Imagine yourself in a front row seat at the final day of the 2017 Badminton Horse Trials earlier this month. Heart racing, hooves pounding, breathlessly counting the rails as they...
I can remember moving to Lexington, KY a decade ago and thinking: “Now. Now is when I finally learn to ride.” I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania...
What a difference a year can make. Back in April of 2015, Olympian Will Coleman finished 6th overall at the Rolex Kentucky CCI4* on his then 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse...
The 2017 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is a wrap! Let's review. 55 —age of 2017 winner, Andrew Nicholson (NZL) At 55 years, nine months and six days, Nicholson is...
In the 39-year history of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover, only three riders have ever managed to win two years in a row. But Michael Jung...
In a result that surprises no one, Germany's Michael Jung is once again sitting atop the leaderboard at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover. He added just...
A few weeks before April every year the text messages start: “Are you going to Rolex?” They carpool from two towns over, fly across the country, travel from the other side...
It went just as Michael Jung thought it would. Another smooth exhibition in collection with his fine mare fischerRocana as the pair began their pursuit of a third straight Rolex...
The last combination to go on opening Thursday sits first on the leaderboard at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover. Jessica Phoenix and Pavarotti belted out a...
Women in dresses and flats...men in suits and loafers...browbands bedazzled and hooves polished...dust flying and the temperature rising, eyeballs prying... Inspection Day #1, Rolex Kentucky. The unofficial “FIRST-first” day of...
Savannah “Woodge” Fulton, 22, is the youngest competitor at the 2017 Rolex Kentucky CCI4*, where she will be riding Captain Jack, a 14-year-old Thoroughbred gelding. Although a Rolex Rookie, Fulton is...
Ellen Doughty-Hume had always been athletic, but to stay competitive at eventing's highest level, she wanted to get fitter and stronger. So, in December of 2015, she decided to kick...
The estimated one-year cost of a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) ranges from $27,260 to $32,760 or more per case, according to The Rand Corporation. For a moderate to severe TBI...
I have a big horse. Heck, he’s not just a big horse, he’s one of the tallest thoroughbreds I have had the pleasure to work with—and that’s saying something. "Kennedy"...
That faint ticking sound in your head can only mean one thing: Consult your doctor. Duck and cover. Get more sleep. The countdown to Rolex Kentucky is on! Yes, the...
Spring is in the air! For normal people this means warmer days and blooming flowers. For equestrians this means Rolex is right around the corner. I just received my tickets...
The $100,000 Land Rover Wellington Eventing Showcase returned to Showjumping, USA for the third year in a row with its most competitive field yet, united in an effort to overthrow...