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Equestrian Sport Has a Marketing Problem

Elite equestrian sport has seen exponential growth in North America over the past five years. There are more 5* events in show jumping than ever before (four in 2009 versus...

Valegro Returns to Competition, Wins the Grand Prix

Blueberry is back! And looks ready to kill it in Rio. Charlotte Dujardin and the great Valegro (aka, Blueberry) returned to FEI competition for the first time in a year on...

Six Riders Whose Olympic Dreams Were Cut Short

Horse and rider selections for the 2016 Olympics are all but final. (Looking at you, Canada). We know who'll be representing in Rio De Janerio for most countries come August....

And the US Olympic Show Jumping Team Is…

The USEF has named four athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Olympic Show Jumping Team, plus one traveling reserve combination for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Show Jumping competition at the...

13 Things You Didn’t Know about Laura Graves’ Superstar Verdades

When Laura Graves (USA) and Verdades went supernova in 2014, skyrocketing from relative obscurity to a fourth-place finish at the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France, it seemed like they...

Dirk Stroda: “Don’t Stop Before the Finish Line”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_0CvmTJFg With the July 18 deadline just weeks away, the race for Olympic team selection has rounded the final corner. Who will make the cut and be named a 2016...

What Does It Take to Make a Really Good Athlete Great?

It’s a question weighing on Dirk Stroda’s mind. As the High-Performance Mental Coach for the Canadian eventing, dressage, and Paralympic equestrian teams, it’s Stroda’s job to help elite athletes peak...

Here’s the 2016 U.S. Olympic Eventing Team

The USEF has named four athlete/horse combinations to the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team and one traveling reserve for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Four direct reserve horses have also been...

Rio Governor Declares State of “Financial Emergency” Over Olympics

Zika, severe water pollution, political crisis and rising security concerns—just when the Rio Games could use a little positive press comes another blow: The city needs more money. Brazil's Interm Governor...

4 Questions with German National Coach Otto Becker, Courtesy of the CHIO Aachen

Technically, this is a press release. But it comes in Q&A form so that makes it alright to publish. Or not. Either way, that's the way this Friday is rolling......

Eric Lamaze and Fine Lady 5 Are on the Road to Rio, They’re Just Taking an Unusual Route

Eric Lamaze has pegged the 13-year-old Hanoverian mare Fine Lady 5 as his leading hope for the Rio de Janeiro Games this summer. Just don’t expect to see them in...

McLain Ward Is the New World #1!

Move over Simon Delestre. American Olympic champion McLain Ward has shot to the top of the Longines World Rankings. A staple in the world top 10, Ward jumped four spots...

McLain Ward Wins All the Things in Rome

Five 5* classes. Zero rails. Four victories. And a suitcase full of prize money. When in Rome, McLain Ward is a show jumping gladiator. Here's a recap of his stellar streak...

10 Reasons Pro Grooming Will Be the Best Adventure You Ever Go On

I've gone on at length about the reasons people don't usually choose grooming as their lifelong career. But then, why do I recommend it to every horse lover I know? Why...

“Hello, I’m Billy. I Want to Be an Olympic Champion.”

What's horse with a dream to do? [fb-video src='https://www.facebook.com/BillytotheOlympics/videos/2021842978040065/'] Why, follow it, of course. [fb-video src='https://www.facebook.com/BillytotheOlympics/videos/2025602367664126/'] Will Billy find his calling? Is the horse with a lightening bolt shaped blaze...