In a grand prix that turned into a two-horse race, it was McLain Ward and Kasper Van Het Hellehof who ultimately came out on top of Friday’s Longines Grand Prix of the United States CSIO5* in San Juan Capistrano, California. The victory was the first five-star win for the pair in their three-year partnership. The […]
If he was human, junior hunter Consent would be a good-vibes-only dude, his owner Kat Fuqua said. “I think ‘Kent’ would probably own a sandwich shop or something somewhere on the beach,” she said. “I think that would definitely be Kent. Just a really genuine, nice person.” While the bay gelding may have a laidback […]
Great Britain’s Oliver Townend has been sanctioned by the Fédération Equestre International for his Sunday cross-country ride at the Badminton CCI5*-L (England) on Swallow Springs. Townend received a recorded warning for “dangerous riding/series of dangerous jumps,” according to the FEI eventing sanctions list. Third out on cross-country riding Paul and Diana Ridgeon’s Swallow Springs, the […]
When Brenda Thoma received a phone call instead of a text from Maple Creek Stables barn manager Kara Micelli on a July evening in 2013, she knew immediately it was something serious. “Kara isn’t an alarmist,” Thoma said. “So if Kara calls, you know there’s something going on.” Micelli reported that Thoma’s 10-year-old Morgan mare, […]
In honor of Ros Canter’s record-setting, 15-point winning margin at the Badminton Horse Trials (England), we’re looking back at another particularly memorable Badminton: 2016, when Germany’s Michael Jung and his remarkable La Biosthetique Sam FBW became the second—and most recent—winners of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. No one has repeated the feat since. This article originally […]
The spring three-day season in the U.S. draws to a close this weekend in North Carolina, where the Tryon International Three-Day Event has taken the place of the erstwhile Jersey Fresh International as the site of the spring’s major CCI4*-L. The event, running today through May 14 at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, […]
Skidmore College (New York) claimed its ninth hunter seat national championship and the Cacchione Cup went, for the first time, to a student from Boston University when collegiate equestrians from across North America convened for the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships, held May 4-7 at the Kentucky Horse Park. Although the Skidmore Thoroughbreds are […]
“He’s probably a horse of a lifetime,” Olympian Laura Kraut said of her Tokyo Olympic partner Baloutinue after their recent performance at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Mexico. “That’s a big statement, because I’ve had some incredible horses.” Baloutinue, a 13-year-old Hanoverian (Balou Du Rouet—Utika, Landor S) gelding owned by St. Bride’s Farm, […]
Badminton Horse Trials organizers announced Monday, May 8, that the horse WSF Carthago, owned by Frank Breach and ridden Fiona Kashel, was humanely euthanized after sustaining an injury Sunday on cross-country. Kashel was eliminated in a fall at Fence 26, the Jubilee Clump Brush. Horse & Hound reported that WSF Carthago was trailered off course […]
In a grand prix that turned into a two-horse race, it was McLain Ward and Kasper Van Het Hellehof who ultimately came out on top of Friday’s Longines Grand Prix of the United States CSIO5* in San Juan Capistrano, California. The victory was the first five-star win for the pair in their three-year partnership. The […]
If he was human, junior hunter Consent would be a good-vibes-only dude, his owner Kat Fuqua said. “I think ‘Kent’ would probably own a sandwich shop or something somewhere on the beach,” she said. “I think that would definitely be Kent. Just a really genuine, nice person.” While the bay gelding may have a laidback […]
Great Britain’s Oliver Townend has been sanctioned by the Fédération Equestre International for his Sunday cross-country ride at the Badminton CCI5*-L (England) on Swallow Springs. Townend received a recorded warning for “dangerous riding/series of dangerous jumps,” according to the FEI eventing sanctions list. Third out on cross-country riding Paul and Diana Ridgeon’s Swallow Springs, the […]
When Brenda Thoma received a phone call instead of a text from Maple Creek Stables barn manager Kara Micelli on a July evening in 2013, she knew immediately it was something serious. “Kara isn’t an alarmist,” Thoma said. “So if Kara calls, you know there’s something going on.” Micelli reported that Thoma’s 10-year-old Morgan mare, […]
In honor of Ros Canter’s record-setting, 15-point winning margin at the Badminton Horse Trials (England), we’re looking back at another particularly memorable Badminton: 2016, when Germany’s Michael Jung and his remarkable La Biosthetique Sam FBW became the second—and most recent—winners of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. No one has repeated the feat since. This article originally […]
The spring three-day season in the U.S. draws to a close this weekend in North Carolina, where the Tryon International Three-Day Event has taken the place of the erstwhile Jersey Fresh International as the site of the spring’s major CCI4*-L. The event, running today through May 14 at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, […]
Our columnist discusses how she manages her teenaged mounts so they’re sound, happy and still in the show ring.
Skidmore College (New York) claimed its ninth hunter seat national championship and the Cacchione Cup went, for the first time, to a student from Boston University when collegiate equestrians from across North America convened for the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships, held May 4-7 at the Kentucky Horse Park. Although the Skidmore Thoroughbreds are […]
“He’s probably a horse of a lifetime,” Olympian Laura Kraut said of her Tokyo Olympic partner Baloutinue after their recent performance at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Mexico. “That’s a big statement, because I’ve had some incredible horses.” Baloutinue, a 13-year-old Hanoverian (Balou Du Rouet—Utika, Landor S) gelding owned by St. Bride’s Farm, […]
Badminton Horse Trials organizers announced Monday, May 8, that the horse WSF Carthago, owned by Frank Breach and ridden Fiona Kashel, was humanely euthanized after sustaining an injury Sunday on cross-country. Kashel was eliminated in a fall at Fence 26, the Jubilee Clump Brush. Horse & Hound reported that WSF Carthago was trailered off course […]
