Show Jumping
13 Things to Know About Ireland’s Winning Nations Cup Final Team
When Olympic gold medalist Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) was tapped as chef d’equipe for the Irish show jumping team in 2017, Ireland had not qualified a…
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Team USA Has Déjà Vu in Barcelona
The American show jumping team won bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. They took team gold at the 2018 World Equestrian…
2 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Ben Maher Is in an Empire State of Mind
The concrete jungle is where Ben Maher’s (GBR) dreams are made of this weekend. The British import won all the things this Saturday at the…
3 weeks ago
Interviews & Profiles
Rowan Willis Likes a Challenge, Blue Movie Enjoys Being One
On paper, Rowan Willis’s mount Blue Movie was probably seemed like a bad investment for the first decade of her life. Foaled in 2006 and…
4 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Beezie Madden Jumps into Grand Slam History
On Saturday, 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu made history in New York when she took down tennis great Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 to become the first Canadian…
1 month ago
Show Jumping
Kevin Babington Sustains Spinal Cord Injury
On Friday, Irish Olympian Kevin Babington sustained a spinal cord injury in his neck after a tragic fall at the Hampton Classic in the $75,000…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Cita Has Won an International Class at tbird Every Year Since 2016
In news that will surprise exactly no one who follows show jumping, Cita, ridden by Ireland’s Daniel Coyle, logged a win opening day of the…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Clarion SN Is the Heavy D of Horses
A clarion is an adjective that means “brilliantly clear.” It’s also the name of a dinosaur-sized horse that jumped a brilliant clear for Canada’s Kristen…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Marlon Modolo Zanotelli Is Brazil’s Golden Boy
When Brazil hosted the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Marlon Modolo Zanotelli was not on the national team. But even as he watched from…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Global Champions Tour Montreal Has Been Cancelled *Sad Face*
First the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Now the 2019 Global Champions Tour Montreal. For the second time in as many years, a major equestrian event…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
McLain Ward to Sit Out First Team Championship in Over a Decade
Like death, taxes and two scoops of raisins in every box of Raisin Bran, McLain Ward has been a constant the Americans can count upon…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
Jordan Coyle’s Bloody Good Week
In the original days of bullfighting, the Picador was the central attraction billed on promotional flyers. People gathered to watch the spectacle of a mounted…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
More Lamazing Still
“At one point it was a dream for me to come back here [Spruce Meadows] and compete,” said Eric Lamaze (CAN), referencing the brain tumor…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
Lamaze Makes an Emotional Return to Spruce Meadows
An astounding 312 horses lined up for the FEI horse inspection on Tuesday at Spruce Meadows in Alberta. But for one rider, ‘The National’ Tournament…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
Jenni McAllister On the Controversial Brain Mapping Therapy That Got Her Back in the Ring After Injury
Last fall, American show jumper Jenni McAllister was floating on air. She had a new, prospective superstar on her string, backed by supportive owners in…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
The Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Canada Kodak Moments
Imagine this is the digital version of the photo album your parents set out on the coffee table at family parties, but better. You won’t…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
Top 10 Moments of the Week, tbird edition
We’re going to stop posting about the Odlum Brown BC Open at Thunderbird Show Park soon. Pinky swear. But not just yet… Because last week?…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
It Takes a Village, 52 Horses, and Eduardo Menezes
Winning, as a rule, most always feels good. But Eduardo Menezes had an extra reason to celebrate on Saturday at Thunderbird Show Park. The Brazilian…
5 months ago
Show Jumping
Babel Is a Workhorse in the Best Possible Way
Patricio Pasquel’s Babel is not a fancy jumper. “He does his job. When he was a young horse he never gave us anything to brag…
5 months ago
Show Jumping
The Ultimate Team Challenge
Five nations will contest the Longines FEI Nations Cup™ of Canada this week at Langley’s Thunderbird Show Park. But before they tackle that gruelling test,…