Category Archives: Hunter/Jumper

I’m lucky to live in an area that hosts rated shows for hunter/jumper enthusiasts. I used to spend the whole year stashing pennies in my savings account, relishing the opportunity...

In the time vortex of horse show life, days morph into weeks and hours disappear into minutes. "Real life" takes on a distant otherworldly quality. And the singular, all-absorbing pursuit...

Every year, the National Horse Show plays host to the ASPCA Maclay Final, which showcases the top junior riders, many of whom have aspirations of representing the U.S. in international...

Our culture, our way of life, our entire world is structured along certain consistencies and absolutes that people rely and depend upon to live their lives. People wake up every...

George Morris has been added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport "Banned" List. A stalwart of equestrianism, Morris's name is synonymous with show jumping. He's widely regarded as the founding...

Like a crack of lightning splits the earth, the suicide of popular U.S. show jumper Robert Gage has shocked the horse world into a SafeSport schism, bringing to light the...

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 half ago. At just five...

“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 Hunter Derby of Carson City,...

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 Southern California? Husband and wife...

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 International Hunter Derby at Deeridge...

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" from the Kiss 'n Cry....

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 and professions. Purchased by Brad...

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 job to the next. The...

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 the proceeding from the outset...

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 in one. He’s been short-listed...

We’ve all done it. You’re five strides away from the jump and don’t see a good distance, panic sets in and you CIRCLE! Do it too often and this frustrating...

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 has debated harmonizing entry fees...

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 in Lexington, KY. Some 177...

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 and the illustrious career of...

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, but the next USHJA International...