The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced that HH Azur, Double H Farm and McLain Ward’s 18-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare, was voted the 2023 International Horse of the Year, and Paradigm, Meredith Lipke’s 12-year-old warmblood gelding, was voted the 2023 National Horse of the Year by the USEF membership. HH Azur and Paradigm were honored during […]
While recovering from a broken scapula in 2017, upper-level eventer Robyn Fisher started browsing the internet and, as she tells it, somehow ended up with three horses out of Europe. After her impulse buys arrived at her Moorpark, California, base, Fisher realized they were all good dressage quality, and she started to fall more in […]
The U.S. Center for SafeSport this week launched the 2024 Athlete Culture and Climate Survey. The survey is intended to solicit input from adult athletes across all levels of sport related to any experiences of abuse or misconduct while participating in sport in the United States. Survey submissions are anonymous, and the results will be compiled […]
In 2016, Sarah Griffin received an unexpected text message from Malibu, California. It was professional show jumper Jamie Barge, and she was looking for a groom for her two horses at home and on the road. At the time, Griffin was working with kids and ponies at a stable near Newnan, Georgia, where she grew […]
When Dorothy “Dorrie” Douglas mounted MTM Pablo on Saturday ahead of the $100,000 Tipperary Equestrian Grand Prix at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala (Florida), she noticed that something felt different about the 11-year-old Hanoverian. Douglas would know: He’s one of her favorites among the horses she trains just down the road from WEC at MTM Farm. […]
Grand Prix dressage horse Sagacious HF died over the weekend, at age 24. The Dutch Warmblood gelding had an enduring career in which he took multiple riders to Grand Prix, including Lauren Sammis, Caroline Roffman and Chase Hickok, before becoming a schoolmaster for younger riders Alessandra Ferrucci and Jordan Lockwood. He last showed in 2022, […]
As far back as Taylor Flury can remember, her mother, Janet Bali, encouraged her daughter’s love of horses and desire to work in the industry. But there was always one caveat: Bali pushed Flury to look beyond her personal aspirations to see the bigger picture and consider her purpose. “When I was younger, and I […]
The final day of the 2024 USEF Horsemastership Training Series in Wellington, Florida, concluded Sunday with the 11 participating young riders putting their newly honed skills to the test in two Nations Cup-style rounds over a 1.25- to 1.30-meter course. The ring was divided into a show ring and a schooling ring, which consisted of […]
“Freak” is the word most used to describe Jennie Brannigan’s five-star eventer, FE Lifestyle. The 13-year-old gelding (Leo Von Faelz—Berina A, Brandenburger) was bred in Germany to be a show jumper—but no one told him his destiny was to stay inside the ring and jump short courses. “It’s a freak that he is the event […]
Standing in the midst of her gymnastics course, show jumping legend Katie Prudent put her hand up to her purple visor to block out the sun as she squinted up at six young riders trotting around her. Her floral shirt blew in the warm breeze, and she took a deep breath before she spoke. “You […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced that HH Azur, Double H Farm and McLain Ward’s 18-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare, was voted the 2023 International Horse of the Year, and Paradigm, Meredith Lipke’s 12-year-old warmblood gelding, was voted the 2023 National Horse of the Year by the USEF membership. HH Azur and Paradigm were honored during […]
While recovering from a broken scapula in 2017, upper-level eventer Robyn Fisher started browsing the internet and, as she tells it, somehow ended up with three horses out of Europe. After her impulse buys arrived at her Moorpark, California, base, Fisher realized they were all good dressage quality, and she started to fall more in […]
The U.S. Center for SafeSport this week launched the 2024 Athlete Culture and Climate Survey. The survey is intended to solicit input from adult athletes across all levels of sport related to any experiences of abuse or misconduct while participating in sport in the United States. Survey submissions are anonymous, and the results will be compiled […]
In 2016, Sarah Griffin received an unexpected text message from Malibu, California. It was professional show jumper Jamie Barge, and she was looking for a groom for her two horses at home and on the road. At the time, Griffin was working with kids and ponies at a stable near Newnan, Georgia, where she grew […]
When Dorothy “Dorrie” Douglas mounted MTM Pablo on Saturday ahead of the $100,000 Tipperary Equestrian Grand Prix at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala (Florida), she noticed that something felt different about the 11-year-old Hanoverian. Douglas would know: He’s one of her favorites among the horses she trains just down the road from WEC at MTM Farm. […]
Grand Prix dressage horse Sagacious HF died over the weekend, at age 24. The Dutch Warmblood gelding had an enduring career in which he took multiple riders to Grand Prix, including Lauren Sammis, Caroline Roffman and Chase Hickok, before becoming a schoolmaster for younger riders Alessandra Ferrucci and Jordan Lockwood. He last showed in 2022, […]
As far back as Taylor Flury can remember, her mother, Janet Bali, encouraged her daughter’s love of horses and desire to work in the industry. But there was always one caveat: Bali pushed Flury to look beyond her personal aspirations to see the bigger picture and consider her purpose. “When I was younger, and I […]
The final day of the 2024 USEF Horsemastership Training Series in Wellington, Florida, concluded Sunday with the 11 participating young riders putting their newly honed skills to the test in two Nations Cup-style rounds over a 1.25- to 1.30-meter course. The ring was divided into a show ring and a schooling ring, which consisted of […]
“Freak” is the word most used to describe Jennie Brannigan’s five-star eventer, FE Lifestyle. The 13-year-old gelding (Leo Von Faelz—Berina A, Brandenburger) was bred in Germany to be a show jumper—but no one told him his destiny was to stay inside the ring and jump short courses. “It’s a freak that he is the event […]
Standing in the midst of her gymnastics course, show jumping legend Katie Prudent put her hand up to her purple visor to block out the sun as she squinted up at six young riders trotting around her. Her floral shirt blew in the warm breeze, and she took a deep breath before she spoke. “You […]
