Willem Greve’s (NED) 10-year-old mare Pretty Woman Van’t Paradijs N.O.P. is not just a looker, she’s now also a two-time winner of FEI World Cup qualifying action along the Western...
Taylor Swift says that “life is emotionally abusive.” So is show jumping. That’s the thought running through my mind during Conor Swail’s post-round interview with CMH TV on Saturday. Swail...
A rub at fence one. They stumbled on landing after fence two and felt their way over the final line, adding a stride along the way. Linda Heed and Skylander...
Among dressage's elite, there is a super elite club. The Elite-est of the elite. The 90%-ers. Totilas was the first horse in history to break the 90% barrier, scoring 90.7% to...
Nanna Skodborg Merrald has twice been runner up at FEI World Cup™ Finals. With three horses in her string earning qualifying points this season, she’s lining up her shot at...
Kent Farrington jumped to the top of the North American League standings with his second World Cup win of the season on Saturday. But his contender status for the Final...
While riders often dissect their rounds before they’re even off their horses and have had a chance to catch their breath, some jump-off efforts simply deserve a pat on the...
“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...
Geñay Vaughn made her World Cup debut a winning one in Thermal and its mom she has to thank. Vaughn and Gino dominated the FEI Dressage World Cup Thermal Grand...
Sophie Hinners is making her first full season at the CSI5* level one for the record books and herstory. A week ago in Lyon, Hinner's boyfriend, Richard Vogel (GER), won...
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...
Ask any sport horse breeder with dreams of glory in their hearts and they’ll tell you: the demands of the sport have changed in recent decades, and so has the...
Jessica Dertell doesn't always win, but she's certainly a safe bet to get the job done. The 19-year-old Australian dressage rider has contested 111 international classes to date and won...
This week in elite sport... Leg two of the Longines FEI League of Nations stops in Ocala, Florida. It's a World Cup double header weekend in dressage with events in...
We’re just a month and change away from the start of Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Finals 2024 (April 16-20) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the startlist is beginning to...
Over the weekend, Belgian farrier Dries Degrieck assured himself a spot in the FEI Driving World Cup Final in Bordeaux during the eighth qualifying leg in Germany. It all came down...
Mom's Toupie de la Roque is not a winner, per se. Under Pieter Devos's saddle since 2021, the 17-year-old mare has jumped to just four podium finishes over 106 international...
World no. 1 combination Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (GER) and TSF Dalera BB have contested nine FEI Dressage World Cup qualifiers and two World Cup Finals since 2019—and have never lost...
Personal bests and “best ever” scores were the order of the day in the sixth leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in Mechelen, Belgium. But...
With eight legs of the Western European League on the books and six still to come, there's plenty of jumping left in the World Cup season. But Ben Maher has...
