Equestrian is the only Olympic sport where men and women compete on equal footing. But you'd never know it from the show jumping world rankings. Only one female rider, Meredith...
An Olympic gold and two-time silver medalist, a Pan American and World Championships team gold medalist, Laura Kraut, at 60, is currently having the best show jumping season of her career....
Trotting across the green expanse of the Dublin Horse Show Grand Prix field this August, Laura Kraut and Bisquetta—head up, ears pricked—seemed to know there was something on the wind. ...
Earlier this month, we posted a photo on social media following Laura Kraut and the 11-year-old Zangersheide mare Bisquetta’s victory in the Rolex Grand Prix of Dublin. Second-last to go...
Holy—! I have just finished watching what was probably the craziest five-star Grand Prix I’ve seen as a show jumping owner, journalist, and fan! We had a field of 40—and...
I’m sitting on my bed at home in Wellington, Florida. I have been tasked by my editor to indulge in what I’m terming “remote reportage,” the job of covering the...
It was a tale of very different American wins on Wednesday, July 2 at CHIO Aachen, with two promising young horses officially making an impression in Germany. First up, three-time...
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...
It may have been her 19th Nations Cup appearance for the U.S. team, but this weekend, Laura Kraut liked what she saw. Riding the still-inexperienced Tres Bien Z, the three-time Olympic...
If you were in the mood for a heaping serving of heartbreak with your morning coffee, there was plenty of it to be had in Paris on Tuesday. The jumping...
"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...
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...
"I think somebody had an idea this might happen. It wasn't me," smiled Laura Kraut (USA) in the winners' interview for the Global Champions League Miami. Kraut's team, the Rome...
Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an article written by a...
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...
It was a star-studded second round in Saturday night’s $130,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Washington at the 2016 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), where U.S. show jumpers Lauren Hough,...
Though the wolves were scarce at Thursday night's $35,000 International Jumper Accumulator Costume Class at the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), Laura Kraut (aka Little Red Riding Hood) laid down...
The USEF has named four athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team, plus one traveling reserve combination for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Show Jumping competition at the...
