All told, Simon Delestre hasn’t spent much time in Gatsby du Tillard's saddle. While their time together spans just eight months since he took over the reins from Belgium’s Benny...
Ask Andre Thieme what the most memorable achievement of his partnership with the extraordinary DSP Chakaria has been and he'll tell you in one word: Aachen. In 2024, the German...
What a difference two years makes. Back in 2024, Katharina Rhomberg, still new to the 1.60m level with Colestus Cambridge, made her Olympic debut in Paris for her native Austria...
A decade ago, when Nicola Philippaerts’ father Ludo spotted Katanga v/h Dingeshof as a six-year-old at Sentower Park in Oudsbergen, Belgium, he decided he had to have her and appealed to her...
Club Hípico La Silla is hallowed ground in the sport of show jumping. Founded in the early 1990s as the fever dream of Alfonso “Poncho” Romo Garza, it's a venue...
The Monaco Aces came to Shanghai holding all the right cards—and when the final round was dealt, they played the winning hand. Stage 3 of the Global Champions League saw...
They say that variety is the spice of life. If so, it’s a proverb to which Shane Sweetnam’s 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding, James Kann Cruz, certainly subscribes. His preference...
The famous Château of Fontainebleau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for good reason. In its storied history that dates to the 12th century, the castle has been home to 34...
“Cogito, ergo sum”—I think, therefore I am—is the maxim decreed by 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and father of modern rationalism, René Descartes. For Descartes SR, the nine-year-old CCDM gelding under...
Of the eleven combinations that tried their luck on the jump-off field of the Campo Marte during Sunday’s LGCT Grand Prix of Mexico City, Piergiorgio Bucci was more surprised than...
“This feeling is definitely not normal," smiled Kaitlin Campbell, as she stood on the podium next to her towering teammate Piergiorgio Bucci on Saturday. The 34-year-old American jumped a double...
It was the very last rail down of the opening course of the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final: A single obstacle on a speed course of 16 individual efforts. In...
Kent Farrington is an Olympic silver medalist, a two-time Pan American team gold and individual silver medalist, and a two-time former World No. 1. The 45-year-old American rider currently has...
The text came through: “Kent ‘I don’t pay much attention to my feelings’ Farrington.” Laughing emoji. It’s the last moments of the World Cup Finals in Fort Worth, Texas. I’m...
There he is, winning again—a different day, a different horse, but the same result. And here I am, kicking myself for not heading to Fort Worth, Texas to be there...
On Thursday before the opening round of the 2026 FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final, Pan American Individual bronze medalist Lauren Hough made a bold prediction about the outcome of the day. ...
USA's Kent Farrington has made no secret over the years that he only jumps championships when he feels like he's got a winning chance. So you know he came to...
Ah, spring. Purple crocuses and yellow daffodils rear their delicate, flowery heads. Rain showers come and go, while mud-covered horses loll in the back field. It may be the ficklest...
The sounds of the ocean have long been thought to create a kind of calming effect on humans—whether drifting off to sleep, allowing for inner reflection during mediation, or enhancing...
