If you ask Evi Strasser, there’s only one thing that could beat standing on a podium at an international championship: standing there next to your daughter. That’s just what she and Tanya Strasser-Shostak are hoping to do at this fall’s Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. “Most Grand Prix riders are retired by the time […]
I’m in the thick of raising young horsewomen—I’ve got four daughters who ride (eek), the oldest of whom is now 13. I’ve messed up big-time along the way, so I’m sharing what I’ve learned so far. I hope my hot tips might help you support your daughter in becoming more than a rider, plus save […]
Between her tall boots and his cowboy hat, they might look like an equestrian odd couple, but Hunter Holloway and Dylan Gamble’s outlook on horses is remarkably compatible. Holloway grew up on the hunter/jumper circuit while Gamble was raised on a Montana cattle ranch. Today, the young couple blends their starkly different backgrounds to develop well-rounded, agile jumpers […]
Back in 2018, a campus introduction between a second-semester student who loved horse racing and a horse-loving administrator at Harford Community College (Maryland) started the wheels in motion for that student, Dominick Merritt, to turn his passion into a vocation. Educator Jennie Towner blogged about the experience then. Now, five years later, Merritt, 25, is sharing what […]
My horse was crossing the vast expanse of the most beautiful polo field I’d ever seen. But in that moment my eyes couldn’t take in the vibrantly green and perfectly manicured grass or the mountains that loomed in the background. Instead I was laser focused on one thing: the little white ball now just a […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been named to the short list for the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2023 Santiago Pan American Games. The dressage portion of equestrian competition will run Oct. 22-23 and 25 in Santiago, Chile. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to the U.S. Dressage […]
Amateur rider Danielle Flavin and her mother and trainer, Leann Kelly, have a ritual whenever Flavin heads into the show ring: Kelly calls to her daughter, “have fun,” and Flavin responds, “heels down, thumbs up.” “It’s basically as simple as it gets,” Flavin said. “That’s what you tell a beginner in their first lesson. But […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Great Britain at the Royal International Horse Show CSIO5*, in Hassocks, England,July 25-30. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. The following athletes have been named to the NetJets U.S. […]
It’s about that time in the journey when the trials and tribulations of competitors and horses aiming for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover are really beginning to form interesting stories. Although there are certainly the cases where some trainers are just starting a horse, most of us are past the introduction period and into […]
The former student of convicted sex offender Dylan Harries, a hunter/jumper trainer formerly based in Cypress, Texas, and deported to his home country of New Zealand after his March conviction, on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages from Harries, his ex-wife, and entities including the U.S. Equestrian Federation and […]
If you ask Evi Strasser, there’s only one thing that could beat standing on a podium at an international championship: standing there next to your daughter. That’s just what she and Tanya Strasser-Shostak are hoping to do at this fall’s Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. “Most Grand Prix riders are retired by the time […]
I’m in the thick of raising young horsewomen—I’ve got four daughters who ride (eek), the oldest of whom is now 13. I’ve messed up big-time along the way, so I’m sharing what I’ve learned so far. I hope my hot tips might help you support your daughter in becoming more than a rider, plus save […]
Between her tall boots and his cowboy hat, they might look like an equestrian odd couple, but Hunter Holloway and Dylan Gamble’s outlook on horses is remarkably compatible. Holloway grew up on the hunter/jumper circuit while Gamble was raised on a Montana cattle ranch. Today, the young couple blends their starkly different backgrounds to develop well-rounded, agile jumpers […]
Back in 2018, a campus introduction between a second-semester student who loved horse racing and a horse-loving administrator at Harford Community College (Maryland) started the wheels in motion for that student, Dominick Merritt, to turn his passion into a vocation. Educator Jennie Towner blogged about the experience then. Now, five years later, Merritt, 25, is sharing what […]
My horse was crossing the vast expanse of the most beautiful polo field I’d ever seen. But in that moment my eyes couldn’t take in the vibrantly green and perfectly manicured grass or the mountains that loomed in the background. Instead I was laser focused on one thing: the little white ball now just a […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been named to the short list for the U.S. Dressage Team for the 2023 Santiago Pan American Games. The dressage portion of equestrian competition will run Oct. 22-23 and 25 in Santiago, Chile. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been named to the U.S. Dressage […]
Amateur rider Danielle Flavin and her mother and trainer, Leann Kelly, have a ritual whenever Flavin heads into the show ring: Kelly calls to her daughter, “have fun,” and Flavin responds, “heels down, thumbs up.” “It’s basically as simple as it gets,” Flavin said. “That’s what you tell a beginner in their first lesson. But […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Great Britain at the Royal International Horse Show CSIO5*, in Hassocks, England,July 25-30. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. The following athletes have been named to the NetJets U.S. […]
It’s about that time in the journey when the trials and tribulations of competitors and horses aiming for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover are really beginning to form interesting stories. Although there are certainly the cases where some trainers are just starting a horse, most of us are past the introduction period and into […]
The former student of convicted sex offender Dylan Harries, a hunter/jumper trainer formerly based in Cypress, Texas, and deported to his home country of New Zealand after his March conviction, on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages from Harries, his ex-wife, and entities including the U.S. Equestrian Federation and […]
