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When Martin Fuchs won the CPKC International at Spruce Meadows in 2023, he jumped the final fence with a celebratory fist in the air, knowing he’d clinched the victory. It...

Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo added another five star feather and new Burghley record to their cap on Sunday. Adding just 1.6 time penalties to their dressage score, Canter and...

Cross country at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials (DBHT) lived up to its reputation as one of the biggest and most demanding courses in the world. Several of the event's...

When 21 of 33 starters fail to make the time allowed in a 5* 1.60m class and five more don't even complete the course, you have to ask: was the...

Only one rider could come close to Ros Canter and Izilot DHI's first day score of 19.9 on Day 2 of dressage at the 5* Defender Burghley Horse Trials: Ros...

It was a case of another day and another big win for power duo Richard Vogel and United Touch S of Germany. But just as soon as Vogel had completed...

The 2024 Defender Burghley Horse Trials is a truly blue-riband event. This year's starting lineup includes two of the 2024 Olympic team gold medallists—world no. 1 Tom McEwan and reigning...

Rene Dittmer and Corsica X have been knocking at the door of a big win and on Sunday at the Hampton Classic, it opened. Since 2022, Dittmer and the 11-year-old...

It may have taken them until the 13th stop on tour, but 2023 GCL Champions Riesenbeck International are officially back in business. Helmed by German riders Philipp Weishaupt aboard Coby...

Recently returned from the Paris Games, three-time Olympian Tiffany Foster is already casting an eye toward Los Angeles in 2024—and the potential mare to take her there. On Sunday, August...

Rain in the Netherlands is anything but rare, yet Lorenzo de Luca was anxious to break a seven-year drought under Sunday's Valkenswaard sun. A Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Grand...

There’s a French horsemanship saying that native Virginie Casterman stands by:  “A good curry is like a scoop of oats.” As a longtime groom for McLain Ward's Castle Hill, Casterman...

It was one of the most dramatic show jumping moments of the Paris Games. After one of only 20 fault-free first-rounds in the qualifier, Martin Fuchs lost a stirrup early...

For a pair that does an unprecedented amount of winning, 2024 Olympic individual champions Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 were hardly the most buzzed-about combination on the roster in Paris....

It was the most shocking moment of the jumping individual final in Paris, if not the Games—and for Henrik von Eckermann, "the worst thing that has happened to me." The...

Christian Kukuk stepped off the podium on the grand stage at the Palace of Versailles and bowed to the sold-out Parisian stadium. It was a fitting end to a spectacular...

If you were in the mood for a heaping serving of heartbreak with your morning coffee, there was plenty of it to be had in Paris on Tuesday. The jumping...

“Beginner’s luck” isn’t a concept that translates to the 1.65m tracks of Olympic show jumping. But on Monday, August 5 in Paris, it didn’t seem to hurt. There, three Olympic...

The die is cast for the Individual Jumping Final in Paris and there are glaring absences on the start list. Seventy-three combinations took to the arena at the Palace of...

Youth may be wasted on the young, but it’s not going unnoticed by chefs d’équipes around the globe.   “We’re seeing many more U25 and younger riders named to the teams this...