Meredith Ferraris is a planner. You have to be organized when you’re the top groom of five-star eventer Ariel Grald, who travels nationally and internationally throughout the year. Grald, too, is generally cautious and sensible. That’s the irony of their origin story: The rider and groom came together in an uncharacteristically impulsive moment. “We had […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale this week released details about the Longines League of Nations, a new series that will replace the current Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup circuit. The new league will pit the world’s top 10 countries against one another, with four qualifying legs of the tour and a final confirmed for the 2024-2027 […]
Last year, Sharon White took a hard look at her plans with her advanced partner Claus 63. The pair had a couple of falls at water jumps, and she began wondering whether something was wrong. “You make up stories like it’s going out of style, and it’s actually about being practical about what’s really happening,” […]
Equestrian Canada announced Canadian Olympic event rider Rebecca Howard as the new technical advisor to Canada’s national eventing team on Aug. 1. In this role, Howard will work closely with the EC High Performance Advisory Group, Eventing to further develop the country’s eventing programs with an eye to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The technical […]
Every rider has “that” moment, the one when things have gone wrong, and you know gravity is just about to unceremoniously part you from your horse’s back. Eventer Molly Koch experienced that moment a few fences from home on cross-country at the Horse Park Of New Jersey Horse Trials II, July 22-23, but impressively managed […]
Here in Phoenix, we just finished a record-setting July. It was the all-time hottest month ever, with an average daily temperature of 102.7º. (The previous record was set in August 2020, with an average daily temperature of 99.1º.) We also set records for the most consecutive days hitting 110º or higher (31), the most days […]
The organizing committee of Bromont Horse Trials announced Tuesday their withdrawal from the FEI Eventing Nations Cup series for 2023. The minimum requirements to run an eventing Nations Cup stipulate the participation of three teams, and with just days left to the entry deadline, only Canada and the United States had confirmed their participation. While teams […]
U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Knowlton kicked off a rescheduled USHJA Town Hall webinar Monday evening by reminding participants about a rule change just approved by the U.S. Equestrian Federation board of directors at its mid-year meeting: All horses in schooling areas, exercising areas and longeing areas now are required to wear their numbers, […]
When Phyllis Kimber retired her longtime equine partner to pasture nearly four years ago, she knew she couldn’t afford to purchase a new mount while still financially supporting him. Instead, she began leasing a “sweet, sweet” older horse named “Showdown,” owned by her trainer, Stephen Pellett of Meadow Hill Farm in Pebble Beach, California. Now, […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Nominating Committee, having reviewed and considered the nominations for the position of president of USHJA, has put forward DiAnn Langer and Britt McCormick as the official nominees for office of the president. The USHJA board of directors will meet on Sept. 11 to elect USHJA’s next president, who will take […]
Meredith Ferraris is a planner. You have to be organized when you’re the top groom of five-star eventer Ariel Grald, who travels nationally and internationally throughout the year. Grald, too, is generally cautious and sensible. That’s the irony of their origin story: The rider and groom came together in an uncharacteristically impulsive moment. “We had […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale this week released details about the Longines League of Nations, a new series that will replace the current Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup circuit. The new league will pit the world’s top 10 countries against one another, with four qualifying legs of the tour and a final confirmed for the 2024-2027 […]
Last year, Sharon White took a hard look at her plans with her advanced partner Claus 63. The pair had a couple of falls at water jumps, and she began wondering whether something was wrong. “You make up stories like it’s going out of style, and it’s actually about being practical about what’s really happening,” […]
Equestrian Canada announced Canadian Olympic event rider Rebecca Howard as the new technical advisor to Canada’s national eventing team on Aug. 1. In this role, Howard will work closely with the EC High Performance Advisory Group, Eventing to further develop the country’s eventing programs with an eye to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The technical […]
Every rider has “that” moment, the one when things have gone wrong, and you know gravity is just about to unceremoniously part you from your horse’s back. Eventer Molly Koch experienced that moment a few fences from home on cross-country at the Horse Park Of New Jersey Horse Trials II, July 22-23, but impressively managed […]
Here in Phoenix, we just finished a record-setting July. It was the all-time hottest month ever, with an average daily temperature of 102.7º. (The previous record was set in August 2020, with an average daily temperature of 99.1º.) We also set records for the most consecutive days hitting 110º or higher (31), the most days […]
The organizing committee of Bromont Horse Trials announced Tuesday their withdrawal from the FEI Eventing Nations Cup series for 2023. The minimum requirements to run an eventing Nations Cup stipulate the participation of three teams, and with just days left to the entry deadline, only Canada and the United States had confirmed their participation. While teams […]
U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Knowlton kicked off a rescheduled USHJA Town Hall webinar Monday evening by reminding participants about a rule change just approved by the U.S. Equestrian Federation board of directors at its mid-year meeting: All horses in schooling areas, exercising areas and longeing areas now are required to wear their numbers, […]
When Phyllis Kimber retired her longtime equine partner to pasture nearly four years ago, she knew she couldn’t afford to purchase a new mount while still financially supporting him. Instead, she began leasing a “sweet, sweet” older horse named “Showdown,” owned by her trainer, Stephen Pellett of Meadow Hill Farm in Pebble Beach, California. Now, […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Nominating Committee, having reviewed and considered the nominations for the position of president of USHJA, has put forward DiAnn Langer and Britt McCormick as the official nominees for office of the president. The USHJA board of directors will meet on Sept. 11 to elect USHJA’s next president, who will take […]
