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...
Eventer Camilla Kruger had a goal: represent her native Zimbabwe in the Olympics. The African nation of 15 million has never had an equestrian athlete qualify for the Olympic Games,...
Between his towering 6'4" frame and penchant for bold fashion choices, Danny Ingratta is hard to miss at the show ring. But it's his outgoing personality that makes the Canadian...
Public disputes. Allegations of selector bias and unsoundness issues. Last minute changes to the team lineup. The selection process for the Canadian Olympic eventing team has had more plot twists...
The first time I made the team it was by default. It was 2011. Andy and Carlene Ziegler (owners of Artisan Farms) had just bought me a horse, Southwind VDL,...
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2014 was an amazing year for me. I made the US dressage team for the first time. I competed on my first European tour and in my first championship. And...
Every athlete in every discipline who's booked a ticket to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio, Brazil next month. But in easy to reference infographic form, so as to not...
Defending Olympic champion Michael Jung (GER) announced a last-minute change to his Rio mount on Facebook today. fischerTakino, the reigning European eventing champion, has been sidelined by an infection following...
It was a crazy time. Russia was set to host the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Six months before the Games they invaded Afghanistan. In protest, the Americans lead a boycott...
Fun fact: Press releases submitted in Q&A format have a 98% chance of being published on Horse Network. Case in point: CHIO Aachen. Press release - Aachen, July 14th, 2016 An...
Some horses aren’t cut out for dressage. Like this horse, who isn’t a fan of musical interludes, nor non-alphabetic letter arrangements. Apparently. https://youtu.be/9AFJX-ArN24 The wallflowers of dressage, like our friend...
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Equestrian Canada have (finally) named the 10 equestrian athletes nominated to represent the maple leaf in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games next month. According to...
When Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) asked Tom Hunt to put together a new freestyle compilation for the Rio Games presumably she asked him for something that would make your...
Horse and rider selections for the 2016 Olympics are all but final. (Looking at you, Canada). We know who'll be representing in Rio De Janerio for most countries come August....
When Laura Graves (USA) and Verdades went supernova in 2014, skyrocketing from relative obscurity to a fourth-place finish at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, it seemed like they...
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....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_0CvmTJFg With the July 18 deadline just weeks away, the race for Olympic team selection has rounded the final corner. Who will make the cut and be named a 2016...
When most people come into an unexpected windfall, they take a bit of that money and spend it on something frivolous. A dinner out at a fancy restaurant. A vacation...
The USEF has named four athlete/horse combinations to the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team and one traveling reserve for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Four direct reserve horses have also been...
