There’s an old saying that reemerges every year in the U.S. around this time, on green mugs and T-shirts in the lead-up to St. Patrick’s Day: “If you’re lucky enough...
Zascha Nygaard Lill is light on 5* Grand Prix starts, but the 31-year-old Danish rider is making the starts she does have count. After all, winning your first 5* Grand...
There was a meeting of Irish minds in the jump-off of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala on Saturday night. The same four Irish riders who won the Longines...
There’s a lot riding on the potential sale of the highly successful stallion Zuccero HV. An illustrious career could come to an end if the horse ends up in a...
In show jumping, it’s not uncommon for international riders to peak in their 40s—seven of the current world top 10 are over the age of 42. It is uncommon, however,...
Ten years ago, when Duarte Seabra was flying around cross-country courses at Lexington and Badminton, he couldn’t conceive of doing anything else. Flash forward and the Portuguese rider has two,...
Two of the world’s top international riders have pulled their names from team consideration for the 2025 Longines League of Nations. Swiss Olympic champion Steve Guerdat, currently ranked at No....
A menacing face hangs over the arena—huge eyes hollowed out by shadows. It is Ben Maher, looking as grim as anyone ever has. Flash! Boom! Pow! Bam! A veiny hand...
Kent Farrington is everything, everywhere at all once this winter season. The American Olympic medalist has been making the rounds and his presence felt at all three major winter circuits...
Martin Fuchs rode his 2024 Grand Prix win streak straight into the New Year on Saturday. The Swiss Olympian topped a 12-horse jump off with Conner Jei, winning the Bordeaux...
You can’t say they pulled any punches when it came to high-drama. Armed Services Night under the lights at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) in Ocala brought all the action:...
Kent Farrington jumped to the top of the North American League standings with his second World Cup win of the season on Saturday. But his contender status for the Final...
Just four weeks into the new year, Richard Vogel and Cydello have already matched their Grand Prix win average from the two years prior and are well on their way...
Another week of cold. We've all been reduced to one thought, if you can call it that: “It’s cold.” Our conversations, if you can call it that, consist of “I’m...
In an ideal jump off, the kind written for movie scripts, the excitement builds as each pair in the ring is faster than the last and the winner executes a...
A new year is bringing a new team lineup for the second annual Longines League of Nations™ series. With the first event kicking off once again in Abu Dhabi, the...
Somewhere in the reclaimed swampland of the Everglades, that glorious river of grass (although it’s actually sedge, not grass, and it’s technically a marsh, not a swamp), a columnist is...
Like other wonderful things in this world—hot sauce, hand cream, double-chocolate cake—a little bit of Toulayna goes a long way. The famously sharp, speedy, and high-strung mare is coming into...
Planning a top horse’s annual show schedule is no fly-by-night operation. Riders and their teams invest hours making a plan, thoughtfully working backward from events where they hope their horses...
The 16-year-old Holsteiner gelding Monaco N.O.P. (Cassini II - Ulla II x Contender, Stamm 429, breeder: Ralf Lütje) delivered an incredible victory in December for his rider, Harrie Smolders, in...
