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 […]
ESP Farm’s assistant trainer Molly Allen knew the pressure was on when she saw her head groom, Waldo Cantarero, leading her hunter derby mount Celtic Fire up to the show ring. “Waldo usually stays back in the barn and sends the other guys up with the horses to the rings,” Allen said. “I knew this was […]
Karl Cook proved it’s never over until it’s over. After Kent Farrington, going early in the jump-off order, put in a blazing time aboard Greya that seemed to close the door on his fellow competitors, Cook and his new ride Caracole De La Roque found a window—winning Sunday’s $145,100 CSI3* Grand Prix of Traverse City […]
When Carly Williams isn’t schooling IHSA horses or showing goats, she can be found putting in the hard work that earned her a U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Gochman Grant for this year’s USEF Pony Finals in Lexington, Kentucky, held Aug. 8-13. The 17-year-old from Elfland, North Carolina, trains with Cammie Fielding at Pleasant Hill Farm […]
A month after the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced the launch of a $825,000 project to test equestrian protective vests, fundraising efforts have stalled. In order for the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab to begin the two-year project to research and test current body protectors and air vests on the market, $450,000—half of the funds—must be raised. […]
There’s nothing better than a long summer hack, and with the right gear you can explore your local trails or fields from sunrise until sundown—footloose and bug free. Piper SmartCore Long Sleeve Crew Neck Sun Shirt It sounds contradictory, but it’s true: Sometimes you have to layer up to cool down, and donning a long-sleeved […]
Girl horse meets boy horse. Girl horse falls in love with boy horse. Girl horse and boy horse make a baby. OK. So I knew it wasn’t going to be that easy. For one, Cairo will likely never meet her baby daddy. This isn’t “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” or some Disney movie. This is […]
In honor of this weekend’s Longines Royal International Horse Show (Great Britain), we’re revisiting 2014, when Beezie Madden scored big victories at the competition, including becoming the first woman to win the Longines King George V Gold Cup. She did it with super horse Cortes ‘C’ who died earlier this month at age 21. They […]
Amateur rider Wayne Barr, 59, Wellington, Florida, suffered a fatal accident Saturday, July 22, while competing at the Saratoga Summer Celebration in Stillwater, New York. Barr was riding his horse Pacco, an 8-year-old Belgian Warmblood, in a training jumper class, when the horse had an awkward jump that unseated Barr, resulting in a fall several […]
A pair of mares won grand champion honors in the 2023 Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championship—West on Tuesday in San Juan Capistrano, California. Evermore, an 8-year-old Holsteiner (Dinken—M-Coriella) owned by Tatum Equestrian LLC and ridden by Eleanor Rudnicki, secured the small junior hunter, 16-17, championship and overall grand championship for the 3’6” height after earning formidable […]