“The elusive 80 percent! We captured it…it exists,” laughed Laura Graves. The US rider and her veteran partner Verdades broke the 80 barrier in the Grand Prix Special in Rio,...
At just 21, Sönke Rothenberger (GER) is the greenest rider on the German Olympic team. His horse Cosmo, just nine, is the youngest competing in dressage. Together, they beat a...
If there’s a time when an athlete aspires to peak, it’s at the Olympics Games. Dressage rider Steffen Peters (USA) did exactly that. Competing in his fourth Olympics, Peters delivered...
Palestine is making Olympic history in Rio by debuting their first equestrian competitor. But there’s a controversial catch—he’s a German-born businessman who just obtained a Palestinian passport in 2011. Dressage...
It might have been the most bizarre press conference of the Rio Games. Maybe of all time. General Ramos, Chief Commander for the First Division of the Brazilian Army and...
Dressage is all about bringing the drama to the ring and Rio delivered—and then some. These are your highlights from session one of the Grand Prix at the 2016 Olympic...
Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master are back following a 10th place finish in the individual eventing final at Rio. The sole Canadian in the final, Howard and her 15-year-old Canadian...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXU2nQV_lE The British Dressage Team is currently in the process of defending its Olympic gold medal, and yet, still made time to make quite the fashion statement. Each of the...
At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, a young attorney turned military officer and World War I veteran named Hiram Tuttle added another feather to his cap by winning the individual...
From second to third to gold! The French team may have jumped around the rankings during the three phases of Olympic Eventing. But they arrived exactly where they planned. "After...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aShZ6SN4raQ You could say he's rather "happy" with the result. Rio was not the Olympics Games the US eventing team was planning. A lacklustre start in dressage put the Americans in...
With the Olympics in full swing it's time to dust off great moments in Olympic Equestrian history. This clip of double gold medalist Reiner Klimke (GER) and Ahlerich at the...
William Fox-Pitt is a five-time Olympian and an amazing athlete. He's also batsh*t insane. Let’s examine the evidence... First, there was the whole coma-to-Rio in ten months thing. Most people...
As one of the country's biggest outdoor horse shows, the Hampton Classic brings the big—big-named celebrities watching big-named riders compete over big jumps on big horses with big money up...
Alex Hua Tian is no stranger to the big stage. At the age of 18, he became the youngest rider in Olympic Eventing history when he competed in the 2008...
It was the best better of times. It was the worst of times for the American eventing team. As expected, Pierre Michelet's challenging cross country course caused a major shake-up in...
Australia’s up. France is down. And Britain is out. It’s been a dramatic day in on the cross country course at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio. Australia takes...
Sixty-five competitors, 23 movements and one random soundtrack, another thrilling day of Olympic Eventing Dressage comes to a close. Here’s where things stand. It’s a horse race between the top...
Put three individuals in a room and ask them what color the sky is and you're bound to get different answers. People are funny like that. That's not the case...
Say, you wanted to incite a furor of media attention on Day One of the Olympics. Naturally, you'd recruit a few your most diabolical friends and evil acquaintances to ponder your...
