As the final ‘Saturday Night Lights’ event of 12 weeks of competition at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), the coveted CSI 5* Rolex Grand Prix traditionally boasts the circuit’s biggest...
Tore up from the floor up is the phrase that keeps occurring to me. Here I am with shaking, hungover hands trying to write this column, the very last of...
Italy’s Emanuele Camilli has a type. The elite show jumper has a fabulous string of horses, and many of them have something in common: they’re related. He has a liking...
In the high stakes drama of sport, tragedy and triumph have equal claim to the field of play and there was plenty of both at Wellington International on Saturday. The...
They haven't headlined 5* press releases over the past three months, nor filled your social media feed with their epic Grand Prix wins. But these five show jumpers have made...
Dani Waldman tackles tough topics on her YouTube show, Horse Bytes. This season, the former international show jumper for Israel didn’t shy away from pressing issues, among them: oversaturation and...
It’s a moment McLain Ward is intimately familiar with. His fans worldwide are too. “McLain Ward has to go clear,” the announcer declared as Ward and Clinta made their opening preparations in the 2018...
I was lying on my stomach on the hotel bed paging through photos on my computer, tears streaming down my face. I was crying because horses are so beautiful. I...
"I’m struggling to get my head around it. Maybe that will come tomorrow. To win two Grand Prix of this standard in the span of two weeks has never happened...
Show jumping is the only Olympic sport where men and women compete head to head, but the battle of the sexes became even fiercer on Saturday afternoon at Saut Hermès...
Just Be Gentle is anything but in the ring. “She’s a sharp lion and, in the ring, she wants to go fast,” said Christian Kukuk of the 11-year-old KWPN mare....
This week in Ocala, the Coyle clan came to play. On Saturday during the $125,000 IDA Development Grand Prix at the World Equestrian Center (WEC), it was Jordan Coyle's turn...
Three out five ain’t half bad. Five is how many Grand Prix classes Jos Verlooy (BEL) has jumped with FTS Killossery Konfusion at Desert International Horse Park this winter. Three...
In 2024, H5 Porthos Maestro WH Z made Carlos Hank Guerreiro’s childhood dream come true when they rode for Mexico at the Paris Olympic Games. On Saturday evening in Florida,...
Young as she is, Emilie Conter has been knocking at the door for a career-making win for a while now. The 24-year-old Belgian rider, daughter of Stephex founder Stephan Conter...
Mark your calendars: The $20,000 MeadowGrove & Friends 1.20 Classic returns to Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) this weekend on Sunday, March 9—and it’s bringing its biggest year yet. Just...
It may have been her 19th Nations Cup appearance for the U.S. team, but this weekend, Laura Kraut liked what she saw. Riding the still-inexperienced Tres Bien Z, the three-time Olympic...
We are in the thick of it. Mid-WEF, thick like syrup. You have three places to go every day, and more in the evening. Nights go late at fundraisers, galas,...
When you have a jump-off in which Richard Vogel (World no. 8) is the least accomplished, you know you’re watching something good. A treat was exactly what the crowd was...
Abdel Saïd does not like to leave things to the last minute. With each of the 16 legs of the Longines Global Champions Tour presenting a qualifying opportunity for the...
