There’s an old, well-known saying among seasoned trial lawyers: “Never ask a question you don’t know the answer to.” For 15-time FEI World Cup Finalist Richard Spooner, riding, at its...
It’s been a problem that’s plagued the sport for generations, but Iron Dames Founder Deborah Mayer continues to single-handedly solve the issue of female access to top mounts in show...
Fresh off his 3rd place podium finish at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Basel this month with Visconti du Telman, Rio Olympic team gold medalist Kevin Staut hasn’t let up. On Sunday...
Today, the name ‘Authentic’ is synonymous with the three Olympic medals he and rider Beezie Madden brought home to the USA between 2004-2008. What’s lesser known is the fact that...
With horses, it’s all about making the match. Sometimes that critical bond takes a decade to form; in other cases, it’s as simple as two, sentient creatures meeting each other...
Rising to the top in international show jumping can be a long game. For those that enter the business without wealth or an established name, in fact, it’s not unlike...
USA's McLain Ward did it in 2017, followed immediately by Beezie Madden in 2018. Sweden's Henrik von Eckermann matched them in 2024. This Sunday, it was Julien Epaillard in pole...
It was veteran stacked jump off in Round 2 of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final on Friday, but drama dominated the day. Daniel Coyle (IRL) and Incredible ran...
Last year’s runner up in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final is this year’s leader on day one of the annual individual championship. Speed specialist and 2024 World Cup...
It’s an event that’s been a full year in the making, and finally, the 2025 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Basel, Switzerland, has arrived. Let's start with the good...
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...
