https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXU2nQV_lE There was a lot of crying in Rio today. Show jumping legend Nick Skelton (GBR) stood atop the Individual Final podium, as the British national anthem played, and wiped...
Any hope of an individual medal evaporated for Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum at the first jump on course this morning in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. A costly mistake to the 1.50m wide...
Some 11,551 athletes will compete in the 2016 Rio Games, contesting 306 events in 28 different sports. All come to Brazil with the same dream—Olympic glory. But only a fraction...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2AP6RRrBjM Imagine you’re speeding down a highway in Porsche. Only you can’t see because it’s raining… No, scratch that. You’re blindfolded! Heading toward a brick wall at Mach speed. And...
“Riding isn’t a sport,” the article reads. “YA? Well you try to control a 1200 lb horse with your pinkie,” the meme retorts. “Why doesn’t Valegro get the medal? He...
Zika, questionable water purity, personal transportation—Spain's Pilar Lucrecia Cordon likely planned for many contingencies coming into the Rio Games. But nothing could have prepared her for what she and Gribouille du...
BRA-ZIL! BRA-ZIL! BRA-ZIL! It was the chant of a few thousand Brazilian show jumping fans as riders from the host country set hoof in Deodoro Olympic Park stadium today for the...
Just two days into Olympic Show Jumping in Rio and there has been no shortage of controversy. During Sunday's opening individual round, two riders were disqualified by the ground jury...
Laura Graves (USA) is leaving Rio with a team bronze medal and the bragging rights that come with a fourth place individual finish against formidable competition. Not too shabby for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1fF0LiH9o Turning down that final center line Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) knew she'd left it all in the ring at the Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The defending...
Day 1 of show jumping at the Olympic Games in Rio. If you were Germany's alternate rider, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, you'd be looking forward to a relaxing day of cheering...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ1z-Nvgi2c This week, American show jumper Lucy Davis, 24, jumps on the biggest stage of her career, to date, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an Olympic rookie, riding on...
They strode into the packed stadium at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, picked up a gallop, and took a long lap before the clang of the start bell....
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...
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...
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...
Disclaimer: This written piece (no, not calling it an article) is full of drooling, lack of sleep thanks to a crazy online streaming schedule and loads of objectification. Take it...
