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In a year plagued by COVID-19 event cancellations, closures and other assorted bad news, Spruce Meadows is offering an optimistic take on 2021 —new show dates. And more of them!...

Prospects? Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster has a few... https://youtu.be/PHJvFJUobbc Watch the VOLVO CANADA Cup on tbird TV and HN LIVE! Sunday, August 23 at 2:00pm PT.

In 2018, Ashley Arnoldt faced the most difficult year of her life when her dad, Armin, passed away suddenly. That same year she was awarded The Dianne Tidball Legacy Foundation...

As new year’s go, 2018 did not start out well for Calgarian Justin Prather. At a time when many riders are solidifying priorities and setting goals for the year ahead,...

It's a universally accepted truth that show horses are a rather poor financial investment—one all but guaranteed to cost more money than they will ever possibly earn. There are, of...

"I’m just happy with today, who knows what tomorrow brings?” That was American team veteran Margie Goldstein Engle after winning the $137,000 Four G Surfaces Grand Prix CSI3* at the...

The horse show hiatus is over. At least, for the FEI events that survived COVID-19's truncated 2020 calendar. But three months out of the show ring is bound to make...

My horse has been rehabbing from an injury for almost six months. For the first three of those months, all I did was walk with him. Now I am up...

A blink of the eye. That's the amount of time that separated first and second place in the $50,000 Meijer Grand Prix CSI2* in Week Two of the Great Lakes Equestrian...

The average age of retirement in Canada is 63.6. Employees in the public sector tend to retire a little sooner at 61.5—*no comment*—and those in the private sector, a little...

Remember when there was a five star Grand Prix to watch every weekend? When world ranking points accumulated on a near daily basis and it was impossible to keep up...

If you go behind the scenes before a major competition, you'll inevitably spot an athlete taking a quiet moment. They might be sitting alone on the top tier of the...

Whether it’s record setting sanctions in endurance for horse abuse, or allegations of electrified spurs being used in competition, welfare has been a hot-button issue this season in show jumping...

Longines title sponsorship of the Masters Series has come to an end. The Swiss watch brand was first linked to event host EEM (Equestrian Events Management SPRL) in 2012 and...

Three of the most spectacular weeks on the Wellington winter circuit have been relegated to a footnote in history. The organizers of the Palm Beach Masters announced on Friday that...

Here that distant whimper? It's the sound of a million show jumping fans' hearts being collectively crushed the world over. The Longines Global Champions Tour (GCT) and League (GCL) announced...

Horse showing is set to resume at Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina on May 27. Or, more accurately, the post-COVID lockdown version of horse showing is to start....

This week, we should be glued to the live feed at Royal Windsor Horse Show, watching the world's best in show jumping, dressage, driving and more compete on the iconic...

In the longest spanning COVID-19 related cancellation yet, the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ohio is shuttering its doors to competition September 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. Located in...

One of the world’s most promising young dressage riders is in critical condition after suffering a serious brain bleed on May 5. Juan Matute Guimon, a prospect for Spain’s Olympic...