Between his towering 6'4" frame and penchant for bold fashion choices, Danny Ingratta is hard to miss at the show ring. But it's his outgoing personality that makes the Canadian...
As an equine fitness specialist my job is always to ask how we can improve the horse’s body. One of the simplest ways we can do this in daily riding...
This May at Rolex, U.K.-based American eventer Liz Halliday-Sharp and her 12-year-old Irish Sporthorse, HHS Cooley, completed their first CCI****, finishing in 40th place with a clear cross-country round. The...
Imagine you're a budding professional and you land a new sponsor. But not just any new sponsor. A top tier sponsor. A change-your-life-and-put-your-wildest-dreams-within-reach kind of sponsor. If you're like most...
Public disputes. Allegations of selector bias and unsoundness issues. Last minute changes to the team lineup. The selection process for the Canadian Olympic eventing team has had more plot twists...
When news broke last week that Bromont will no longer stage the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, it sparked strong speculation that the games would return to the Kentucky Horse...
The first time I made the team it was by default. It was 2011. Andy and Carlene Ziegler (owners of Artisan Farms) had just bought me a horse, Southwind VDL,...
It's been an eventful two days for Richard and Kaylen Spooner, who were forced to evacuate their farm and horses on the evening of July 24th following the spread of...
2014 was an amazing year for me. I made the US dressage team for the first time. I competed on my first European tour and in my first championship. And...
Dirty boots. Ill-fitting tack. Number obscuring hair bows. Sometimes the littlest things can make a bad impression on the judge! Julie Winkel, a hunter and equitation judge with more than 30...
Defending Olympic champion Michael Jung (GER) announced a last-minute change to his Rio mount on Facebook today. fischerTakino, the reigning European eventing champion, has been sidelined by an infection following...
In any discipline, reaching a plateau is an inevitable part of the training process. A horse and rider can’t grow in leaps and bounds with every single ride. The plateau...
Gripes? Gosh, I’ve got them. Let’s begin with people not picking up after their dogs and end with partners not cleaning out the lint filter on the dryer…and you can...
It was a crazy time. Russia was set to host the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Six months before the Games they invaded Afghanistan. In protest, the Americans lead a boycott...
While the summer sun beats the West Coast into wilted submission, let's take a walk back in time to Winter 2016, when the place to be was HITS Desert Horse...
People often compare boat ownership with horse ownership, mostly because they are both money pits and time sinks. But I think the analogy extends even further than that. Here's how...
If you’re ever hired or volunteer (God bless you) for horse show jump crew duty, there are certain things you should know in advance. Your days will start early. Very early. You'll...
Some horses aren’t cut out for dressage. Like this horse, who isn’t a fan of musical interludes, nor non-alphabetic letter arrangements. Apparently. https://youtu.be/9AFJX-ArN24 The wallflowers of dressage, like our friend...
The first time that I competed seriously to make a team was in 1983. I was trying out for the Pan American Games on a Grand Prix horse called Romantico....
If at first you fall off in the International Hunter Derby, try, try, try again. By any means possible... Professional hunter rider Amanda Steege, of Califon, New Jersey, takes us...
