Category Archives: Show Jumping

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 his string for the past...

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 and forgotten in the marketing...

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. This one falls into the...

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 Cromarty podcast *gratuitous plug*—is competing...

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 in United States Equestrian Federation...

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 Champion announced he is leaving...

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 would be the ruin the...

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 up strategy for their horse....

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 format, set to debut April...

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 team for an Olympic Games...

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 Games in Tryon, USA. And...

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 Longines Global Champions Tour (GCT)...

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 bred by Sue Welch, the...

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 ever to win a Grand...

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 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier...

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 2019 Summer Fort Festival CSI4*-W...

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 Senger in the CSI4*-W Happy...

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 the sidelines, the Brazilian was...

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 has been cancelled in Quebec,...

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 in every team championship since...