Last week, T.J. O'Mara captured his second major equitation title in as many weeks weeks. (He's the 2016 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East and 2016 Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Medal Final champion). Consider him your equitation...
At age 27, Lauren Billys qualified to ride for Puerto Rico in the Individual Eventing competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games aboard her 14-year-old Irish Sporthorse, Castle Larchfield Purdy....
The Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) is just days away and as we get excited for horse showing in the heart of D.C. on October 25-30, we took some time...
Walk into any major hunter/jumper show on the East Coast and there's one name you're likely to find at least once, but maybe two or three times, at the top...
The Split Rock Jumping Tour's Bourbon International 2016 is in the books and that's a damn shame because it. was. awesome. In all, we broadcast nearly 40 hours of live...
Video can be a very useful tool in the training of horses and riders. As the saying goes, "There is often a difference between what we feel, and what is...
I wonder if enough people in the horse show industry set goals for themselves. If they are, are the goals being set revolving primarily around qualifying for something? Pony finals,...
Two equitation finals in the bag for 2016. Two victories on the books for New Jersey's T.J. O’Mara. Two Sundays ago, the 17-year-old Rumson resident captured the 2016 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping...
It’s equitation finals season! Time to drop the stirrups and pick up a few position tips from the pros—so we can all learn to ride with the precision of Victoria Colvin,...
For years people (parents in particular) have cited the many reasons why riding as a junior is a great extracurricular activity for teenagers, maybe even better than typical sports like soccer or...
Have you ever dealt with a horse with an unsafe hind end? You know, the type that could wheel around, kick you in the forehead and land you in the...
It is never a good time to buy a horse. It is even less of a good time to buy a horse when you have been out of riding for...
A horse death at the GPA Jump Festival CSI2* in France on Monday has sent the internet abuzz with allegations of abuse. At this point, the story is fraught with more...
Immediate friends, family, and associated trainers aside, few people pay close attention to the results of the junior hunter ring. Fewer still, check the news for updates on those divisions—even at a showcase...
On the same week-end that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, countrymen and cousins Ilan and Daniel Bluman took first and second place respectively in...
On Saturday, Sophie Gochman made pony riding history for the second year in a row as the winner of the Grand Pony Hunter Championship aboard Bit of Love. The 10-year-old...
Take a shot at the Grand Prix. Do a shot on the podium! That was the order of the day for the $40,000 Amalaya Investments CSI 3* Grand Prix at the...
Alexa Aureliano of Old Brookville, NY, earned her first major equitation victory on Saturday. Riding Qualitat, a seven-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Heritage Farm, she captured the THIS National Children’s...
Acclaimed dressage rider Robert Dover is famed for many things. The four Olympic team bronze medals he accumulated during his international career. His impressive track record as chef d'equipe of the U.S....
Scott Stewart and John French were the big winners at the Wednesday afternoon session of the Capital Challenge Horse Show, which featured the $25,000 Future Hunter North American Championships and the...
