They’ve done it—Richard Vogel and the freak-of-all-freaks United Touch S have taken the gold in the European Championships with a history-making winning score of 0.01! That translates to five clear...
Thibeau Spits is shaking. He’s standing with his teammates, winners of the team gold medal at the European Championships. He’s holding a microphone and he’s supposed to be answering a...
If there’s an obvious undercurrent so far to the 2025 FEI Jumping European Championships, small mares with big hearts might be it. While Course Designer Santiago Varela’s deceptively challenging course...
Scott Brash Hello Folie Scott Brash Hello Folie Brash Folie Brash Folie Brash Folie Folie Folie..! What will my editor say if I write only this? If I turn in...
On Wednesday, Daniel Coyle piloted Ariel Grange’s impressive mare Legacy to the winning time in round one of the 2025 European Championships in La Coruña, Spain. In the post-round interview,...
The European Championships are upon us! An exercise in endurance for the horses and riders and an exercise in arithmetic for everyone else. The European Championships are held every two...
If Lillie Keenan doesn’t have a personal assistant yet, she may need to look into one. Though you could hardly say Keenan has been putting her feet up since she...
Harrie Smolders stepped into the ring at Valkenswaard on Friday puzzled. What do you mean, we don’t jump? He trotted, cantered, changed direction, lather, rinse, repeat. He was then...
Marc Dilasser described his relationship with Arioto du Genres like an old married couple. With a relationship like that often comes a strong connection, a mutual bond, and an understanding...
On the edge of the arena, a young woman wearing a brightly-colored jacket of red, white, and blue jumps up and down cheering, throwing herself joyfully into the arms of...
It is a veritable smörgåsbord. I am looking at the program for the Falsterbo Horse Show, part of the Rolex Equestrian Series, a collection of the world’s best shows. Falsterbo...
When it comes to winning the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, only one rider in history—Scott Brash (GBR)—has managed to do the deed. But he’s not the only one...
Earlier this week, American rider Bliss Heers’s top horse and partner of seven years, the 15-year-old stallion Antidote de Mars, passed away unexpectedly from a stroke. “I’m so grateful for...
It all came down to cross country for Team USA in the UBS-Cup CCIO4-S* at CHIO Aachen on Saturday, July 5—and what a test it was. Designed by Italy’s Giuseppe Della...
It was at La Baule, France, in the Riders Restaurant, where I threw my hat down on the table and proclaimed it an embarrassment. “I need a Team Fuchs hat!”...
One decade. That's how long Daniel Coyle has been chasing a Grand Prix win at Spruce Meadows. But it only took eight hundredths of a second to claim it. On...
Midway into 2025, Cayman Jolly Jumper is leading the charge as the winningest horse of the year—by nearly every Jumpr metric. Just four horses have won multiple 5* Grand Prix...
I’m sitting on my bed at home in Wellington, Florida. I have been tasked by my editor to indulge in what I’m terming “remote reportage,” the job of covering the...
It was a tale of very different American wins on Wednesday, July 2 at CHIO Aachen, with two promising young horses officially making an impression in Germany. First up, three-time...
