Category Archives: Show Jumping

After a five-month hiatus, this Sunday, September 15 marks the return of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ series with the first North American League (NAL) qualifier of the season....

Welcome to fall! A season where, with just a few clicks on your phone, you can bet on something as trivial as the outcome of a football coin toss, or...

When Martin Fuchs won the CPKC International at Spruce Meadows in 2023, he jumped the final fence with a celebratory fist in the air, knowing he’d clinched the victory. It...

When 21 of 33 starters fail to make the time allowed in a 5* 1.60m class and five more don't even complete the course, you have to ask: was the...

It was a case of another day and another big win for power duo Richard Vogel and United Touch S of Germany. But just as soon as Vogel had completed...

Rene Dittmer and Corsica X have been knocking at the door of a big win and on Sunday at the Hampton Classic, it opened. Since 2022, Dittmer and the 11-year-old...

It may have taken them until the 13th stop on tour, but 2023 GCL Champions Riesenbeck International are officially back in business. Helmed by German riders Philipp Weishaupt aboard Coby...

Recently returned from the Paris Games, three-time Olympian Tiffany Foster is already casting an eye toward Los Angeles in 2024—and the potential mare to take her there. On Sunday, August...

Rain in the Netherlands is anything but rare, yet Lorenzo de Luca was anxious to break a seven-year drought under Sunday's Valkenswaard sun. A Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Grand...

There’s a French horsemanship saying that native Virginie Casterman stands by:  “A good curry is like a scoop of oats.” As a longtime groom for McLain Ward's Castle Hill, Casterman...

It was one of the most dramatic show jumping moments of the Paris Games. After one of only 20 fault-free first-rounds in the qualifier, Martin Fuchs lost a stirrup early...

For a pair that does an unprecedented amount of winning, 2024 Olympic individual champions Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 were hardly the most buzzed-about combination on the roster in Paris....

It was the most shocking moment of the jumping individual final in Paris, if not the Games—and for Henrik von Eckermann, "the worst thing that has happened to me." The...

Christian Kukuk stepped off the podium on the grand stage at the Palace of Versailles and bowed to the sold-out Parisian stadium. It was a fitting end to a spectacular...

If you were in the mood for a heaping serving of heartbreak with your morning coffee, there was plenty of it to be had in Paris on Tuesday. The jumping...

“Beginner’s luck” isn’t a concept that translates to the 1.65m tracks of Olympic show jumping. But on Monday, August 5 in Paris, it didn’t seem to hurt. There, three Olympic...

The die is cast for the Individual Jumping Final in Paris and there are glaring absences on the start list. Seventy-three combinations took to the arena at the Palace of...

Youth may be wasted on the young, but it’s not going unnoticed by chefs d’équipes around the globe.   “We’re seeing many more U25 and younger riders named to the teams this...

Under the Olympic format, teams have the option to make changes to their roster up to two hours ahead of the Individual Qualifier. At the Tokyo Games, the USA tactically...

Nayel Nassar's Olympic dream has been cut short. Riding as an individual for Egypt, Nassar and Coronado were slated to compete in Monday's Individual Qualifier but have withdrawn due a...