Most people can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing on September 11, 2001 when news broke of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center...
This was the week my editor rolled into town. She immediately had me crying alone in the bathroom of a fancy Palm Beach five-star hotel. One can barely help it...
The Netherlands’ Willem Greve has been campaigning his longtime partner, the KWPN stallion Grandorado TN N.O.P., since he was jumping the international 5-year-old Young Horse classes back in 2016. This...
The floodlights at Wellington International cast their familiar glow over the International Ring Saturday night, illuminating a scene that has played out many times before: McLain Ward standing atop the...
Note to readers: Week 6 of WEF is hunter week and my editor said I should mention something about WEF in my What the WEF?! column. So consider that box...
Hallowed Be Thy Name, Mimi Gochman. Breaking The Final Frontier of show jumping glory, the 22-year-old American rode to her first five-star and first World Cup victory in the 1.60m CSI5*-W...
On Tuesday, February 10, McLain Ward’s partner of just under a year, Imperial HBF, was humanely euthanized following a severe episode of colic. According to Ward’s Instagram post, the 13-year-old...
At age 68, team gold and individual Olympic champion Nick Skelton doesn’t ride anymore, having officially hung up his saddle alongside his famous stallion, Big Star, one year after their...
Between the white tights, majestic animals with braided up-dos, and non-threatening air of camaraderie on the course walk, the sport of show jumping is about as gangster as pairs ice...
Lee McKeever is the Ernie to McLain Ward's Bert. The Oscar to his Felix. The Snoop Dog to his Martha Stewart. And, like all those great odd-couple partnerships, it just...
Laura Kraut rang-in her 60th birthday last November with a truly outsized accomplishment: a top 10 place in the Longines Rankings and her best Grand Prix season to date. Earning three,...
At age 16, Daniel Coyle’s longtime mount, Farrel, doesn’t always come out for the Grand Prix. But when he does, he almost always comes to play. Coyle and Farrel did...
If 2025 had a theme for Shane Sweetnam, he'd tell you it was his "runner up" year. “We’ve been second a lot, which was my year last year," laughed the...
Popular culture spends a lot of time on the concept of make-it-or-break-it shots, and the necessity of not wasting them. From the words of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s titular character in Hamilton—“I am...
Sometimes, a rider enters the jump-off intending to ride his own ride, regardless of the rest of the field coming before or after him. Other times, he or she has...
When Fasther joined Lillie Keenan's string in January 2019, the young American had one international Grand Prix win on her record. A CSI2* 1.50m on Fibonacci 17 earned the year...
Steve Guerdat and Albfuehren's Iashin Sitte rode to a decisive victory and their first 5* Grand Prix win in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup at Leipzig on Sunday. But...
Lillie Keenan has a new ride and she's making the most of the opportunity. The U.S. team rider has taken over the reins on Highway TN for the 2026 competition...
Irish Olympian Bertram Allen was arrested in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL on Tuesday evening on suspicion of driving under the influence. Allen, 30, was placed under arrest...
