Amanda Steege has been vying for victory in the World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular with Lafitte de Muze for the past four years. And...
Last week, superstar hunter rider Scott Stewart scored a perfect score of 100 on the wonderful horse Catch Me at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. This is the...
The prize list for the much anticipated 2021 winter season at the World Equestrian Center – Ocala is out. With the grand opening set for January, the new show grounds...
Evan Coluccio earned his first Capital Challenge professional championship title at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, OH on Tuesday. Then he went on to win two more before the...
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,...
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....
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...
What a difference a few weeks makes. At the beginning of April, people were going to the grocery store without masks, horse show managers were cautiously optimistic about getting May...
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...
