If there’s one thing to know about Kent Farrington, it’s that he can play the long game. The reigning World No. 1 and U.S. Olympic team silver medalist certainly has...
Eight months into 2025, there have been no shortage of sporting highs in show jumping. Richie Vogel and United Touch took their first individual title at a European championship. Martin...
If Lillie Keenan doesn’t have a personal assistant yet, she may need to look into one. Though you could hardly say Keenan has been putting her feet up since she...
No doubt the Propellerheads and Shirley Bassey said it best in their smash 1998 hit, which claims: “It's all just a little bit of history repeating.” Whether he was ever...
The number 13 may be unlucky, but it’s been a good omen for newly announced World No. 1 Kent Farrington’s top horse of all time, Gazelle. That’s because the now-19-year-old Belgian mare,...
Winning the individual gold medal in show jumping at an Olympic Games is a little bit like walking on the moon. Once you’ve checked that box, tradition dictates there's not...
As the final ‘Saturday Night Lights’ event of 12 weeks of competition at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), the coveted CSI 5* Rolex Grand Prix traditionally boasts the circuit’s biggest...
Planning a top horse’s annual show schedule is no fly-by-night operation. Riders and their teams invest hours making a plan, thoughtfully working backward from events where they hope their horses...
If The Golden Bachelorette has taught us anything, it’s that there are many ways to continue looking and feeling great well into your midlife—and beyond. It’s no different for horses, as evident...
Age is just "the number in his passport" for Rokfeller de Pleveille Bois Margot. The 19-year-old Selle Français gelding (L'arc de Triomphe x Apache D'adriers) has jumped 142 1.60m or...
Earlier this month, word broke that the 10-year-old Westphalian gelding, Zineday, former ride of Germany’s Philipp Weishaupt, had been sold to the USA’s Eve Jobs. Headline-stealing horse sales are par...
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better poster child for the American riding system than Lillie Keenan—both past and present. The 28-year-old New York City native came up through the...
A rare portrait of a teenage Mozart. A McLaren Solus GT sports car. A rotating humidor containing 500, Cohiba cigars. They all come with a price tag of around €4...
Although he’s often described as “energetic” by his rider, there’s nothing brisk about how Harrie Smolders has produced longtime mount Monaco N.O.P. over the last seven years. Slow and...
For a pair that does an unprecedented amount of winning, 2024 Olympic individual champions Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 were hardly the most buzzed-about combination on the roster in Paris....
France’s Jeanne Sadran captured Parisian hearts and her first 5* Grand Prix title at the Longines Global Champions Tour on Saturday. Jumping before a home crowd in the CSI5* LGCT...
Last summer at Spruce Meadows, Tiffany Foster predicted great things for Battlecry. “I think that this is a horse who can win big things,” said the Canadian Olympian after their first...
When it comes to horsepower, the U.S. isn’t messing around, with all systems go ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The U.S. Jumping Team Olympic Short List...
When Nayel Nassar was looking to add to his string last year, Ivory Tcs, campaigned by Ireland's Daniel Coyle, ticked all the boxes. “She's the right age. She's totally my...
What makes a good horse great? An elite level of natural-born athletic talent, to be sure. A knowledgeable program and partner with whom he or she can learn, grow, and...
