Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 28 The Washington International has always been a special horse show for Maddie Tosh. Two years ago Tosh won the WIHS Pony Equitation Finals, and earlier this week she rode Twain to a junior hunter title. She finished up this year’s edition of the horse show in style, winning the WIHS Equitation […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 27 Ariana Marnell was wiping away tears as she led Babylon to center ring at the Washington International to accept the grand junior hunter championship, and it’s easy to understand why. A few hours earlier she had decided to forgo the National Horse Show (Kentucky) with that horse and Ocean Road and […]
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* being held this weekend at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline. The following combinations are listed in alphabetical order: • […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 26 At the end of October plenty of people take the opportunity to put on a costume, and grand prix riders are no exception. At the Washington International Horse Show, 19 riders put on their scariest—or silliest—outfits, and grooms got in on the fun decorating their mounts for the annual costume class. […]
Spend any time reading about or discussing the levels of eventing—and how to ensure the safe upward progress of riders and horses through them—and you’ll be reminded that when the U.S. Eventing Association came into existence in 1959 (then as the U.S. Combined Training Association), preliminary was the entry level into the sport. Three-quarters of […]
Stephanie Danhakl had a banner day Wednesday at the Washington International Horse Show, winning the grand amateur-owner 3’6” hunter championship with Bright Side and the grand amateur-owner 3’3” hunter championship with Austen, and being named leading amateur-owner rider. It was a triumphant return to the show ring for Danhakl, who has not competed or seen […]
I was interviewing a top U.S. show jumping team rider recently, and I asked about the challenges of competing for young riders who don’t have affluent parents or connections in the industry. They said something that really rubbed me the wrong way—they said a lot of people use money and lack of wealth as an […]
North Carolina-based Julio Mendoza Loor won individual gold Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Pan American Games. His freestyle aboard Jewel’s Goldstrike earned a score of 87.23%— earning a historic first gold medal for his native Ecuador and setting a personal best for the rider. Brazil’s João Victor Marcari and Feel Good VO (86.16) took silver […]
The Veterinary Corner series, brought to you by Merck Animal Health, features insights from leading veterinarians on some of the most pressing health issues affecting horses today. By Cara Wright, DVM, MS, IVCA, Merck Animal Health Everywhere you look these days, there’s talk about the shortage of veterinarians for both small and large animals. Perhaps […]
A chance meeting on the cross-country course at a young riders’ competition. A random visit to a Louisiana horse trial. A life-changing hookup from her mother’s nail technician. Some might call it serendipity. Dr. Elizabeth Crowder Abbott calls it providence. “I am a woman of science, but I’m also a woman of religion, and I […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 28 The Washington International has always been a special horse show for Maddie Tosh. Two years ago Tosh won the WIHS Pony Equitation Finals, and earlier this week she rode Twain to a junior hunter title. She finished up this year’s edition of the horse show in style, winning the WIHS Equitation […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 27 Ariana Marnell was wiping away tears as she led Babylon to center ring at the Washington International to accept the grand junior hunter championship, and it’s easy to understand why. A few hours earlier she had decided to forgo the National Horse Show (Kentucky) with that horse and Ocean Road and […]
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* being held this weekend at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline. The following combinations are listed in alphabetical order: • […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 26 At the end of October plenty of people take the opportunity to put on a costume, and grand prix riders are no exception. At the Washington International Horse Show, 19 riders put on their scariest—or silliest—outfits, and grooms got in on the fun decorating their mounts for the annual costume class. […]
Spend any time reading about or discussing the levels of eventing—and how to ensure the safe upward progress of riders and horses through them—and you’ll be reminded that when the U.S. Eventing Association came into existence in 1959 (then as the U.S. Combined Training Association), preliminary was the entry level into the sport. Three-quarters of […]
Stephanie Danhakl had a banner day Wednesday at the Washington International Horse Show, winning the grand amateur-owner 3’6” hunter championship with Bright Side and the grand amateur-owner 3’3” hunter championship with Austen, and being named leading amateur-owner rider. It was a triumphant return to the show ring for Danhakl, who has not competed or seen […]
I was interviewing a top U.S. show jumping team rider recently, and I asked about the challenges of competing for young riders who don’t have affluent parents or connections in the industry. They said something that really rubbed me the wrong way—they said a lot of people use money and lack of wealth as an […]
North Carolina-based Julio Mendoza Loor won individual gold Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Pan American Games. His freestyle aboard Jewel’s Goldstrike earned a score of 87.23%— earning a historic first gold medal for his native Ecuador and setting a personal best for the rider. Brazil’s João Victor Marcari and Feel Good VO (86.16) took silver […]
The Veterinary Corner series, brought to you by Merck Animal Health, features insights from leading veterinarians on some of the most pressing health issues affecting horses today. By Cara Wright, DVM, MS, IVCA, Merck Animal Health Everywhere you look these days, there’s talk about the shortage of veterinarians for both small and large animals. Perhaps […]
A chance meeting on the cross-country course at a young riders’ competition. A random visit to a Louisiana horse trial. A life-changing hookup from her mother’s nail technician. Some might call it serendipity. Dr. Elizabeth Crowder Abbott calls it providence. “I am a woman of science, but I’m also a woman of religion, and I […]
