Which team is poised for a comeback? Which one has a long haul ahead? Can anyone catch Eye Candy? MLSJ co-founder Keean White and ten-time Olympian Ian Millar breakdown the...
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...
“Hello? Customer service, please?” Do you ever feel helpless calling a company and trying to work your way through an automated phone tree to speak to an actual person that...
As a professional, a big part of my business is selling horses. Some I personally purchase, develop and sell. Others are owned by clients who have hired me to help...
I only rode once when I lived on the island of Nantucket, MA. A stranger lent me a fiery Friesian Cross that snorted and puffed across the moorlands. I only...
“A true champion is a true champion. They go fight and, win or lose, give it their all.”—Glover Teixeira As Essential Quality and Hot Rod Charlie left the second turn...
Okay, so in the Belmont Stakes (G1), Irad Ortiz, Jr. is out and off Known Agenda after a Thursday spill, Flavien Prat moved over from his Preakness-winning ride Rombauer to...
Left to Left is a debate style column where two authors argue opposite sides of a trending subject. This week's topic is the ongoing tension between the World Equestrian Center...
About a year ago I was standing at the warm up ring during a Saturday Night Lights grand prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival when a very well-known rider crashed...
Racing fans in general and Zenyatta fans in particular were disheartened to learn last week that 17-year-old Champion Street Cry daughter and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta lost her...
Last week, superstar hunter rider Scott Stewart scored a perfect score of 100 on the wonderful horse Catch Me at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. This is the...
It’s time to debunk a myth that seems to have seeped into the crevices of our beloved horse industry. When we look back over the last year, many of our...
Last month, we ran a series of letters to the year that was entitled, Dear 2020. This letter is from coach, color commentator and horseman of many hats Frank Madden...
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." —James...
We Americans are inspired by our wild horses. We marvel at the sight of them living wild and free on our public rangelands, of stallions fighting for their family bands,...
Last month, the 82nd annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration wrapped up in Shelbyville, IN. It’s an event that’s been brewing with controversy for more than half a century because of...
I know readers come here to “lose” themselves in horses; for many of you to gain some distance, some relief, from daily stress, from real-life losses great and small. I...
Of all of the things I thought I’d be debating this fall (masks, political candidates, whether a hotdog is a sandwich), “is the word plantation racist” was not on the...
Due to COVID-19 canceling many of the bigger events, the local horse show I rode in this summer was better attended than usual. The tiny arena heaved under the load...
When equestrians think of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, we tend to think about how impossibly hard the show jumping and cross country courses were. Or we think of...
