Add another timepiece to the collection of Michael Jung. The German and his 11-year-old sport horse mare FischerRocana FST dominated from start to finish, seemingly playing their own game and...
World Numero Uno Michael Jung and his picture perfect mare FischerRocana enter Show Jumping Sunday with three rails in hand, thanks to Saturday's nearly flawless gallop around the water-logged cross country...
Michael Jung (GER) and FischerRocana FST have taken a commanding lead at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA). Because that's just what Michael Jung does. The reigning world #1 has three jumping fences in...
The exuberant "Wooo!" around the four-minute mark. A "hi-ya" at 7:55. A breathless "Go, John, Go!" at 9:40. And a well-earned curse breathed over the finish line. Elisa Wallace (USA) takes...
Most outdoor horse shows happily serve as secondary dog parks, which is fantastic because dogs are the best and horses are the best and everything is perfect. Our pups live...
It was the last ride of a picture perfect day Friday at Rolex Kentucky 2016, and the sun was still high in the sky when Allison Springer (USA) and Arthur...
That ride. I just had that perfect ride. You know the one – the one where it all clicks. The one where you ask him to move off your left...
What do you get when you combine a talented young rider who grew up jumping massive fences on a not-so-big pony over on the Emerald Isle with the training program of...
Tough thinking is not pie-in-the-sky thinking: “I am the greatest rider ever! I can beat anyone, anytime!” Sometimes toughness is wrongly associated with arrogance or ego. This could not be...
With a score of 43.0 to beat, defending champions Michael Jung and the 11-year-old mare FischerRocana FST calmly strolled into Rolex Stadium as if going out for a practice hack. A...
Sinead Halpin and Joe Meyer are the first riders to win awards at this year's Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. And what was at stake? Only the accolade of best-dressed. Wednesday's inspection...
They gathered 'round a soggy Inspection Hill on Wednesday under a volatile Kentucky sky which presented an unmistakable air of wet anxiousness. Dressed for success with their 1500lb. accessories in tow,...
We are officially T-minus two hours from the start of Rolex Kentucky 2016, and already the excitement is palpable. The horses have arrived, the stall curtains have been hung by the rafters...
It was the summer of 2015 and Boyd Martin needed a new horse. With the Rio Olympics on the horizon and the retirement of four-star veterans Otis Barbotiere and Trading...
Before she was an accomplished international show jumper. Before her meteoric rise up the ranks of eventing. Before she even courted the idea of competing in two equestrian disciplines at...
What is a California Split? So glad you asked. A California Split is used the judge a class is very large (usually over 25 horses) or in a combined division...
The quotes are real. The grammar is spotty. And the logic, well, see for yourself... 1. "MY MOM makes me wear a helmet and I've been riding for a very...
Last spring, Leah Lang-Gluscic made headlines alongside her 10-year-old thoroughbred, AP Prime, during the pair's debut at the 2015 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. It was the Cinderella story of the...
Let’s get one thing straight. There is a serious difference between being “poor” in the real world and being “poor” in the horse world. [caption id="attachment_4047" align="alignleft" width="377"] Waiting to course...
Many riders and trainers undervalue the benefits of trick training—you know: teaching your horse to bow, sit, paw or nod on cue…maybe carry things around the barn or arena…and who-knows-what...
