North Carolina-based Olympic eventer Doug Payne is nothing if not versatile. Currently sitting in the top 250 in the FEI Eventing World Athlete Rankings, over the last 30 years, Payne...
There’s a well-known saying, now a charming lyric in a newly released country song, that claims that “Good horses come home.” At Paris Olympian Ashlee Bond’s farm, they also entertain...
For many riders, it can take years to put the pieces of a partnership together with a new mount. For Richard Vogel, it took five weeks. On Sunday, the German...
The first World Cup™ win of his 15-year-old stallion Vestmalle des Cotis, by the way. It's always a good day to be a Belgian, but especially on Monday night in...
The fifth leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Western European League showcased the best in the west and home-town favorites in London. Paris 2024 Olympic team bronze medalist Becky...
Winners believe. And believers win. It's a time- and science-tested mindset for high performance and one firmly embraced by Darrragh Kenny. The Irish rider has won three 5* Grands Prix...
Retirement can be hard, especially on the most successful among us. For some, getting used a new routine can be challenging. Others struggle to find purpose outside of an all-encompassing...
A crisis of confidence is not something one usually associates with Irish rider Conor Swail. After all, he's the man who can lose his bridle and still finish fourth in a speed...
“Watching the jump-off, I’ve never been so nervous in my life,” said flying Dutchman Harrie Smolders. All too well, Smolders knows the feeling of a win just slipping away. First...
There is no safer bet in the Grand Prix ring at the moment than Martin Fuchs. The 32-year-old Swiss Olympian in riding a 1.60m Grand Prix win streak that has...
Whether you’re the older barn mate, the middle barn mate, or the younger barn mate, growing up in the shadow of a phenom like Leone Jei can’t be easy. After...
Do you cheer on Caracole? Fan girl for Floratina? Do you think Grand Hunter Champion, McQueen, actually deserves a crown? Now’s your chance to share your admiration by voting for the 2024...
Sandra Sysojeva (POL) and Maxima Bella are riding a perfect record in 5* and World Cup finishes in 2024—and the mare is just 8 years of age. Competing internationally since...
Barry Bonds. Michelle Kwan. Jim Kelly. Three of the greatest athletes in their respective sports during their respective eras. And yet, all three missed out on a coveted major championship win....
It was a million-dollar question for Ashlee Bond. After a subpar performance at the Paris Olympics, the Israeli rider’s second games with Donatello 141, Bond considered retiring the 13-year-old Westphalian...
As the size of a jump-off field increases, so does the size of the question mark. Even among a stacked field of top-ranked competitors (think: World No. 1 Henrik von...
On December 5th, 2024, the FEI sentenced British Olympic dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin to a one-year suspension and a fine of 10,000 Swiss Francs after equine welfare concerns arose in...
There’s a very special new lady heading to American rider Karl Cook’s stable this month after CHI Geneva. Clarification: another very special lady. That would be 2024’s indomitable Foxy de...
If there was a United Nations for horse sport, Darry Lou might just be its most hardworking representative. A striking redhead with his shock of flaxen mane and deceptively pony-like...
In 2016, Spanish rider Gabriela Roger Ibars was just 21 and shopping for a young horse to bring along with her then-trainers Eric van der Vleuten and Maikel van der...
