Show Jumping
The Making of Kent Farrington’s Kaprice
The word “caprice” is defined as “a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.” Kent Farrington’s approach to training Kaprice, the chestnut mare in…
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Conto Is a Living, Breathing Breyer Horse
Presentation photos as a rule are a comedy of errors created for the express purpose of being largely ignored in a press release, then filed…
2 weeks ago
Show Jumping
Cylana and Reed: Reunited and It Feels So Good
Like the Spice Girls, Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James—some reunions seemed destined to happen. Others are contractually preordained.…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Where to Watch the Paris Masters
The Longines Masters returns to Paris December 5–8. Three-time Olympic medalist Eric Lamaze (CAN)—star of Monday’s can’t-miss episode of the Under the Saddle with Adam…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
What the SafeSport Ban Means for George Morris
As of Nov. 19, 2019, the U.S. Center for SafeSport ruled that celebrated equestrian, coach and clinician George Morris (USA) is “permanently ineligible” from participation…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Rodrigo Pessoa Is Starting a “New Chapter” and It Doesn’t Involve the Irish Team
For nearly three years, Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa has donned a green coat and chef d’equipe cap for Ireland. Today, the Olympic, World Cup and World…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Millennials Won Every World Cup This Weekend Past
Remember when the Internet was in an uproar over the future of horse sport and Baby Boomers the world over were convinced that lazy millennials…
2 months ago
Show Jumping
Beth Underhill’s Warm Up Strategy Makes People Nervous
Start with an oxer. Jump two off the left lead and three off the right. End with a rub. Most riders have a pre-competition warm…
3 months ago
Show Jumping
“Ante Up” Indeed, SRJT to Launch Innovative New Grand Prix Format in 2020
Split Rock Jumping Tour (SRJT) is rolling the dice on a high stakes–high reward new event in 2020: the $1.5 Million “Ante Up” Grand Prix. The innovative new…
3 months ago
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…
4 months ago
Show Jumping
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…
4 months 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…
4 months 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 months 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…
5 months 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…
5 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…
5 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…
5 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…
6 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…
6 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…
