Interviews & Profiles
The Darragh Kenny Interview
He’s ranked number nine #8 in the world. He helped Ireland qualify their first Olympic team in 16 years. And he’s got more international horses…
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Interviews & Profiles
Interviews & Profiles
Under the Saddle with Adam Cromarty and Special Guest Geoff Billington
Normally, when an athlete sits down with a member of the media for an interview, it’s with a boiled down version of their story. A…
2 weeks ago
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Rowan Willis Likes a Challenge, Blue Movie Enjoys Being One
On paper, Rowan Willis’s mount Blue Movie was probably seemed like a bad investment for the first decade of her life. Foaled in 2006 and…
2 months ago
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Broke in Europe, a Beezie Madden Story
Today, the name Beezie Madden is synonymous with American show jumping and Olympic medals. But there was a time when team USA’s most decorated rider…
2 months ago
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Pressure and Presence: Jennifer Gates Is Finding Success in the Moment
It was a sun dappled, spring afternoon in Northern, Germany, an idyllic backdrop to the prize giving ceremony taking place at the Global Champions League…
3 months ago
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bella bliss Is a(n Adorable) State of Mind
Lisa McLean has a masters degree in psychology, but when her career took an unexpected turn towards fashion she didn’t overanalyze. “When I was pregnant,…
3 months ago
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Nikolaj Hein Ruus Is Having a Moment—and Boy, Has He Earned It
Riders who have come up through the ranks the old-fashioned way have certain traits in common. Most have been forced to move in order to…
5 months ago
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How Spencer Smith Learned to Just Do It
Spencer Smith smiled at the idea of he and trainer Eric Lamaze having intense strategy discussions or that Lamaze inspires greatness with heart-to-heart speeches a…
6 months ago
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Christophe Ameeuw’s Brave New World
No truly great, human feat has ever been accomplished without a significant dose of soul-crushing doubt. Michelangelo almost certainly felt it, staring up at the…
7 months ago
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We May Ride in Different Saddles But We All Mount From the Same Side
Whether you ride with a lariat rope aiming for the steers horns, leap extraordinary heights in the jumper ring or dance across the dressage arena, we…
7 months ago
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Ashlee Bond on the “Worst Best Experience” of Her Life
In 2018, Ashlee Bond was one of four riders named to the first Israeli team to ever contest a World Equestrian Games (WEG). But that…
9 months ago
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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…
9 months ago
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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…
9 months ago
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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…
10 months ago
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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…
11 months ago
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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…
11 months ago
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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.…
12 months ago
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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.…
2 years ago
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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…
2 years ago
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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…