Category Archives: Show Jumping

What do Cesar Milan, barrel racing, and Hannibal Lector have to do with show jumping? They all played a hand in training Cristallo, the famed mount of Richard Spooner (USA). For...

Four months ago, Daniel Coyle was a professional show jumper in Ireland without any horses or owners. Last week, in Langley, British Columbia, he made his senior Nations Cup team...

Spruce Meadows is the number one show in North America and for good reason. It's beautiful, it's immaculately kept, and it's where the best of the best go to compete. Even...

Georgina Bloomberg is a lot of things. She's a Pan American show jumping team bronze medalist. She's heir to the Bloomberg publishing fortune. She's a staunch defender of downtrodden dogs...

On Friday, a fire destroyed the home of Grand Prix rider Aaron Vale, his wife Mallory, and their daughter Kisner while the couple was busy on their farm, training horses...

Nestled between mountains of old forest trees and the Pacific ocean, on the outskirts of Langley, BC, Thunderbird Show Park is the stuff postcard pictures are made of. This year,...

Move over Simon Delestre. American Olympic champion McLain Ward has shot to the top of the Longines World Rankings. A staple in the world top 10, Ward jumped four spots...

Five 5* classes. Zero rails. Four victories. And a suitcase full of prize money. When in Rome, McLain Ward is a show jumping gladiator. Here's a recap of his stellar streak...

You thought you sent your cleverest #fangirl tweet out into the Twittersphere, never to be seen again. You hoped it would earn a few laughs, maybe even a coveted re-tweet...

Two-time Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward on how show jumping has shaped his life and his identity, as told to Carley Sparks.    Show jumping was in my breeding,...

Take it away Captain! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ob-_N5ZFQ Candian show jumper Ian Millar is a living legend. He's the most decorated equestrian athlete in the country. He holds the world record for most...

The year was 1972. Ian Millar, already an Olympian at age 25, had just bought a rundown property in Perth, Ontario with his young wife, Lynn. They were struggling to...

Bromont WEG 2018 has lost a second CEO in eight months, following the resignation of Luc Fournier last week. Fournier was part of an en masse resignation from the board,...

Chances are, if you compete in or are a fan of show jumping, then you're also a bit of a course geek. After all, at the end of the day,...

What do you get when you combine a talented young rider who grew up jumping massive fences on a not-so-big pony over on the Emerald Isle with the training program of...

Before she was an accomplished international show jumper. Before her meteoric rise up the ranks of eventing. Before she even courted the idea of competing in two equestrian disciplines at...

Phil Kroll is seldom satisfied with the technical aspects of his photography, but in horses he can find no fault. It’s a dichotomy that is to the great benefit of...

Even if your goal is the short, short list, being on the short(ish) list is infinitely better than being on the long list. Especially if your heart is set on riding for...

“Riding is multitasking. If you can’t multitask, you’re going to have a problem,” says flat riding specialist Sally Amsterdamer. “You can’t just think rhythm, then forget to turn. Or you...

Olympic gold medalist. Former World #1 (for nearly two consecutive years). Winner of the seemingly impossible Rolex Grand Slam. There are a lot of reasons to love Scottish show jumper...