At Kimmy Risser’s breeding and training farm, Hickory Manor in Paris, Kentucky, leggy Thoroughbred and warmblood mares graze beside sport horse babies with reasonably sized ears—notable, because the breeder is the voice behind a recent rule change proposal to admit mules into U.S. Hunter Jumper Association hunter and hunter equitation divisions. Risser isn’t planning to […]
Ocala, Florida-based jumper trainer Jerry Aguilar is facing felony charges for allegedly soliciting a 13-year-old student for sex over text messages. He was arrested Sept. 22 and was given an interim suspension by the U.S. Center for Safe Sport and the U.S. Equestrian Federation on Friday, Oct. 6. Aguilar was arrested after the teen’s mother […]
Two U.S. athletes, dressage rider Christian Simonson and jumper Mimi Gochman, are among the nominees for this year’s FEI Awards. Both were nominated for the Longines FEI Rising Star award, which “spotlights young talents who have already left their mark on the equestrian landscape.” That is one of just four categories featured in this year’s awards. Online […]
Alison O’Dwyer has had a remarkable string of successes in her four trips to the Thoroughbred Makeover, winning the dressage division three times. But this year, she found what she really wanted in a Makeover mount, in two very different horses. “I had said for a couple years, I’d say to my friends and people […]
The fallout from forged medical documents continues for Eric Lamaze, as those involved in litigation against the retired Olympic show jumper seek redress. The Fédération Equestre Internationale announced Monday, Oct. 9, that it has suspended Lamaze for four years, beginning Sept. 12, because he submitted fake documents purportedly related to his alleged cancer treatment. The documents were […]
Billed as the largest Thoroughbred retraining competition in the world for recently retired race horses, the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium is now in its ninth year at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. About 400 horses are descending on the horse park this week to compete in up to two of 10 disciplines, […]
The leaves are starting to fade to a golden hue in the mid-Atlantic, and there’s a slight chill in the air, which means it’s time for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. What started as a four-day show in Harrisburg in 1946 has expanded to 10 days of competition, which includes multiple national championships and plenty […]
A horse died Oct. 7 while competing in the cross-country phase of the Apple Knoll Farm Horse Trials in Millis, Massachusetts, organizers announced Saturday. Ready To Rumble, a 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Central Banker—Songandapsalm) owned and ridden by Rachel Stankaitis, was competing in the training division and died after impact with Fence 19B during the cross-country […]
After three years and three appearances with steadily improving placings in the final four, Luke Jensen finally got his win in the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East. Jensen, Denton, Texas, who finished fourth in 2021 and second in 2022, delivered a performance in the final-four ride-off that lifted him to the championship Sunday at […]
Kate Conover doesn’t normally make qualifying for the $25,000 World Championship Hunter Rider Professional Finals a major focus of her competition calendar, but that changed in 2023. “My brother passed away in January, and I kind of just changed my focus to riding for my family,” Conover said. That focus served her well during the […]
At Kimmy Risser’s breeding and training farm, Hickory Manor in Paris, Kentucky, leggy Thoroughbred and warmblood mares graze beside sport horse babies with reasonably sized ears—notable, because the breeder is the voice behind a recent rule change proposal to admit mules into U.S. Hunter Jumper Association hunter and hunter equitation divisions. Risser isn’t planning to […]
Ocala, Florida-based jumper trainer Jerry Aguilar is facing felony charges for allegedly soliciting a 13-year-old student for sex over text messages. He was arrested Sept. 22 and was given an interim suspension by the U.S. Center for Safe Sport and the U.S. Equestrian Federation on Friday, Oct. 6. Aguilar was arrested after the teen’s mother […]
Two U.S. athletes, dressage rider Christian Simonson and jumper Mimi Gochman, are among the nominees for this year’s FEI Awards. Both were nominated for the Longines FEI Rising Star award, which “spotlights young talents who have already left their mark on the equestrian landscape.” That is one of just four categories featured in this year’s awards. Online […]
Alison O’Dwyer has had a remarkable string of successes in her four trips to the Thoroughbred Makeover, winning the dressage division three times. But this year, she found what she really wanted in a Makeover mount, in two very different horses. “I had said for a couple years, I’d say to my friends and people […]
The fallout from forged medical documents continues for Eric Lamaze, as those involved in litigation against the retired Olympic show jumper seek redress. The Fédération Equestre Internationale announced Monday, Oct. 9, that it has suspended Lamaze for four years, beginning Sept. 12, because he submitted fake documents purportedly related to his alleged cancer treatment. The documents were […]
Billed as the largest Thoroughbred retraining competition in the world for recently retired race horses, the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium is now in its ninth year at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. About 400 horses are descending on the horse park this week to compete in up to two of 10 disciplines, […]
The leaves are starting to fade to a golden hue in the mid-Atlantic, and there’s a slight chill in the air, which means it’s time for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. What started as a four-day show in Harrisburg in 1946 has expanded to 10 days of competition, which includes multiple national championships and plenty […]
A horse died Oct. 7 while competing in the cross-country phase of the Apple Knoll Farm Horse Trials in Millis, Massachusetts, organizers announced Saturday. Ready To Rumble, a 7-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Central Banker—Songandapsalm) owned and ridden by Rachel Stankaitis, was competing in the training division and died after impact with Fence 19B during the cross-country […]
After three years and three appearances with steadily improving placings in the final four, Luke Jensen finally got his win in the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East. Jensen, Denton, Texas, who finished fourth in 2021 and second in 2022, delivered a performance in the final-four ride-off that lifted him to the championship Sunday at […]
Kate Conover doesn’t normally make qualifying for the $25,000 World Championship Hunter Rider Professional Finals a major focus of her competition calendar, but that changed in 2023. “My brother passed away in January, and I kind of just changed my focus to riding for my family,” Conover said. That focus served her well during the […]
