Interviews & Profiles
Ashlee Bond’s Donatello Is Blue Steel
Ashlee Bond’s upcoming mount goes by the name Donatello. But Zoolander might have been a more accurate starter. The really, really ridiculously good looking Westphalian…
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Interviews & Profiles
How Vanessa Mannix Embraces the Philosophy that Riders Never Stop Learning
Show jumping is possibly the most misunderstood sport in the world. We often hear “It’s an individual activity,” “The horse does everything, the rider just…
2 weeks ago
Interviews & Profiles
Jamie Barge Sounds Off
Haygain sponsored rider Jamie Barge is a short-listed member of the US show jumping team, a World Cup finalist, and a threat in any jump…
1 month ago
Interviews & Profiles
Frank Schuttert Is #TheOneShotWonder
Dutch rider Frank Schuttert had just one chance to qualify for the Longines Global Champions Tour Super Grand Prix, the prestigious 16 contender showdown taking place…
2 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
Mattias Tromp Plays Mind Games (with Himself)
Rising star Mattias Tromp (USA) jumped a whopping 260 spots up the Longines World Rankings in 2018—by doing his homework. Ranked 408 in January, the…
2 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
How Rebecca Ray Designs Changed the Face of Equestrian Style with a Little Help from the Amish
The unique designs of Rebecca Ray bags regularly feature vintage images of equestrian memorabilia. They’re also handmade by people committed to living an equestrian life—the Amish.…
3 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
Margie Engle’s Word of the Day Is “Rideability”
Six World Cup wins. 20 Nations Cups wins. Multiple medals at Pan-American Games, a little visit to the Olympics, and over 200 Grand Prix wins.…
11 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
Jill Henselwood on Luck, Training and a Horse Named “Canntinue”
Up until 2012, Canadian Olympian Jill Henselwood had “an absence of bad luck” in her career. Named to the national show jumping team in 1991 (less than two years…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
Michael Blake: “I Always Thought I Was Going to Set the Bareback Puissance Record”
From a borrowed horse to a gifted wet suit to a run in with the police, Ireland’s Michael Blake shares his year long journey to…
1 year ago
Dressage
Steffen Peters Wants to Teach You His Secrets
Come Nov. 9-12, North America’s premier equestrian gathering will feature four days of non-stop horses, shopping, and horse shopping. And that’s only one of the reasons you’re…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
That Time Rich Fellers and Flexible Beat the Fastest Horse in Europe
American Olympian Rich Fellers has contested nine Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Finals, eight of which were aboard his famed Irish Sport Horse stallion, Flexible.…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
Why the Five Months She Spent In and Out of the Hospital Were the Best of Taylor Flury’s Life
Taylor Flury is a trainer and breeder at AliBoo Farm in Minooka, Illinois. At age 15, she was diagnosed with a condition that put her…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
8 Things You Need to Know About Lucy Deslauriers
Lucy Deslauriers is having a breakout year in the international ring. With two 5* victories in Calgary this summer and back-to-back wins at the Ottawa…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
Untold Stories of Chris Surbey’s Career
Chris Surbey has done things in the past year and half that have people talking. Impressive things. Things like climb an astounding 1307 positions up…
1 year ago
Interviews & Profiles
I’m Not Your Stereotypical Equestrian
On my third riding lesson ever, I had an accident. A bad accident. I was walking down the barn aisle where I was taking lessons…
2 years ago
Interviews & Profiles
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson Is Giving Back to the Sport the Best Way She Knows How
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson was the “catch riding kid” as a junior and is one of the only 11 riders to capture both the ASPCA Maclay National Championship…
2 years ago
Interviews & Profiles
Kevin Staut: “Cambodia Changed My Life”
France’s Kevin Staut is an Olympic team gold medalist (2016), a World Equestrian Games team silver medalist (2014) and an individual European Champion (2009). He also saves children…
2 years ago
Interviews & Profiles
Best of 2016: The Top 10 Rider Profiles of the Year
They laughed. They cried. They blew our minds with their unabashed honesty. These are Horse Network’s top 10 rider profiles of 2017—in their own words. 1. Georgina…
2 years ago
Interviews & Profiles
The Secret to Hugh Graham’s Success
In his diverse career, he’s been a champion steer rider and calf roper, an Olympic show jumper, and, at age 58, the winner of Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious race, the…
2 years ago
Interviews & Profiles
Steve Guerdat Doesn’t Like to Give Interviews (But We Did One Anyway)
Swiss show jumper Steve Guerdat has one of the most accomplished resumes in modern show jumping. There’s the back-to-back World Cup Final titles he captured in 2015 and 2016.…