Category Archives: Olympics

The USA Para Equestrian team closed the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games with their best ever medal total. The haul includes the individual gold in the Grade 1 Freestyle for Roxanne...

The last word anyone would use to describe the Tokyo Olympic Games would be "normal." But it certainly was memorable. After a year delay and highly scrutinized lead up to...

Peder Fredricson (SWE) and All In have been snubbed for gold on two occasions—once at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again in the individual final to kick off show jumping...

Perhaps more so than with any other equestrian sport at the Tokyo Olympic Games, team jumping was greatly impacted by the elimination of the drop score. Unless, of course, you...

If the rollercoaster ride that is show jumping at the Tokyo Olympic Games is making you dizzy, you're not alone. Heading into team qualifying at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park,...

Within 24 hours of British rider Ben Maher winning the individual gold medal in show jumping at Tokyo 2020, teammate Scott Brash has been subbed out of the British squad for...

These Olympic Games have been filled with surprises, but this wasn't one of them: Aboard the sensational Explosion W, Ben Maher (GBR) was named the individual Olympic jumping champion Wednesday...

Thirty combinations left all the jumps up in the individual jumping qualifier Tuesday evening at the Tokyo Olympic Games. There were just 30 qualifying spots available for the individual final....

For the non-horse people in my life watching the Olympics: Thank you for appreciating the "horse dancing," we are now on the "show jumping" portion of the program. I hope...

In the last 20 years, following multiple rider and horse deaths due to cross country falls, a number of safety measures were introduced into the sport of eventing. Not the...

Julia Krajewski landed off the final fence of the individual eventing final and punched her fist in the air. The German rider covered her mouth in shock before throwing herself...

Great Britain added a pair of rails to its score on the final day of eventing competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The team could have had three more and...

Robin Godel's Olympic dream came to a tragic end when the Swiss rider's horse incurred a fatal injury on the Sea Forest Cross Country Course at the Tokyo Games. From...

Team USA could not afford to be conservative on cross-country day at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Heading into the second and incredibly crucial phase of eventing competition, the United States...

The medal chances of the Swedish eventing team were dashed a few hours ago when Ludwig Svennerstal was forced to withdraw his horse Balham Mist from the Tokyo Olympic Games....

Show jumping competition at the Olympic Games does not formally begin until the Individual Qualifier next Tuesday, but in advance of athletes' training session, the First Horse Inspection saw 75...

It's one of the most highly anticipated phases for equestrian sport at the Olympic Games: Cross-country day. Eventing's second and most defining phase gets underway Sunday morning (Saturday night EDT)...

Horses became involved in Olympic competition approximately  680 BC when chariot racing was introduced. Then, as now, the animals were considered as much athletes as their riders. In the chariot...

Canada's Jessica Phoenix will not be making a three-peat Olympic appearance at the Tokyo 2020 Games. The two-time Olympian withdrew her long-time mount Pavarotti on the eve of eventing competition...

All three of Team USA's riders qualified for the individual dressage final at the Tokyo Olympic Games—but on Wednesday evening in Tokyo, one was noticeably absent. Adrienne Lyle and Salvino,...