Italy’s Emanuele Camilli has a type. The elite show jumper has a fabulous string of horses, and many of them have something in common: they’re related. He has a liking...
When you have a jump-off in which Richard Vogel (World no. 8) is the least accomplished, you know you’re watching something good. A treat was exactly what the crowd was...
Abdel Saïd does not like to leave things to the last minute. With each of the 16 legs of the Longines Global Champions Tour presenting a qualifying opportunity for the...
It seems Kent Farrington made a new year’s resolution: 2025 would be his year. The American Olympian is claiming dominance across his home country, winning major grand prix titles in...
In show jumping, it’s not uncommon for international riders to peak in their 40s—seven of the current world top 10 are over the age of 42. It is uncommon, however,...
Just four weeks into the new year, Richard Vogel and Cydello have already matched their Grand Prix win average from the two years prior and are well on their way...
Another week of cold. We've all been reduced to one thought, if you can call it that: “It’s cold.” Our conversations, if you can call it that, consist of “I’m...
“It wasn’t a disadvantage to go first in the jump-off," said Denis Lynch of his pathfinder position in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup of Stuttgart on Sunday. "Quite the...
Alex Matz didn't win every five-star class at the 2024 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, but he won most of the big ones. The American's winning week started with...
Age is just "the number in his passport" for Rokfeller de Pleveille Bois Margot. The 19-year-old Selle Français gelding (L'arc de Triomphe x Apache D'adriers) has jumped 142 1.60m or...
Rene Dittmer and Corsica X have been knocking at the door of a big win and on Sunday at the Hampton Classic, it opened. Since 2022, Dittmer and the 11-year-old...
Victor Bettendorf was happy just to be qualified for the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Rome on Sunday. Then he won it. The Luxembourg rider is ranked no....
The die is cast for the Individual Jumping Final in Paris and there are glaring absences on the start list. Seventy-three combinations took to the arena at the Palace of...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—every four years, to be precise. With show jumping poised to start at the Paris Olympic Games on August 1, all eyes are...
Sandra Auffarth is the stuff of eventing legend. At age 37, the German rider has contested three Olympic Games and laid claim to a compete set of medals. Auffarth took...
Matthew Sampson is no stranger to the victory gallop—especially at Spruce Meadows. This season, the British rider has already secured two CSI5* victories in the Summer Series, both of them...
The Philippaerts twins, Nicola and Olivier, are no strangers to the podium on the Longines Global Champions Tour. The brothers not only share identical DNA but also an equal top-10...
There are a few moments in Olympic equestrian history that have stuck with me throughout my life. Three moments in fact. How I recall this first one is a mystery...
Few titles in horse sport are more coveted than that of Grand Slam Champion. In baseball, where the term originates, a ‘grand slam’ is not only a home run for...
