Zika, questionable water purity, personal transportation—Spain's Pilar Lucrecia Cordon likely planned for many contingencies coming into the Rio Games. But nothing could have prepared her for what she and Gribouille du...
BRA-ZIL! BRA-ZIL! BRA-ZIL! It was the chant of a few thousand Brazilian show jumping fans as riders from the host country set hoof in Deodoro Olympic Park stadium today for the...
Just two days into Olympic Show Jumping in Rio and there has been no shortage of controversy. During Sunday's opening individual round, two riders were disqualified by the ground jury...
Great Britain's Nick Skelton is appealing his four faults at the water jump on Day 2 of the jumping qualifier at the Rio Olympics after the jump judge ruled his...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1fF0LiH9o Turning down that final center line Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) knew she'd left it all in the ring at the Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The defending...
A cohesive sports team is typically characterized by a high level of mutual respect, admiration, shared goals, and a driven work ethic. And, if you're on the American Olympic dressage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQFsqUWWsPM You might say Fiona Bigwood is married to her job. Her spot on Great Britain's formidable Dressage team in Rio is evidence of that, but it's her commitment to...
Day 1 of show jumping at the Olympic Games in Rio. If you were Germany's alternate rider, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, you'd be looking forward to a relaxing day of cheering...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ1z-Nvgi2c This week, American show jumper Lucy Davis, 24, jumps on the biggest stage of her career, to date, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an Olympic rookie, riding on...
They strode into the packed stadium at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, picked up a gallop, and took a long lap before the clang of the start bell....
“The elusive 80 percent! We captured it…it exists,” laughed Laura Graves. The US rider and her veteran partner Verdades broke the 80 barrier in the Grand Prix Special in Rio,...
Lots of athletes have pre-competition rituals to settle jittery nerves. For Russia's Inessa Merkulova's 12-year-old Trakehner Mister X, that ritual involves his owner reading novels to him before their Grand...
At just 21, Sönke Rothenberger (GER) is the greenest rider on the German Olympic team. His horse Cosmo, just nine, is the youngest competing in dressage. Together, they beat a...
If there’s a time when an athlete aspires to peak, it’s at the Olympics Games. Dressage rider Steffen Peters (USA) did exactly that. Competing in his fourth Olympics, Peters delivered...
Palestine is making Olympic history in Rio by debuting their first equestrian competitor. But there’s a controversial catch—he’s a German-born businessman who just obtained a Palestinian passport in 2011. Dressage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXU2nQV_lE The British Dressage Team is currently in the process of defending its Olympic gold medal, and yet, still made time to make quite the fashion statement. Each of the...
At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, a young attorney turned military officer and World War I veteran named Hiram Tuttle added another feather to his cap by winning the individual...
William Fox-Pitt is a five-time Olympian and an amazing athlete. He's also batsh*t insane. Let’s examine the evidence... First, there was the whole coma-to-Rio in ten months thing. Most people...
Alex Hua Tian is no stranger to the big stage. At the age of 18, he became the youngest rider in Olympic Eventing history when he competed in the 2008...
Eventer Camilla Kruger had a goal: represent her native Zimbabwe in the Olympics. The African nation of 15 million has never had an equestrian athlete qualify for the Olympic Games,...
