
Hunter/Jumper
A Big Shot in the Making
Jenny Karazissis knew she was sitting on something special when a sales horse named Big Shot landed on her show roster a year and a…
Jenny Karazissis knew she was sitting on something special when a sales horse named Big Shot landed on her show roster a year and a…
“It’s probably my favorite show on the west coast.” Kylee Arbuckle, professional hunter rider and human ray of sunshine, first rode in the Franktown Meadows…
Disheartened by exorbitant cost of developing young horses in North America? Long for the days when Thoroughbreds dominated the hunter/jumper rings? Enjoy the sun in…
Meet the new gold standard in ideal starts to a career! Private Practice, a recently appointed hunter, made his derby debut in the $50,000 USHJA…
Hunter heavyweight Liza Boyd (USA) landed from the final oxer in the Deeridge Derby ring to uproarious applause and a chorus of deepthroated “Woo, woo, woos”…
Last year, the nine-year-old gelding Private Practice was working his way up the jumper ranks at Eduardo Menezes’ H5 Stables. Last month, he changed owners…
Like any top level equestrian event, the Palm Beach Masters is a bustling ecosystem of equine professionals and practitioners moving in methodical bursts from one…
USEF announced today that it has resolved the litigation with Kelley Farmer and Larry Glefke for their alleged July 2016 GABA violation. USEF is voiding…
Over the course of his impressive career, Bernie Traurig is perhaps most renown for having achieved in four equestrian sports what most riders hope to realize…
There has been a lot of discussion this year at national and international levels of equestrian showjumping about the health of hunter/jumper sport. The FEI…
On Sunday, Madison Goetzmann solidified her spot in equitation history as the 84th winner of the prestigious ASPCA Maclay National Championship at the CP National Horse Show…
Hope you did your homework, kids. This year, the 2017 ASPCA Maclay Final at the CP National Horse Show pays homage to equitation courses past…
Tori Colvin knew she had a fine prospect when she picked up the ride on an 11-year-old gelding named Cuba during WEF earlier this year,…
Okay, they are totes adorbs. The ponies and the kids. But the pony years also come with their drawbacks. Here’s why having a junior rider…
A year and a half ago, world champion hunter rider John French couldn’t get his mount Center Court to do a lead change. Now, they’re in second…
About 18 months ago, we got a call from a concerned Mom about her teen equestrian daughter. There were fundamental problems with the two critical…
You know what the best thing ever is at horse shows? The blue/red classes. If you haven’t heard of these (and they’re not a new…
July has been a very difficult month for the powers that be in Show Jumping in the United States. First, there was the fallout from…
You know how sometimes you can’t remember how to spell the word “the” or you say the word “fork” out loud and feel nearly certain…
On Friday June 30, 2017, just a half a day before suspensions were set to go into effect, the US Equestrian Federation issued a formal…