Category Archives: Interviews & Profiles

It was a banner 2023 for Southern Belle Thoroughbreds. When Katie Larsen looks back on the year that was, she exhales briefly, perhaps a perfect encapsulation of the busy times...

There is never enough time with a truly special horse, no matter how many years you have together. For Mathilde Candele (14), daughter of Canadian Olympian Yann Candele, that special...

Ashley Vogel (USA) had big plans going into the summer of 2022. Taking six months off to rehab a knee injury wasn't one of them. The worst part—and the best?...

If there is a central theme to Australian Paige Jardine’s show jumping career so far, its resiliency. To be sure, that’s not a new concept for horsemen—or athletes, in general....

In a sport where holding on to good horses can be as hard as keeping water between your palms, the Bourns family is a bit of an anomaly. Based in...

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,”...

There’s dedication, and then there’s Skylar Wireman. The now 18-year-old hunter/jumper rider made her pro debut this past January at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) in Thermal, CA and jumped...

“For a little while our partnership was a bit ‘Jesus take the wheel’,” said Corinne Sweeney (USA) of her now heart horse, 12-year-old mare Tara M. Previously campaigned by Olympian...

JustWorld International’s newly formed Youth Ambassador Gala Committee is composed of 15 Ambassadors between the ages of 13 and 22, who have set off on a mission to champion their...

If you have someone in your acquaintance that happens to have a connection to royalty, it's best to hope that person also lacks a sense of humor.  Unfortunately, for legendary...

Many riders choose to attend college as a fallback plan for their dream job in horse sport. For Simon McCarthy, the safety net only went so far. “My parents made...

The wee hours of the morning are reserved for night owls, overnight workers, and, apparently, Canadian show jumper Erynn Ballard. “I've just been getting up really early,” says Ballard, who...

Horseracing in the United States was born on the farmlands of the nation’s Southern states and in border states like Kentucky where African Americans dominated the workforce of the slavery-era....

"It just goes to show that you never know what's around the corner, because a year ago I didn't have a Grand Prix horse," said Canadian show jumper Beth Underhill,...

Israeli show jumper Ashlee Bond has a secret edge when it comes to winning jump-offs—something she does quite a lot. Bond, who is both manager and member of the Major...

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...