Category Archives: English

Coming in last to the show jumping is familiar territory for British eventer Oliver Townend. His name always hovers at every five star as a favorite and often at some...

Conor Swail has been a staple on the Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) tour since its inception in 2021 and has 37 career Grand Prix wins on his record. But...

 It was a day of mixed emotions at the MARS Maryland 5*. Of the original 23 entries, 21 attempted Ian Stark’s cross country course. Of those 21, four parted ways,...

It’s a full circle moment for Tamra Smith and the 18-year-old Mai Baum in Maryland. “He started his four star long career here at Fair Hill,” Smith reminisced. “So, to...

This weekend, it’s last call for the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) standings and the combined €9,450,000 on offer for the top finishers in both categories. ...

The road to a five star is rarely a smooth one, but for USA’s Cosby Green (23) and now 14-year-old Highly Suspicious the journey was tumultuous.   “I probably had...

Earlier this month, word broke that the 10-year-old Westphalian gelding, Zineday, former ride of Germany’s Philipp Weishaupt, had been sold to the USA’s Eve Jobs.  Headline-stealing horse sales are par...

Success at the upper levels of eventing can either feel like a white-knuckle rollercoaster ride or a long, slow, slog.   For Bucyrus, KS-based eventer and Morven Park CCI4*-L winner Julie...

Daniel Deusser and Gangster v/h Noddevelt didn't just win the CSI5* GNP 1.60m Grand Prix at Otomi Club Hipico on Saturday, they left no question about it. Four of 35...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better poster child for the American riding system than Lillie Keenan—both past and present.  The 28-year-old New York City native came up through the...

Michael Pender is a U25 rider but you'd never guess that looking at his Jumpr stats. The Irish rider has amassed 339 international podium finishes, 27 Grand Prix titles and...

At just 29, Abdulrahman Alrajhi hasn’t spent much time competing stateside during his 13-year-long show jumping career.  He may need to start re-thinking that plan.  On Sunday, September 29, Alrajhi...

In a sport where women and men compete against one another as equals, the case for true egalitarianism in show jumping is famously hard to make. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER) reached...

I grew up riding in New Jersey and continued eventing while at college, before going on to law school, where I did fox hunting. I always knew I wanted to...

Make no mistake: knowledge is power, but when it comes to show jumping statistics, it can also be a weighty responsibility. “His stats say, if I ride good enough, he...

A rare portrait of a teenage Mozart. A McLaren Solus GT sports car. A rotating humidor containing 500, Cohiba cigars. They all come with a price tag of around €4...

Although he’s often described as “energetic” by his rider, there’s nothing brisk about how Harrie Smolders has produced longtime mount Monaco N.O.P. over the last seven years.   Slow and...

No matter how well you prepare, with horses, sometimes it’s your day, and sometimes, it just isn’t. It’s a story that nobody knows better than Kent Farrington and his 2024...

After a five-month hiatus, this Sunday, September 15 marks the return of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ series with the first North American League (NAL) qualifier of the season....

Welcome to fall! A season where, with just a few clicks on your phone, you can bet on something as trivial as the outcome of a football coin toss, or...