https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlx9EC5g2D8 Last month, a video of a young girl galloping around a 1.35m Grand Prix CSI 1* on what appears to be a dinosaur was making the rounds on Facebook. She...
The road to the Rio de Janerio Games has come to a dead end for Japan's Hiroshi Hoketsu. The 75-year-old was one of 11 Japanese riders making a bid for the...
Phillip Dutton has spent more time on the backs of thoroughbreds than many jockeys. The Australamerican has piloted such ex-racehorses as TruLuck and The Foreman around numerous 4* events, and is currently...
Two-time Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward on how show jumping has shaped his life and his identity, as told to Carley Sparks. Show jumping was in my breeding,...
This was a typical preliminary jump from 54 years ago. The jumps were easy, but the test was incredibly hard. We did roads and tracks down near GMHA (Green Mountain...
When canvasing equestrian-related social media, it appears that draw-reins are quite fashionable again. And every “like” says “regression” rather than “retro.” After all, it has been 9 years since the...
We all know that nothing we do with horses is totally safe, because accidents can happen in the most serene settings with the calmest horses. But there are a few...
Three years ago, Canadian show jumper Erynn Ballard had a potentially career ending fall in the hunter ring. It left her with a broken collarbone, shoulder joint and shattered scapula—all...
When I learned that the life of yet another eventer was lost this weekend, my immediate response was not sadness—I was outraged. Outraged that human and horse deaths continue to...
I knew the news was bad about Philippa Humphreys hours before it was ever released. I was doing what I always do on the weekends of the “big ones.” Scrolling...
Philippa Humphreys, a British rider living in Michigan, died today on the cross-country course at Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event. Humphreys was competing aboard Rich N Famous in the CCI***...
Take it away Captain! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ob-_N5ZFQ Candian show jumper Ian Millar is a living legend. He's the most decorated equestrian athlete in the country. He holds the world record for most...
Michael Jung is on fiya! He's killing it at his job (riding). He's wise to the ways of the horse show. And, if Twitter is any indication, he's rather popular with the...
You know you showed ponies back in the day if... 1. You wore a nameplate bracelet with your pony’s show name. 2. The Pony Finals changed location every year. 3. Every...
The year was 1972. Ian Millar, already an Olympian at age 25, had just bought a rundown property in Perth, Ontario with his young wife, Lynn. They were struggling to...
Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire, England was the stuff of dreams for Germany's Michael Jung. For world #8 Boyd Martin (USA), it was a day of disappointment. Martin was among...
When people look back on Michael Jung's career 50 years from now, there will be one defining feature—his history of firsts. Jung is the first eventer to hold World, Olympic...
Another day, another victory. So goes the life of German superstar Michael Jung. Hot off his victories at the 2015 Burghley Horse Trials and the 2016 Rolex Kentucky Three Day...
1. Choose "do" words Ella, an amateur rider trying desperately to conquer her nerves before her first competition, knows this phenomenon all too well. “I knew what I had to...
Bromont WEG 2018 has lost a second CEO in eight months, following the resignation of Luc Fournier last week. Fournier was part of an en masse resignation from the board,...
