We are officially T-minus two hours from the start of Rolex Kentucky 2016, and already the excitement is palpable. The horses have arrived, the stall curtains have been hung by the rafters...
It was the summer of 2015 and Boyd Martin needed a new horse. With the Rio Olympics on the horizon and the retirement of four-star veterans Otis Barbotiere and Trading...
Before she was an accomplished international show jumper. Before her meteoric rise up the ranks of eventing. Before she even courted the idea of competing in two equestrian disciplines at...
What is a California Split? So glad you asked. A California Split is used the judge a class is very large (usually over 25 horses) or in a combined division...
Hudson’s Bay Company unveiled the Team Canada Collection athletes will be wearing at the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. It looks an awful lot like the 2015 Pan American...
Last spring, Leah Lang-Gluscic made headlines alongside her 10-year-old thoroughbred, AP Prime, during the pair's debut at the 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. It was the Cinderella story of the...
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...
