“Don’t make it interesting, don’t make it interesting! We don’t need it, Shane, we don’t need it to be interesting!” I’m shouting at my TV screen while Shane Sweetnam, rider...
They say that variety is the spice of life. If so, it’s a proverb to which Shane Sweetnam’s 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, James Kann Cruz, certainly subscribes. His preference...
If 2025 had a theme for Shane Sweetnam, he'd tell you it was his "runner up" year. “We’ve been second a lot, which was my year last year," laughed the...
There’s an old saying that reemerges every year in the U.S. around this time, on green mugs and T-shirts in the lead-up to St. Patrick’s Day: “If you’re lucky enough...
Make no mistake: knowledge is power, but when it comes to show jumping statistics, it can also be a weighty responsibility. “His stats say, if I ride good enough, he...
I have watched and been a part of countless Nations Cups. The new Longines League of Nations is a huge step forward for the sport, in my opinion. The format...
If he was looking to have a good week for his up-and-coming horses, Shane Sweetnam came to the right place. The Irish rider took home a string of wins and...
You can watch a lot of show jumping and still never see an end result like that of Thursday night's T & R Development $5,000 Amateur-Owner/Junior Jumper Welcome Stake at the...
What makes for a good summer? Most of us would say a few pool days, a barbecue, and a couple of long weekends away. But there are good summers, and then...
