Category Archives: Show Jumping

An Irishman took the opening class of the BCHJA Fall Finale CSI2*, the final international event of Thunderbird Show Park's 2021 season. But it wasn't who you might think. Conor...

On a dreary Sunday afternoon at Thunderbird Show Park, a most dedicated crowd filled the sold-out grandstand seating around the Thunderbird Jumper Arena, and, dressed in ponchos and rain boots...

"Always when you win one class, you get motivated for the next one. I feel today that was my day." That was Santiago Lambre after winning both FEI classes at...

Tiffany Foster would define her current string as up and coming. In her group of international horses competing at Thunderbird Show Park's CSI4*-W Harvest Celebration, not one is above 10...

Eye Candy picked up their third victory of the Major League season—and another hometown win for Amy Millar and Jacqueline Steffens—in Caledon, Ontario. Phase VI of the tour was their...

On Friday evening at Thunderbird Show Park, I chatted with Conor Swail. Naturally, he kicked off his week at the Harvest Celebration CSI4*-W with a victory in the $75,000 CSI4*-W...

Blazing 7s currently sit at the bottom of the Major League team standings in lowly eighth place. But don’t be fooled into thinking they're out of contention. That ranking is...

Major League Show Jumping returns to Canada this week at Caledon Horse Park in Ontario, Canada. Crusaders, hot off a win in Traverse City, have jumped to the second spot...

Conor Swail may ride for Ireland, but over the course of the last decade, he's spent more time in North America. So when the global pandemic shut competition down worldwide...

Trade season is officially open at Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) and Eye Candy has wasted no time stirring—and sweetening—the pot! Each Major League team is made up of six...

It's been 563 days since I've commented a Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League event. Only four more days to go. After taking a year off due to...

Brianne Goutal-Marteau said her $230,000 MLSJ American Gold Cup Grand Prix CSI5* win felt like fate, and maybe it was—grasping the same trophy twice is no coincidence.  The American Gold...

Connecticut-based rider Sydney Shulman Desiderio (ISR) shares the story of her "horse of a lifetime," as told to Carley Sparks. Villamoura is a true show horse. You just might not...

Major League Show Jumping returns to Traverse City this week for the fifth stop on the tour. As the season hits the halfway mark, Eye Candy is holding on to...

Kristen Vanderveen (USA), anchor rider for the Diamond Devils this week at Major League Show Jumping Phase 5, is known for her penchant for speed. But her fleet-footed riding has...

Major League Show Jumping is back at Traverse City Horse Shows in Michigan this week for Phase 5 of the 10-leg season. As the tour continues, we’re shining the spotlight...

What do a 60-something American Adult Ammy and a 30-something Canadian show jumper have in common? More than you’d think at first blush. Both are more than a bit audacious,...

When Chandler Meadows (USA) joined the Major League Show Jumping's Blazing 7s, she got more than a team with a speedy name. She found a new trainer in American Olympian...

Toronto's loss is Vancouver's gain. The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League (NAL) is returning to Thunderbird Show Park (tbird) this fall. The sole Canadian stop of the...

Hannah Rajotte (CAN) celebrated her Gotcha Day with Irish Sport Horse gelding Patronus at Thunderbird Show Park's Summer Fort Festival. Saturday marked three years that the grey joined her string,...