Two days after winning team gold at the Pan American Games in Chile, U.S. riders completed their medal set by taking silver and bronze in the individual competition. Brazil’s Stephan de Freitas Barcha won gold. Kent Farrington was the U.S. squad’s breakout star in Friday’s competition, climbing from ninth place going into the day to […]
All three U.S. horses contesting today’s Pan American Games individual show jumping final sailed through Thursday’s horse inspection and are on the start list to jump today in Quillota, Chile. With one gold medal already earned for the United States in Wednesday’s team finals, McLain Ward leads the individual field with Beechwood Stables’ 14-year-old German […]
“A pony walks into a library … ” Is it the foundation of a joke in need of a punch line? The start of a melatonin-induced dream? Or a captivating scene from the National Sporting Library & Museum’s Founders’ Room in Middleburg, Virginia? The latter, as a pony spent several hours a day standing in […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 1 Around the time Meghan Rohrbaugh Bear was receiving her 3’3″ amateur-owner hunter, 36 and over, championship at the National Horse Show in Kentucky, she initially was supposed to be on a plane back to Pennsylvania to prepare for one of her best friend’s weddings. “She’s been very gracious about it, so I’m […]
Team USA rallied from a fifth-placed position after Tuesday’s first round of Pan American Games show jumping competition to take team gold Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Chile. The victory represents the team’s eighth win in the history of the Pan Ams and, more critically, stamps their ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics in their final chance to […]
Brazil’s Marina Azevedo is the first female jumping course designer in the history of the Pan American Games. On Sunday she built the influential eventing show jumping track that shook up the medal standings, and this week she has four courses to create for jumping, including today’s two-round Nations Cup competition that will determine team […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 1 As Chris Payne turned to the last fence in the high performance conformation stake class on Can Can, he kept thinking to himself, “Oh, Chris, don’t screw this up.” The 13-year-old Italian Warmblood (Cascari Della Caccia—Carebella Della Caccia, Canturo) was having a fantastic round, and they just needed to finish without any […]
The U.S. show jumping team is sitting just outside the placing necessary to earn a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics at the conclusion of the first day of show jumping competition in the Pan American Games. The Games, being held in Quillota, Chile, are the team’s last chance to qualify for next year’s Olympics. […]
For most people, equine insurance is a critical component of horse ownership. It is important for horse owners to know that changes in their ownership interest, such as leasing their horse, need to be reported to their insurance carrier. Leased horses present a unique scenario for the horse owner (the lessor) and for the individual […]
There’s an Alden Corrigan black-and-white photo from the 2023 Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship (Kentucky) of John French’s mount Paradigm with his groom, Leo Basualto, in the winner’s circle. Basualto is kissing “Mikey’s” nose as his owner, Meredith Lipke, pats Mikey’s neck in appreciation. French said the picture describes Basualto and Mikey’s […]
Two days after winning team gold at the Pan American Games in Chile, U.S. riders completed their medal set by taking silver and bronze in the individual competition. Brazil’s Stephan de Freitas Barcha won gold. Kent Farrington was the U.S. squad’s breakout star in Friday’s competition, climbing from ninth place going into the day to […]
All three U.S. horses contesting today’s Pan American Games individual show jumping final sailed through Thursday’s horse inspection and are on the start list to jump today in Quillota, Chile. With one gold medal already earned for the United States in Wednesday’s team finals, McLain Ward leads the individual field with Beechwood Stables’ 14-year-old German […]
“A pony walks into a library … ” Is it the foundation of a joke in need of a punch line? The start of a melatonin-induced dream? Or a captivating scene from the National Sporting Library & Museum’s Founders’ Room in Middleburg, Virginia? The latter, as a pony spent several hours a day standing in […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 1 Around the time Meghan Rohrbaugh Bear was receiving her 3’3″ amateur-owner hunter, 36 and over, championship at the National Horse Show in Kentucky, she initially was supposed to be on a plane back to Pennsylvania to prepare for one of her best friend’s weddings. “She’s been very gracious about it, so I’m […]
Team USA rallied from a fifth-placed position after Tuesday’s first round of Pan American Games show jumping competition to take team gold Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Chile. The victory represents the team’s eighth win in the history of the Pan Ams and, more critically, stamps their ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics in their final chance to […]
Brazil’s Marina Azevedo is the first female jumping course designer in the history of the Pan American Games. On Sunday she built the influential eventing show jumping track that shook up the medal standings, and this week she has four courses to create for jumping, including today’s two-round Nations Cup competition that will determine team […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 1 As Chris Payne turned to the last fence in the high performance conformation stake class on Can Can, he kept thinking to himself, “Oh, Chris, don’t screw this up.” The 13-year-old Italian Warmblood (Cascari Della Caccia—Carebella Della Caccia, Canturo) was having a fantastic round, and they just needed to finish without any […]
The U.S. show jumping team is sitting just outside the placing necessary to earn a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics at the conclusion of the first day of show jumping competition in the Pan American Games. The Games, being held in Quillota, Chile, are the team’s last chance to qualify for next year’s Olympics. […]
For most people, equine insurance is a critical component of horse ownership. It is important for horse owners to know that changes in their ownership interest, such as leasing their horse, need to be reported to their insurance carrier. Leased horses present a unique scenario for the horse owner (the lessor) and for the individual […]
There’s an Alden Corrigan black-and-white photo from the 2023 Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship (Kentucky) of John French’s mount Paradigm with his groom, Leo Basualto, in the winner’s circle. Basualto is kissing “Mikey’s” nose as his owner, Meredith Lipke, pats Mikey’s neck in appreciation. French said the picture describes Basualto and Mikey’s […]
