It descends with a flurry of activity: Winter Equestrian Festival season, edition 2026. The flurry started months ago. The season has been this big, sparkling, glittering destination in time, sucking...
According to the Chinese calendar, 2025 is the year of the snake. But in show jumping, it's unquestionably the year of Kent Farrington. With one month still to go, the...
Tore up from the floor up is the phrase that keeps occurring to me. Here I am with shaking, hungover hands trying to write this column, the very last of...
In the high stakes drama of sport, tragedy and triumph have equal claim to the field of play and there was plenty of both at Wellington International on Saturday. The...
“Your brain is three pounds of Jell-O.” The doctor was speaking, holding a colorful model of a human brain in her hands. Is my brain three pounds of Jell-O? I...
In 2024, H5 Porthos Maestro WH Z made Carlos Hank Guerreiro’s childhood dream come true when they rode for Mexico at the Paris Olympic Games. On Saturday evening in Florida,...
I want some drama. “If I were you I’d get off the phone with me right now and start calling every hand surgeon from Miami to Jacksonville,” says the doctor...
We are in the thick of it. Mid-WEF, thick like syrup. You have three places to go every day, and more in the evening. Nights go late at fundraisers, galas,...
It seems Kent Farrington made a new year’s resolution: 2025 would be his year. The American Olympian is claiming dominance across his home country, winning major grand prix titles in...
You think you know the game. A rider enters the ring. She is riding a horse. Together, they negotiate a series of obstacles—jumps—and come out with a score based on...
A menacing face hangs over the arena—huge eyes hollowed out by shadows. It is Ben Maher, looking as grim as anyone ever has. Flash! Boom! Pow! Bam! A veiny hand...
Kent Farrington is everything, everywhere at all once this winter season. The American Olympic medalist has been making the rounds and his presence felt at all three major winter circuits...
A regiment of kilt-wearing, bagpipe-playing Scotsmen enter the ring. Dozens-strong, unexpected, they give every neck whiplash as all eyes turn to them, a triumphant parade of pomp. A small troupe...
Just four weeks into the new year, Richard Vogel and Cydello have already matched their Grand Prix win average from the two years prior and are well on their way...
Another week of cold. We've all been reduced to one thought, if you can call it that: “It’s cold.” Our conversations, if you can call it that, consist of “I’m...
There is no shortage of phenomenal show jumping horses in the world right now. King Edward holds the most championship titles, as the current Olympic, World, and World Cup gold...
You know you're not having your best winter season when the server at the local coffee chain notes your diminishing win rate. "I was at Dunkin' Doughnuts the other morning...
Seven podium finishes. That's the sum total of United Touch S's international record. At first glance, it's an underwhelming stat for a 12-year-old horse that's jumped 102 international rounds. Until...
For an international athlete in any sport, pressure is always highest in an Olympic year. When your nation is ranked number one in the world for your sport and spoiled...
