Category Archives: Show Jumping

For the second time in as many days, Belgium's Olivier Philippaerts led the victory gallop at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL. The genetically gifted show jumper took...

At least that's what the World #1 ranked show jumper/beacon of positivity is calling it on Facebook. Olympic silver medalist Kent Farrington (USA) was thrown while competing in the 1.30m...

Breaking news: Eric Lamaze (CAN) and McLain Ward (USA) did not win the WEF Challenge Cup this week. The honors went instead to Belgian H&M model, Olivier Philippaerts. The 24-year-old rider triumphed...

A new show is coming to Wellytown! Just when you thought the Florida winter circuit couldn't get any better, the Palm Beach Masters Series adds a new event to its elite...

“The pictures are obscene actually. She will go to a show and win three out of four classes like that.” That was Olympic gold medalist McLain Ward (USA) describing the...

When you're hot, you're hot. And right now Israeli show jumper Daniel Bluman is on tear of ghost pepper proportions. (That is to say, punishingly hot.) The streak started last...

Who will win the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Thermal? We called in equestrian sport scientist, Dr. Tim Worden, to pick his top three contenders. Dr. Worden has a PhD in...

Few things are more thrilling in sport that a rivalry between athletes. Even a fabricated one. Like the one we're concocting between Olympians Eric Lamaze (CAN) and McLain Ward (USA)...

From hosting a Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Qualifier, to crashing North America's preeminent three-day event, and going (going) back (back) to Cali (Cali), the Split Rock Jumping Tour is...

Just 24 hours ago, Ireland's Daniel Coyle was convinced that the FEI World Cup Final in Paris was beyond his reach. After today's performance in Florida, his ticket is nearly...

"My guys around me tell me I’m getting too old." That was Ben Maher (GBR) in the press conference after the $35,000 Sovaro Palm Beach Masters Qualifier at the CP...

It's been said: “If you don’t win the first class, you can’t win them all.” If you're McLain Ward, it's not just said. It's also been done. (See: 2017 Longines...

Unrelated aside: my hotel neighbours in Guadalajara, Mexico also got lucky on Sunday night. Four times.  But back to Ben Maher. The Olympic team gold medalist from Great Britain rode...

If Saturday's night's Grand Prix in Wellington was decided by most inspired jump-off track, Adrienne Sternlicht (USA) was the clear winner. Of the 45 riders to contest the $132,000 Adequan®...

Most riders aim for a good experience in their first World Cup Grand Prix. Luis Alejandro Plascencia (MEX) went for the win. The 26-year-old rider made his debut in the...

Who will win the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Guadalajara? We called in equestrian sport scientist, Dr. Tim Worden, to pick his top three contenders. Dr. Worden has a PhD in...

Another week, another WEF Challenge Cup win for Eric Lamaze. The three-time Olympic medalist from Canada beat 85 entries to capture the $35,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup III for the 25th...

"He’s such an unassuming character,” said Marilyn Little (USA) of her top mount Clearwater. “When you see him at the side of the ring, he may as well have a...

Germany's Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, a rider inexplicably immune to helmet hair, won the first Saturday Night Lights Grand Prix of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Riding Calle 67, the 2016 Olympic...

Three and half months off did a body good for Rye Val de Mai. The French stallion, whose name roughly translates to "Whisky May Wave" (in Romanian), won the $6,000 Bainbridge...