Category Archives: Interviews & Profiles

There is perhaps nothing more mythically American than the up-by-the-bootstraps working class striver whose path to success involves fulfilling one’s dream through hard work, persistence and a little luck. That...

When Harriet deLeyer was a young girl in the late 1950s, she and her siblings would take their father’s horse swimming in the Long Island Sound during the hot summer...

Evergate Stables horses don’t have a therapist. But if they did, he’d probably look and act a lot like Assistant Trainer Simone Besutti. Instead of a therapist’s chair, though, you’re...

Medina Spirit collapsed and died on a Monday morning earlier this month after a routine five-furlong workout at Santa Anita in preparation for an undetermined race in which he would...

Major League Show Jumping is back at Traverse City Horse Shows in Michigan this week for Phase 5 of the 10-leg season. As the tour continues, we’re shining the spotlight...

Both were foaled in 2003, a year when the respected Thoroughbred racing crop would include Sweetnorthernsaint, Bluegrass Cat, Lawyer Ron and Brother Derek among others. One was a son of...

The inaugural season of Major League Show Jumping, a new league of five-star events in North America, launched in Traverse City, MI, last week—the first of 10 events that will...

International show jumper Kelli Cruciotti-VanderVeen boasts a long list of accomplishments aboard her longtime mount, Hadja van Orshof. After all, the Belgian Warmblood mare took the 23-year-old young professional to...

There are singular announcer calls in racing that have come to define the glory of the sport. Who can forget “He’s moving like a tremendous machine!” Chic Anderson’s unforgettable analogy...

Alyssa Phillips is a name you should get used to hearing. The U25 ranked developing rider won the biggest event of her burgeoning career last month—the inaugural Lexington CCI4*-S at...

“Every rider will probably say sitting on a horse is their religion. You have something big in life that you’re working through—you get on a horse and go ride. They...

Valerie Pride owns and operates Blue Clover Eventing, born at least in part from the peculiar twist of fate that there is no option for professional women’s lacrosse as a...

In the world of Thoroughbred racing, famous jockeys are commonplace in every horsehousehold. In the U.S., there’s “Big Money” Mike Smith of Zenyatta and Arrogate fame. There’s three-time consecutive Eclipse...

The international equestrian scene flocks to Wellington, Florida every winter for the world class competition and warm weather. But it was Irish show jumper Darragh Kenny who brought some serious...

He was born royal as a Prince in the House of Saud, but chose to spend much of his life among the sights, smells and people of the common horse...

If equestrian style is classic, timeless and traditional, Dani Waldman is its resident wild child. Between her hair feathers, yoga pants, and lace show coat, the Israeli team member is...

When you interview a rider as iconic as Ludger Beerbaum the most difficult decision isn’t what questions to ask, it’s trying to narrow down which of his incredible accomplishments to...

It takes a certain type of person to truly understand, and appreciate, the role that “chance” plays in the story of life. This week's guest on The Jay Duke Show,...

“All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story”—Isak Dinesen Steve Melen is a lucky man. He's a successful financial advisor and a likeable person. It’s difficult...

Simply clearly a 6'5" or higher obstacle aboard a horse is an astounding feat. Seven year ago, Ireland's Susan Oakes' did it riding side saddle. On two different horses. In...