Meet Etalon, a former Amateur-Owner hunter prospect turned 1.50m grand prix winner. Galloping through the timers on an uncatchable 40.90 seconds in the CSI 3* ONNI Grand Prix, you might...
It appears that Vertige de Galarzacs missed his old friend and owner, Morning Star Sporthorses’ Karrie Rufer. The 13-year-old Selle Français gelding proved it on Thursday at Thunderbird Show Park (tbird), when he and Rufer...
You’d better believe when you edge out tbird's winningest rider in a jump-off, the world is going to sit up and take notice. That's just what happened on Wednesday at...
“He’s like Dennis the Menace.” That’s how Callie Schott (USA) described Southern Arches' Garant. “He's always looking to chew on things, bite things. He's just a busybody all the time,"...
Season two, deja vu. Helios remains securely atop the Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) team standings with a pair of wins out of the gate in season two. Their closest...
Strategy is the name of the game in the Major League Show Jumping team competition. Two teams have opted to exercise the substitution rule at stage two in Traverse City....
Rowan Willis is running double duty this week. The Australian rider has one string at HITS Chicago in Illinois and one horse at MLSJ Traverse City in Michigan—and he's making...
Firewall isn’t Alberto Michan’s first string international horse. Or even his second. “I brought him [to Michigan] as my third horse actually, and he's doing a bit the smaller classes....
Major League Show Jumping is back. *Happy dance* The second stage of North America's only 5* tour stops at Traverse City, Michigan this week and competition is heating up. Helios...
Ashlee Bond (ISR) made winning a habit this past spring. The CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival (Karoline of Ballmore). The CSI3* Qualifier at ESP Spring (Donatello)....
In a sport where veteran competitors and the odd rider on an illusive hot streak tend to dominate 5* sport, 2022 is a fresh face summer. The month of July...
“Sport is drama…and there was a lot of drama today,” said course designer Peter Holmes. The ATCO Queen Elizabeth II Cup, the feature event of the North American tournament at...
When winning is the business, Olympic medalist Kent Farrington puts in the billable hours. His consistency atop the leaderboard is a product of the consistency in his preparation. "I try...
The World Championships in Denmark are exactly one month away. But there's still one more observation event to get through before US Equestrian names a team. Because who needs to...
In horse racing, a “maiden” is a horse that has never won a race. Eleven-year-old Cosmona is a maiden Grand Prix jumper. Her rider, Giavanna Rinaldi (USA), has never ridden...
Course designer Frank Rothenberger is renowned for setting tough tests for the world's best show jumpers. For the past 20 years, he's set the stage for what's widely regarded as...
Success is a fickle dance partner, as Christian Ahlmann can attest. And no one wants to be a wallflower at CHIO Aachen, Germany. Ahlmann and Solid Gold Z booked their...
Consider McLain Ward (USA) and Contagious's tickets to the FEI World Championship in Denmark next month booked. Because if you can win the 1.60m classes at CHIO Aachen, the final...
On Thursday, the wheels didn't turn in America's favor during the highly anticipated Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup. This time, it was Team Germany in the driver's seat with the horsepower to...
Highlight reel: verb; selectively sharing the best moments in life to social media, giving an exorbitant impression of happiness or success. The "highlight reel effect" might be a very real...
