On the edge of the arena, a young woman wearing a brightly-colored jacket of red, white, and blue jumps up and down cheering, throwing herself joyfully into the arms of...
It is a veritable smörgåsbord. I am looking at the program for the Falsterbo Horse Show, part of the Rolex Equestrian Series, a collection of the world’s best shows. Falsterbo...
If fantasy football were played the same way in the sport of show jumping, it would all come down to how much horse power you could draft for your team. ...
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...
Six 5* Grand Prix wins for any horse is exceptional. To win six at age 12? That's a special kind of elite. In the past decade, only one 12-year-old horse...
“Beginner’s luck” isn’t a concept that translates to the 1.65m tracks of Olympic show jumping. But on Monday, August 5 in Paris, it didn’t seem to hurt. There, three Olympic...
"We came here with a strong team, arguably one of the strongest team in the last three Olympics," said U.S. chef d'equipe Robert Ridland. "We have three of the greatest...
Watching the deer-like Caracole de la Roque lighting up a five-star jump-off track, it’s quickly clear that the French-bred mare has that certain je ne sais quoi. Although she’s only...
Same venue. Same players. Same ending. The script for the individual final Grand Prix of the 2023 Major League Show Jumping season read strikingly similar to the 2022 showing. But...
If you asked USA's Karl Cook five years ago if the new mare on his string, Kalinka Van’t Zorgvliet, would be the making of him, he might have thought you’d...
When U.S. rider Karl Cook and 13-year-old mare Kalinka Van't Zorgvliet entered the ring for the 1.55m Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) CND5* Grand Prix of Traverse City, there was...
Anyone who has ever taken the time to search "Karl Cook" on Twitter (no, just me?) knows that the Internet is rife with photos of the Californian rider kissing his...
It's springtime in California, and love is in the air. Especially if you're the newly divorced Kaley Cuoco, who is continuing her barn girl's guide to breakups tour with yet another coup: she's...