Wellington, Fla.—March 28 It’s pretty hard to win a class during the final five-star week at the Winter Equestrian Festival as all the biggest names in the sport have been preparing their mounts to excel this week. But Conor Swail managed it—twice. Yesterday he and Gamble topped the $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI5* class, and he […]
Entries for this year’s Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L have gone live, and the top four riders in the FEI World Rankings—Oliver Townend, Ros Canter, Boyd Martin and Tom McEwen—are all currently on the entry list. A total of 47 horse-and-rider combinations are slated to compete in the competition, scheduled to be held April 24-28 at the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the show jumping athletes who will be attending the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 16-20. Although the U.S. was granted 10 qualifying slots—the seven highest ranking U.S. athletes in the North American League from East USA (USEF Zones 1 through 7) and the […]
Today we take for granted that equestrian disciplines are one of the only Olympic sports in which men and women compete on equal footing, but it wasn’t that long ago that remarkable female riders were shattering the glass ceiling. During March, we’re looking back at some of them. A version of this story first appeared […]
Cassandra Kahle had a very clear idea of what her return to the show ring was going to look like. “It’s gonna sound crazy, actually,” she said with a laugh. “Since my fall I’ve been dreaming of the day I could get back in the show ring. [In November] I had this vision—I’ve never had […]
Geñay Vaughn has learned a lot from her relationship with Gino, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding that the dressage rider first partnered with when he was just a green 6-year-old. In addition to competing him at the upper levels and getting to know his unique “Mr. Macho” personality, one particular lesson stands out. “Trust your […]
Social license to operate—the idea that the public must approve of what people are doing with their horses in order for equestrian sports to continue—remains a key topic in conversations across the show world. And much of the March 25 U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Town Hall webinar, led by USHJA President Mary Knowlton, continued in […]
As she prepared to enter the International Arena for the $385,000 Bainbridge Companies Grand Prix CSI5* earlier this month, Luciana Lossio could hear the voice of her former coach Marcos Fernandez “Joca” Alves in her mind. “Lu, go for it. You can do it,” she imagined him saying. “You and ‘Lady,’ you can do it. […]
In late summer 2014, a well-bred, registered Morgan mare and her 3-month-old foal were taken to an auction in Pennsylvania. Sue-Ray Glory Glory was attractive, trained both to harness and saddle work, and she sold immediately. But neither her buyer nor anyone else bidding at the auction that day had any use for her unweaned […]
For most horsemen, spring is a welcome season. Among other reasons, spring brings the green upof pastures. While grass seems the most natural of feedstuffs for horses and ponies, it can stir uphealth concerns in susceptible individuals. When it comes to consumption of spring pasture, horses and ponies hardly hold back; horses canconsume over 3% […]
Wellington, Fla.—March 28 It’s pretty hard to win a class during the final five-star week at the Winter Equestrian Festival as all the biggest names in the sport have been preparing their mounts to excel this week. But Conor Swail managed it—twice. Yesterday he and Gamble topped the $32,000 Dodd Technologies CSI5* class, and he […]
Entries for this year’s Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L have gone live, and the top four riders in the FEI World Rankings—Oliver Townend, Ros Canter, Boyd Martin and Tom McEwen—are all currently on the entry list. A total of 47 horse-and-rider combinations are slated to compete in the competition, scheduled to be held April 24-28 at the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the show jumping athletes who will be attending the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 16-20. Although the U.S. was granted 10 qualifying slots—the seven highest ranking U.S. athletes in the North American League from East USA (USEF Zones 1 through 7) and the […]
Today we take for granted that equestrian disciplines are one of the only Olympic sports in which men and women compete on equal footing, but it wasn’t that long ago that remarkable female riders were shattering the glass ceiling. During March, we’re looking back at some of them. A version of this story first appeared […]
Cassandra Kahle had a very clear idea of what her return to the show ring was going to look like. “It’s gonna sound crazy, actually,” she said with a laugh. “Since my fall I’ve been dreaming of the day I could get back in the show ring. [In November] I had this vision—I’ve never had […]
Geñay Vaughn has learned a lot from her relationship with Gino, a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding that the dressage rider first partnered with when he was just a green 6-year-old. In addition to competing him at the upper levels and getting to know his unique “Mr. Macho” personality, one particular lesson stands out. “Trust your […]
Social license to operate—the idea that the public must approve of what people are doing with their horses in order for equestrian sports to continue—remains a key topic in conversations across the show world. And much of the March 25 U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Town Hall webinar, led by USHJA President Mary Knowlton, continued in […]
As she prepared to enter the International Arena for the $385,000 Bainbridge Companies Grand Prix CSI5* earlier this month, Luciana Lossio could hear the voice of her former coach Marcos Fernandez “Joca” Alves in her mind. “Lu, go for it. You can do it,” she imagined him saying. “You and ‘Lady,’ you can do it. […]
In late summer 2014, a well-bred, registered Morgan mare and her 3-month-old foal were taken to an auction in Pennsylvania. Sue-Ray Glory Glory was attractive, trained both to harness and saddle work, and she sold immediately. But neither her buyer nor anyone else bidding at the auction that day had any use for her unweaned […]
For most horsemen, spring is a welcome season. Among other reasons, spring brings the green upof pastures. While grass seems the most natural of feedstuffs for horses and ponies, it can stir uphealth concerns in susceptible individuals. When it comes to consumption of spring pasture, horses and ponies hardly hold back; horses canconsume over 3% […]
