Thermal, Calif.—March 8 In the second week in February, Nick Haness rode West Coast Equine Partners’ Cavaletto Loma Z in the $49,900 USHJA International Hunter Derby and things didn’t go too well. They started out strong, with “Cavaletto” finishing second in the classic round, but when he slipped on the grass field in Round 2, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Perrigo U.S. Para Dressage Team at the CPEDI3* at Adequan Global Dressage Festival 9, running today through Sunday in Wellington, Florida. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline. The following athlete-and-horse combinations are listed in alphabetical order: • Beatrice […]
Elisabeth “Pansy” Ireland Poe’s membership in the U.S. Polo Association may have been short-lived, but it was also groundbreaking. She registered with the USPA using only her initials to hide the fact that she was a woman and played on men’s teams 50 years before females were granted admittance to the organization. When her identity […]
Professional rider and trainer Halie Robinson had no qualms about going first in the $50,000 Valencia Saddlery 3’3” Pro Eq Challenge class Friday, March 1, at Desert International Horse Park (California), even though it meant setting a standard to top the nearly 50 riders to follow. “I thought the first-round course was really simple and […]
Cedric, Laura Kraut’s gold medal Olympic mount, was inducted March 3 into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, along with Francisco “Pancho” Lopez, longtime barn manager for Katie Monahan Prudent and then Elise Haas. Induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame is an honor bestowed annually upon individuals whose contributions to the sport have […]
My hands tightened, and my jaw clenched. The horse under me was trying to keep his cool, although our baser instincts were moving toward fight (me) and flight (him). The trigger of this brace was a warm-up arena that contained 15 horses and looked like a playground where 4-year-olds have been given Pop Rocks chased […]
The field for the inaugural Longines League of Nations to be held in Ocala, Florida, includes eight of the top 10, and 15 of the top 20, riders in the latest world rankings. With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games looming ever larger on the horizon, this leg looks set to be a serious test of […]
Nine years ago, Shelly Francis watched an unbroken, black 3-year-old in his field in Germany. While his athletic gaits impressed her, his breeding also stood out to her. Dante (Danone I—Annabelle, Adiamo 28) shared a dam with her Grand Prix horse Danilo, and it was a line she favors. “He was quite lovely, and I […]
Today we take for granted that equestrian disciplines are 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 in Untacked […]
Horses are known to keep their owners on their toes, and Genevieve Munson’s grand prix jumper Zonderling is no exception to that rule. His Dutch name translates to “eccentric,” and Munson said it fits his personality perfectly. “He’s a very sweet horse, but he’s pretty quirky about some things,” she said. “If you handwalk him, […]
Thermal, Calif.—March 8 In the second week in February, Nick Haness rode West Coast Equine Partners’ Cavaletto Loma Z in the $49,900 USHJA International Hunter Derby and things didn’t go too well. They started out strong, with “Cavaletto” finishing second in the classic round, but when he slipped on the grass field in Round 2, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Perrigo U.S. Para Dressage Team at the CPEDI3* at Adequan Global Dressage Festival 9, running today through Sunday in Wellington, Florida. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline. The following athlete-and-horse combinations are listed in alphabetical order: • Beatrice […]
Elisabeth “Pansy” Ireland Poe’s membership in the U.S. Polo Association may have been short-lived, but it was also groundbreaking. She registered with the USPA using only her initials to hide the fact that she was a woman and played on men’s teams 50 years before females were granted admittance to the organization. When her identity […]
Professional rider and trainer Halie Robinson had no qualms about going first in the $50,000 Valencia Saddlery 3’3” Pro Eq Challenge class Friday, March 1, at Desert International Horse Park (California), even though it meant setting a standard to top the nearly 50 riders to follow. “I thought the first-round course was really simple and […]
Cedric, Laura Kraut’s gold medal Olympic mount, was inducted March 3 into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, along with Francisco “Pancho” Lopez, longtime barn manager for Katie Monahan Prudent and then Elise Haas. Induction into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame is an honor bestowed annually upon individuals whose contributions to the sport have […]
My hands tightened, and my jaw clenched. The horse under me was trying to keep his cool, although our baser instincts were moving toward fight (me) and flight (him). The trigger of this brace was a warm-up arena that contained 15 horses and looked like a playground where 4-year-olds have been given Pop Rocks chased […]
The field for the inaugural Longines League of Nations to be held in Ocala, Florida, includes eight of the top 10, and 15 of the top 20, riders in the latest world rankings. With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games looming ever larger on the horizon, this leg looks set to be a serious test of […]
Nine years ago, Shelly Francis watched an unbroken, black 3-year-old in his field in Germany. While his athletic gaits impressed her, his breeding also stood out to her. Dante (Danone I—Annabelle, Adiamo 28) shared a dam with her Grand Prix horse Danilo, and it was a line she favors. “He was quite lovely, and I […]
Today we take for granted that equestrian disciplines are 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 in Untacked […]
Horses are known to keep their owners on their toes, and Genevieve Munson’s grand prix jumper Zonderling is no exception to that rule. His Dutch name translates to “eccentric,” and Munson said it fits his personality perfectly. “He’s a very sweet horse, but he’s pretty quirky about some things,” she said. “If you handwalk him, […]
