The stats on sexual abuse in sport are alarming. More than 50% of all athletes will experience abuse in sports. Thirteen to 15 years old is the average age at which an...
When Ariel Grange got a call from her mother, Sue, telling her Daniel Coyle was joining their Lothlorien Farms team in 2016, she wasn’t happy. “My mom called me and...
They Trapp family made music together, the "Flying" Wallendas owned the circus high wire. And the Coyle family of Derry, in Northern Ireland? They’re quickly proving that the family that posts...
Kara Chad had more than just a double victory to celebrate Thursday at Thunderbird Show Park. While she was dominating both CSIO4* ranking classes in British Columbia, her fiancé, Matt...
There is a moment that high performance mental coach Dirk Stroda has learned to recognize on the face of his clients. It usually happens at a critical point in competition...
Fairy godmothers don’t always wear pointy hats and arrive by pumpkin coach. Sometimes, they keep their wands under wraps. At least, that’s the case for British rider Charlie Jones’ unofficial...
A lot can happen in six years. Six years ago, in 2019, for instance, ChatGPT hadn’t yet been invented, Ben and Jen hadn’t reunited for a second time (or broken...
When it comes to creating a major cultural shift, don’t discount the little things. Often, a handful of small-yet-thoughtful actions can be just as effective as, or more than, major...
When Skylar Wireman (USA) brought Tornado to the 2023 Sacramento International Horse Show, jumping the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ qualifier was not in her plans. After all, Wireman had...
“From our first jump in the warm-up, I could tell it was our day today,” said Uma O’Neill (NZL) of Clockwise of Greenhill Z on Saturday at Thunderbird Show Park....
One horse is a big, scopey grey. The other a small and speedy bay. One has campaigned under several riders and to double digit podium finishes. The other has only...
The Rolling Stones famously sang, "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you'll find you get what you need." Such was the case for Jim...
Kyle King has speed on his side in Odysseus. “He's very much like a Thoroughbred. There's no Thoroughbred in there but he feels like a Thoroughbred,” said the American rider....
“He's not brand new to me, but I'm just starting to jump these classes on him,” said Jaclyn Duff (CAN) of her international horse Eblesse. The KWPN gelding was developed...
Ready to log some overtime? With five-star show jumping across the pond at Hickstead, Great Britain and Dinard, France, and three-star dressage returning to Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, Canada,...
Ashley Vogel (USA) had big plans going into the summer of 2022. Taking six months off to rehab a knee injury wasn't one of them. The worst part—and the best?...
Sunday was a good day for U.S. rider Kyle King. How good? To start, King qualified for the jump-off on Peter Holmes’ challenging 1.50m $100,000 Grand Prix track with not one...
Kassidy Keith (CAN) has a new man in town. After winning the MarBill Hill U25 in July with Havana at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC, she came in strong...
Meet Etalon, a former Amateur-Owner hunter prospect turned 1.50m grand prix winner. Galloping through the timers on an uncatchable 40.90 seconds in the CSI 3* ONNI Grand Prix, you might...
It appears that Vertige de Galarzacs missed his old friend and owner, Morning Star Sporthorses’ Karrie Rufer. The 13-year-old Selle Français gelding proved it on Thursday at Thunderbird Show Park (tbird), when he and Rufer...
