You could say U.S. rider Brooke Morin is living a teenage dream. Though it's certainly not that of your average 19-year-old. Morin's dream of soaring 1.50m through the air with...
Jacqueline Patmore sat at the ingate during the $230,000 CSI5* Grand Prix at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA last December, and took in the scene. The finale...
In 2021, A.I.M United's Daniel Bluman came to Ontario's Angelstone Events for the first time in a decade and started the week off with a memorable win. Chasing the leading...
"I started doing FEI here in 2020, with this horse as an eight-year-old," said Sebastien Devrainne (FRA) of the now 10-year-old Selle Français gelding, Carre D'as Lili's. Thunderbird Show Park...
"We catch up on the phone and talk about the plans, of course," said Ireland's James Chawke of his colleague, the (also Irish) world number four, Conor Swail. The plans...
Two Major League Show Jumping teams are making strategic substitutions this week. The third of ten legs on the 5* tour sees MLSJ stop in Toronto. Eye Candy and Helios,...
August is (unofficial) Major League Show Jumping month. With three stops in four weeks, there's more MLSJ jumping this month than any other time of the year. It's basically show...
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...
