If you’ve ever sat on a stiff horse, you know it’s not a comfortable ride. But have you ever considered that it’s not comfortable for the horse either? When your...
There’s something in the water on the U.S. Dressage Team. In the last year, a baby boom has swept through the ranks, beginning with Olympic bronze medalist Allison Brock’s son...
Neither Junior Ella Fruchterman and Young Rider Erin Nichols is a stranger to the FEI North American Youth Championships dressage podium. Both managed to stick the landing on Sunday, leaving them...
U.S. Equestrian has announced the four riders that will travel to Tokyo to represent the United States in Olympic dressage competition, the second of three equestrian teams that will represent...
Sara Hassler was all but born on a horse. The daughter of two top American dressage trainers, Susanne and Scott Hassler, Sara grew up in a barn and into the...
One of the world’s most promising young dressage riders is in critical condition after suffering a serious brain bleed on May 5. Juan Matute Guimon, a prospect for Spain’s Olympic...
What a difference a few weeks makes. At the beginning of April, people were going to the grocery store without masks, horse show managers were cautiously optimistic about getting May...
I have a confession. As the US enacted social distancing and lockdown policies because of the rapid spread of the Coronavirus, most equestrians bemoaned the loss of the spring show...
The [horse] show must go on online! COVID-19 restrictions have led to the cancelation or rescheduling of competitions nationwide. But, a new trend is rising in their absence—online horse shows....
They say the walk is the easiest gait to ruin, but that doesn’t mean we should avoid schooling it altogether! It can’t only be used for rest breaks for the...
If you ever wanted to read a corruption case turned equestrian themed soap opera, look no further than the recent impeachment of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. And this...
It was almost two years since I started riding again after the surgeries. My left leg had not fully recovered but I had my life back. There would be no...
Olympic team bronze medalist Ashley Holzer tells the story of how she fell in love with dressage at first sight, as told to Carley Sparks. I was about 10 years old....
Have you ever had the unpleasant experience of trying to explain to a non-equestrian that much of modern day riding technique, and dressage in particular, comes from a military background?...
Lots of athletes have pre-competition rituals to settle jittery nerves. For Russia's Inessa Merkulova's 12-year-old Trakehner Mister X, that ritual involves his owner reading novels to him before their Grand...
It's that time again! Every four years, equestrians around the world find themselves red in the face, defending horseback riding as a sport deserving of a place in the Olympic...
Hold onto your helmets! The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the four athlete-and-horse combinations that will represent the U.S. Olympic Dressage Team in Rio de Janiero, Brazil come August....
German dressage rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (GER) is currently ranked #5 in the world with her 14-year-old KWPN stallion Unee BB. In 2015 alone, they won the Grand Prix and the Grand...
