Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a quote from Hors Welfare Collective Executive Director Caroline Howe. The U.S. Equestrian Federation has expelled hunter/jumper trainer Shannon Eckel and fined her $2,500 for actions it found contributed to the unintentional death of a horse in her care. The ruling stems from a 2021 incident in […]
Every top rider has a horse who made them—maybe it was the horse that took them to the big leagues, or maybe it was just the horse that taught them the most. We asked Christian Kukuk, Harry Charles and Lillie Keenan which horse meant the most to each of their developing careers. Christian Kukuk Around […]
Settled inside the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia, at the corner of Lancaster and Dorset in Devon, Pennsylvania, resides the Devon Horse Show. Its iconic baby blue stands host locals and the country’s top riders for 12 days each year to welcome the beginning of summer. The show hosts not only top hunters and jumpers, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced Tuesday that the Maryland International and Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown, Maryland, has been chosen to host the 2026-2027 USEF Eventing Young Rider Championships (CCIJ1*-Intro, CCIYJ2*-S, CCIU253*-S). The championships will be held June 25-28, 2026, and June 24-27, 2027. “I’m delighted that the USEF Eventing Young Rider […]
On Saturday, I braided my horse for a show. No big deal, right? Wrong. As a working mom, committing to that one task meant enlisting help from multiple family members. Early in the week, I searched the house for the black yarn I knew I had on hand for just this situation and found it in a […]
For the first time ever, three U.S. athletes sit atop the Fédération Equestre Internationale world ranking list for their respective disciplines. Reaching the milestone is an achievement for any rider, with Boyd Martin, Kent Farrington and Fiona Howard each taking their own individual road to World No. 1. We’ve compiled some statistics detailing the differences […]
My youngest daughter, Birdie, diagnosed with a tethered spinal cord, needed spinal neurosurgery—in the midst of the pandemic—weeks after her first birthday. One thing I felt at the time, and have noted since: The hardest thing for parents to bear is not being able to take on or carry the burdens and struggles our children […]
Tori Colvin made a name for herself as a junior, winning just about every championship title in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation rings, often against professionals and many multiple times over. After such a prolific junior career, Colvin went out on her own and has been a fixture in the professional divisions ever since. A […]
When the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab unveiled its equestrian helmet ratings in 2022, they were lauded as groundbreaking but also criticized by some helmet manufacturers for being incomplete. Now, Virginia Tech researchers have conducted additional testing using a different method and combined it with their previous results, and they have subsequently revised and updated the […]
When Boyd Martin travelled to Paris alongside his U.S. teammate Liz Halliday last summer, he admired how in sync the rider was with her Olympic partner, Cooley Nutcracker. “Liz always presented the horse and made him look quite easy and beautiful,” Boyd said of the horse-and-rider team, whose dressage test at the Games earned the […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a quote from Hors Welfare Collective Executive Director Caroline Howe. The U.S. Equestrian Federation has expelled hunter/jumper trainer Shannon Eckel and fined her $2,500 for actions it found contributed to the unintentional death of a horse in her care. The ruling stems from a 2021 incident in […]
Every top rider has a horse who made them—maybe it was the horse that took them to the big leagues, or maybe it was just the horse that taught them the most. We asked Christian Kukuk, Harry Charles and Lillie Keenan which horse meant the most to each of their developing careers. Christian Kukuk Around […]
Settled inside the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia, at the corner of Lancaster and Dorset in Devon, Pennsylvania, resides the Devon Horse Show. Its iconic baby blue stands host locals and the country’s top riders for 12 days each year to welcome the beginning of summer. The show hosts not only top hunters and jumpers, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced Tuesday that the Maryland International and Horse Trials at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown, Maryland, has been chosen to host the 2026-2027 USEF Eventing Young Rider Championships (CCIJ1*-Intro, CCIYJ2*-S, CCIU253*-S). The championships will be held June 25-28, 2026, and June 24-27, 2027. “I’m delighted that the USEF Eventing Young Rider […]
On Saturday, I braided my horse for a show. No big deal, right? Wrong. As a working mom, committing to that one task meant enlisting help from multiple family members. Early in the week, I searched the house for the black yarn I knew I had on hand for just this situation and found it in a […]
For the first time ever, three U.S. athletes sit atop the Fédération Equestre Internationale world ranking list for their respective disciplines. Reaching the milestone is an achievement for any rider, with Boyd Martin, Kent Farrington and Fiona Howard each taking their own individual road to World No. 1. We’ve compiled some statistics detailing the differences […]
My youngest daughter, Birdie, diagnosed with a tethered spinal cord, needed spinal neurosurgery—in the midst of the pandemic—weeks after her first birthday. One thing I felt at the time, and have noted since: The hardest thing for parents to bear is not being able to take on or carry the burdens and struggles our children […]
Tori Colvin made a name for herself as a junior, winning just about every championship title in the hunters, jumpers, and equitation rings, often against professionals and many multiple times over. After such a prolific junior career, Colvin went out on her own and has been a fixture in the professional divisions ever since. A […]
When the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab unveiled its equestrian helmet ratings in 2022, they were lauded as groundbreaking but also criticized by some helmet manufacturers for being incomplete. Now, Virginia Tech researchers have conducted additional testing using a different method and combined it with their previous results, and they have subsequently revised and updated the […]
When Boyd Martin travelled to Paris alongside his U.S. teammate Liz Halliday last summer, he admired how in sync the rider was with her Olympic partner, Cooley Nutcracker. “Liz always presented the horse and made him look quite easy and beautiful,” Boyd said of the horse-and-rider team, whose dressage test at the Games earned the […]
