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...
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...
