A menacing face hangs over the arena—huge eyes hollowed out by shadows. It is Ben Maher, looking as grim as anyone ever has. Flash! Boom! Pow! Bam! A veiny hand...
Kent Farrington is everything, everywhere at all once this winter season. The American Olympic medalist has been making the rounds and his presence felt at all three major winter circuits...
Martin Fuchs rode his 2024 Grand Prix win streak straight into the New Year on Saturday. The Swiss Olympian topped a 12-horse jump off with Conner Jei, winning the Bordeaux...
Adrienne Lyle has outdone herself. Literally. After pulling off the win in the FEI World Cup Grand Prix on Thursday, she and her Paris Olympic mount Helix put in a...
You can’t say they pulled any punches when it came to high-drama. Armed Services Night under the lights at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ocala brought all the action:...
Kent Farrington jumped to the top of the North American League standings with his second World Cup win of the season on Saturday. But his contender status for the Final...
Just four weeks into the new year, Richard Vogel and Cydello have already matched their Grand Prix win average from the two years prior and are well on their way...
Another week of cold. We've all been reduced to one thought, if you can call it that: “It’s cold.” Our conversations, if you can call it that, consist of “I’m...
In an ideal jump off, the kind written for movie scripts, the excitement builds as each pair in the ring is faster than the last and the winner executes a...
Charlotte Fry defended her title in Amsterdam and is two for two this World Cup season. The British Olympic medalist won the FEI Dressage World Cup at Jumping Amsterdam last...
A new year is bringing a new team lineup for the second annual Longines League of Nations™ series. With the first event kicking off once again in Abu Dhabi, the...
Somewhere in the reclaimed swampland of the Everglades, that glorious river of grass (although it’s actually sedge, not grass, and it’s technically a marsh, not a swamp), a columnist is...
Like other wonderful things in this world—hot sauce, hand cream, double-chocolate cake—a little bit of Toulayna goes a long way. The famously sharp, speedy, and high-strung mare is coming into...
Planning a top horse’s annual show schedule is no fly-by-night operation. Riders and their teams invest hours making a plan, thoughtfully working backward from events where they hope their horses...
The 16-year-old Holsteiner gelding Monaco N.O.P. (Cassini II - Ulla II x Contender, Stamm 429, breeder: Ralf Lütje) delivered an incredible victory in December for his rider, Harrie Smolders, in...
The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) announced it has opened an investigation into American eventer Andrew McConnon related to allegations of horse abuse involving several horses over an extended...
Winter carnival season is upon us! That is the Winter Equestrian Festival, a 12-week staycation for humans and equines in Wellington, Florida, just outside of West Palm Beach, northwest of...
Germany’s Felicitas Hendricks and the 14-year-old Drombusch OLD (Destano x Dimaggio) saved the best for last the FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in...
North Carolina-based Olympic eventer Doug Payne is nothing if not versatile. Currently sitting in the top 250 in the FEI Eventing World Athlete Rankings, over the last 30 years, Payne...
There’s a well-known saying, now a charming lyric in a newly released country song, that claims that “Good horses come home.” At Paris Olympian Ashlee Bond’s farm, they also entertain...
