Category Archives: Show Jumping

"Our guys would kill to jump on the Nations Cup team. They don't care about anything else, which is great for me," said Irish chef d'equipe Michael Blake. For the...

Kyle King (USA) and Cerolino have been knocking at the door of a win for the past two weeks at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. "We've been a little...

Irish team member Paul O’Shea has been thinking a lot lately about his posting trot.  “I post too high, and I look like I'm a beginner when I'm doing it,”...

When Shawn Casady (USA) met 13-year-old gelding NKH Cento Blue earlier this winter, the connection was instant. "I was at the warmup ring," Casady explained. "This horse kind of looked...

There’s a big week of show jumping ahead at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, BC. Not only will tbird’s CSIO5* Odlum Brown BC Open stage the coveted $235,000 Longines Grand...

Germany's Andre Thieme had a dreamy excursion in Rome this weekend for the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix at the Piazza di Siena paired with his A-list co-star, 13-year-old mare DSP...

At 17 years old, most high school kids are thinking about homework, dating, and driver’s licenses. American show jumper Caroline Mawhinney? She’s got bigger fish to fry.  “She can’t drink...

“Some of these horses appear in my life and it's an instant match,” said Erynn Ballard (CAN) of new mount Game Over. “He goes the way that I like. He's...

Riding around the Sky High international warm up ring at Thunderbird Show Park gives a direct sight line to a trio of hunter rings that line the west side of...

On paper, the odds were against Eye Candy on Friday at Thunderbird Show Park (tbird) for the CSI5* Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) Team Competition. With world no. 8 Conor...

This week at Thunderbird Show Park’s MLSJ Canadian Premier, the CSI5* start-list is packed with fresh American faces. How fresh? Nearly half of the 16 Big Tour riders from the...

"For such a big, powerhouse horse as he is, to have so much blood is a little rare. Usually you have a big powerhouse but they're not so fast, yet...

International show jumping returns to Thunderbird Show Park this month with back-to-back weeks of five star competition, starting with the MLSJ Canadian Premier 5*/2*. Over 150 horses will take to...

It’s been a month since Hunter Holloway (USA) and Pepita Con Spita took home the bronze medal at the 2023 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final in Omaha, Nebraska—the only...

It was a fight to the finish for two of the fastest horses in the business—Daniel Bluman’s (ISR) Cachemire De Braize and McLain Ward’s (USA) Catoki—in Thursday’s $38,700 FEI 1.45m...

Team USA arrived in San Juan Capistrano, California for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of the United States of America on more than a hope and dream. The home...

"For Fuchs sake!" That's what Bertram Allen and Ben Maher uttered in my head watching Martin Fuchs snatch glory from their lightly calloused hands at Royal Windsor Horse Show on...

"I have family from the West Coast, so it always feels a little bit comfortable for me. It feels like coming home," said Olympic Gold medalist McLain Ward after the...

When you like the type of horse American Olympian Kent Farrington does, biding your time is just part of the process. Hot, careful horses are hard to catch in the...

They came. They saw. They rode away with full pockets. Team USA dominated CSIO5* week at Otomi Club Hípico in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico last week. It was a...