLain Ward (USA) was declared the world’s leading show jumper, he was bested by 23-year-old Haley Gassel of Lenore City, TN at the Devon Horse Show and...

Nestled between mountains of old forest trees and the Pacific ocean, on the outskirts of Langley, BC, Thunderbird Show Park is the stuff postcard pictures are made of. This year,...

Move over Simon Delestre. American Olympic champion McLain Ward has shot to the top of the Longines World Rankings. A staple in the world top 10, Ward jumped four spots...

Five 5* classes. Zero rails. Four victories. And a suitcase full of prize money. When in Rome, McLain Ward is a show jumping gladiator. Here's a recap of his stellar streak...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlx9EC5g2D8 Last month, a video of a young girl galloping around a 1.35m Grand Prix CSI 1* on what appears to be a dinosaur was making the rounds on Facebook. She...

The road to the Rio de Janerio Games has come to a dead end for Japan's Hiroshi Hoketsu. The 75-year-old was one of 11 Japanese riders making a bid for the...

Three years ago, Canadian show jumper Erynn Ballard had a potentially career ending fall in the hunter ring. It left her with a broken collarbone, shoulder joint and shattered scapula—all...

This is a tale of conflicting emotions. There’s nothing unusual about being dismounted during a show. It happens to the best, it’s all part of the game, everyone is ok,...

Philippa Humphreys, a British rider living in Michigan, died today on the cross-country course at Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event. Humphreys was competing aboard Rich N Famous in the CCI***...

An Op Ed piece in the Harvard Public Health Review is calling for the postponement and/or relocation of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the wake of the Zika virus outbreak...

Take it away Captain! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ob-_N5ZFQ Candian show jumper Ian Millar is a living legend. He's the most decorated equestrian athlete in the country. He holds the world record for most...

The year was 1972. Ian Millar, already an Olympian at age 25, had just bought a rundown property in Perth, Ontario with his young wife, Lynn. They were struggling to...

Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire, England was the stuff of dreams for Germany's Michael Jung. For world #8 Boyd Martin (USA), it was a day of disappointment. Martin was among...

When people look back on Michael Jung's career 50 years from now, there will be one defining feature—his history of firsts. Jung is the first eventer to hold World, Olympic...

Another day, another victory. So goes the life of German superstar Michael Jung. Hot off his victories at the 2015 Burghley Horse Trials and the 2016 Rolex Kentucky Three Day...

Chances are, if you compete in or are a fan of show jumping, then you're also a bit of a course geek. After all, at the end of the day,...