The United States Equestrian Team Foundation presented the organization’s three most prestigious awards to W. James McNerney, Jr., Zayna Rizvi and McLain Ward during the USET Foundation’s “Victory in Versailles” Benefit Gala held on Jan. 19, at Five Rings Farm in Wellington, Florida. Zayna Rizvi Named Recipient of Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy Rizvi, 19, was awarded […]
Tuesday was the first of three evenings of meetings the Village of Wellington (Florida) council is holding to consider proposed zoning changes that could pave the way for expanded show grounds at Wellington International. For five hours, the five-member council listened to presentations before a packed house, with many members of the audience wearing red […]
The U.S. team has been named for the kick-off competition in the new Longines League of Nations series, taking place Feb. 8-11 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Teams for the 10-nation competition, which is replacing the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup circuit, have been confirmed, according to a press release from the Fédération Equestre Internationale. Representing […]
More and more often I find myself asking the same question: Why are we so apathetic when it comes to the governance of our sport? As equestrians, we are lucky that our sport is governed by a system that relies heavily on the input and work of volunteers at every level, from the local club […]
In a series of meetings being held this week, the Wellington Village Council in Florida is set to take a final vote on plans that could dramatically alter the show facilities that host the Winter Equestrian Festival and the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The meetings, which begin tonight and continue Wednesday and Thursday evenings, are […]
Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival came to a peak on the Equestrian Village derby field Sunday, Jan. 21, with the $140,000 Keyflow Feeds USA CSI3* Grand Prix. Germany’s Richard Vogel returned to familiar territory after a banner year at Wellington International in 2023, and he stormed to victory aboard Cydello, winning the jump-off by more […]
Eventing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is likely to look different than it does now, as the Fédération Equestre Internationale works to safeguard the sport’s place in the Games. Although the FEI had announced in October “that the equestrian disciplines at competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be on the Los Angeles […]
Last week in Western Pennsylvania, the highs were barely in the teens. The lows overnight were hovering around zero, and the windchill far below that. For both horse and human, it was too cold to ride especially when the average age of my lesson horses is around 20, and my students’ about 8. On days […]
From a young age, Ellen Ziemer was enthralled by biology. While Punnett squares, the diagrams used to predict genotypes for specific traits, were just a standard part of grade school science classes for most of her classmates, Ziemer found genetics fascinating. So it’s no surprise that breeding horses became a lifelong passion. “I’ve always been […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has removed “problematic clips that were not aligned with our values” from archived video of a gymnastics clinic conducted by U.S. show jumping team veteran Katie Prudent, a spokeswoman for the federation said this week. The action was in response to complaints the USEF received after a 2.5-minute video compilation of soundbites from […]
The United States Equestrian Team Foundation presented the organization’s three most prestigious awards to W. James McNerney, Jr., Zayna Rizvi and McLain Ward during the USET Foundation’s “Victory in Versailles” Benefit Gala held on Jan. 19, at Five Rings Farm in Wellington, Florida. Zayna Rizvi Named Recipient of Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy Rizvi, 19, was awarded […]
Tuesday was the first of three evenings of meetings the Village of Wellington (Florida) council is holding to consider proposed zoning changes that could pave the way for expanded show grounds at Wellington International. For five hours, the five-member council listened to presentations before a packed house, with many members of the audience wearing red […]
The U.S. team has been named for the kick-off competition in the new Longines League of Nations series, taking place Feb. 8-11 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Teams for the 10-nation competition, which is replacing the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup circuit, have been confirmed, according to a press release from the Fédération Equestre Internationale. Representing […]
More and more often I find myself asking the same question: Why are we so apathetic when it comes to the governance of our sport? As equestrians, we are lucky that our sport is governed by a system that relies heavily on the input and work of volunteers at every level, from the local club […]
In a series of meetings being held this week, the Wellington Village Council in Florida is set to take a final vote on plans that could dramatically alter the show facilities that host the Winter Equestrian Festival and the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The meetings, which begin tonight and continue Wednesday and Thursday evenings, are […]
Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival came to a peak on the Equestrian Village derby field Sunday, Jan. 21, with the $140,000 Keyflow Feeds USA CSI3* Grand Prix. Germany’s Richard Vogel returned to familiar territory after a banner year at Wellington International in 2023, and he stormed to victory aboard Cydello, winning the jump-off by more […]
Eventing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is likely to look different than it does now, as the Fédération Equestre Internationale works to safeguard the sport’s place in the Games. Although the FEI had announced in October “that the equestrian disciplines at competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be on the Los Angeles […]
Last week in Western Pennsylvania, the highs were barely in the teens. The lows overnight were hovering around zero, and the windchill far below that. For both horse and human, it was too cold to ride especially when the average age of my lesson horses is around 20, and my students’ about 8. On days […]
From a young age, Ellen Ziemer was enthralled by biology. While Punnett squares, the diagrams used to predict genotypes for specific traits, were just a standard part of grade school science classes for most of her classmates, Ziemer found genetics fascinating. So it’s no surprise that breeding horses became a lifelong passion. “I’ve always been […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has removed “problematic clips that were not aligned with our values” from archived video of a gymnastics clinic conducted by U.S. show jumping team veteran Katie Prudent, a spokeswoman for the federation said this week. The action was in response to complaints the USEF received after a 2.5-minute video compilation of soundbites from […]
