If there’s one thing to know about Kent Farrington, it’s that he can play the long game. The reigning World No. 1 and U.S. Olympic team silver medalist certainly has...
Eight months into 2025, there have been no shortage of sporting highs in show jumping. Richie Vogel and United Touch took their first individual title at a European championship. Martin...
Daniel Bluman's road to first five-star Grand Prix win with rising star Corbie V.V. has seen a few detours en route. “I think her percentage rate of clear rounds in...
There are a million ways to procrastinate your weekly to-do list. But chances are you, like us, probably spend at least a little of that time looking at horse-for-sale videos....
A steady contact is crucial for establishing roundness in a horse. It allows for effective communication between horse and rider and encourages the horse to engage its core and back...
"Tito's been my partner of five years now and he is a 1.50m specialist," said Nicole Walker of her longtime partner, Atout des Trambles. In 43 starts, the 15-year-old Selle...
“You’ll never jump him again…” The words no horseman ever wants to hear: your horse’s career is over. These were the words spoken to Daniel Coyle (IRL) and Ariel Grange...
World number one Kent Farrington has had no shortage of great horses in his career. But even he’ll tell you Greya is in a class of her own. “She's very...
You wouldn’t think a five-star Grand Prix win would be a particularly special milestone for a pair that’s won an Olympic gold medal. But for Christian Kukuk (GER), his performance...
Holy—! I have just finished watching what was probably the craziest five-star Grand Prix I’ve seen as a show jumping owner, journalist, and fan! We had a field of 40—and...
Swans in nature can be territorial, noisy, and unfriendly. The Shanghai Swans are anything but. Ben Maher and Daniel Deusser captured the team's third win of the Global Champions League...
Sisyphus may have been tasked with a mountain and his boulder, but Skylar Wireman had him beat for hardships at the North American Youth Championships. This weekend, the 20-year-old finally...
You couldn’t blame Richard Vogel if he was walking on air right now. The 28-year-old German rider won the individual gold medal at the European Championships aboard his longtime partner...
Martin Fuchs doesn’t like to make comparisons between his horses. At least he didn’t three years ago. While acknowledging the superstar talent that his current grey mount, Leone Jei, had...
The name Whitaker is nothing short of royalty in the British equestrian landscape. And there’s no venue where that royalty reigns quite as supreme as Hickstead in West Sussex. Twenty-twenty...
To Americans, it seems there isn’t much Aaron Vale hasn’t won—at age 57, he has 275+ Grand Prix victories on his record. But there's one notable achievement that has eluded...
I’ve turned melancholic. I sit in a chair facing the sea, unmoving like a sentry. I spend long minutes, maybe hours, watching the water and trying to find words to...
“Just don’t have a temper tantrum,” says my editor. “I doubt I can avoid it,” I reply. “I’m so petty.” I’m at the Jumping Dinard in Bretagne (Brittany), France. The...
If there was an encapsulating moment during the individual final at the 2025 Longines FEI Jumping European Championships in A Coruña, Spain, this might be it. Gilles Thomas and Ermitage...
