Coming to Lexington for the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park? While the marquee five-star event offers plentiful entertainment on its own, between some of the world’s best eventers, a massive trade fair and even a recently added show jumping grand prix, there are still more things to do when you […]
Equitation classes in the United States are often used as stepping stones to the upper levels of hunter and jumper competition. Yet, as a spectator at some of the 2022 year-end equitation championships, I was struck by how far the sport has deviated from its origins and how our horses are paying the price. As […]
Jim Wofford, who died Feb. 2 of pancreatic cancer, will be remembered next week during the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event—a competition he was a fixture at for decades as an athlete, coach or commentator—with a memorial service at 6 p.m. April 27 at Spindletop Hall in Lexington. Here, we share memories of him […]
When her husband first suggested Courtney Lenkart try Glorieus in a hunter derby at Pin Oak in 2019, she was hesitant. Scott Lenkart had been showing the stallion in 1.40-meter jumper classes but felt the big bay wasn’t ready to step up to grand prix just yet. However, with three top-dollar hunter derbies offered at […]
In the wake of Hunter Holloway’s breakout performance earlier this month at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final, where the 26-year-old finished third aboard Pepita Con Spita and was the top-placed U.S. rider, we’re looking back at the Topeka, Kansas-based rider’s very first grand prix win. Which, by the way, happened at age 12. Hunter […]
Like thousands of other eventing enthusiasts, Jeanne Shigo makes the pilgrimage every spring to watch the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. She’s bound for the Bluegrass State again next week, but this time it’s going to be a very different experience. “I’ve been going to Kentucky for a really long time as a spectator. To […]
PAID PROMOTION Between his preparations for the FEI World Cup Finals, show jumping rider Harrie Smolders was busy selecting the best up-and-coming talents for the highly anticipated SLF Auction. He hosts the online auction together with his friends and fellow horsemen Walter Lelie and Niels Fabrie. From April 24-26, more than 60 quality horses between […]
Sydney “Syd” Collier made her presence known in the dressage world when, at age 16, when she was named to the U.S. Para-Dressage Team for the 2014 Alltech World Equestrian Games (France) and was the youngest competitor at those championships. Two years later, she made her Paralympic debut in Rio de Janeiro—again as the youngest […]
Are people interested in running a 3’3” and 3’6” amateur hunter division without an ownership requirement at a proposed 2025 USHJA Amateur Hunter Championship? U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Knowlton asked that question to a group of 208 attendees at a USHJA Town Hall held April 17 via Zoom. The answer? A resounding no. […]
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Coming to Lexington for the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park? While the marquee five-star event offers plentiful entertainment on its own, between some of the world’s best eventers, a massive trade fair and even a recently added show jumping grand prix, there are still more things to do when you […]
Equitation classes in the United States are often used as stepping stones to the upper levels of hunter and jumper competition. Yet, as a spectator at some of the 2022 year-end equitation championships, I was struck by how far the sport has deviated from its origins and how our horses are paying the price. As […]
Jim Wofford, who died Feb. 2 of pancreatic cancer, will be remembered next week during the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event—a competition he was a fixture at for decades as an athlete, coach or commentator—with a memorial service at 6 p.m. April 27 at Spindletop Hall in Lexington. Here, we share memories of him […]
When her husband first suggested Courtney Lenkart try Glorieus in a hunter derby at Pin Oak in 2019, she was hesitant. Scott Lenkart had been showing the stallion in 1.40-meter jumper classes but felt the big bay wasn’t ready to step up to grand prix just yet. However, with three top-dollar hunter derbies offered at […]
In the wake of Hunter Holloway’s breakout performance earlier this month at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final, where the 26-year-old finished third aboard Pepita Con Spita and was the top-placed U.S. rider, we’re looking back at the Topeka, Kansas-based rider’s very first grand prix win. Which, by the way, happened at age 12. Hunter […]
Like thousands of other eventing enthusiasts, Jeanne Shigo makes the pilgrimage every spring to watch the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. She’s bound for the Bluegrass State again next week, but this time it’s going to be a very different experience. “I’ve been going to Kentucky for a really long time as a spectator. To […]
Sydney “Syd” Collier made her presence known in the dressage world when, at age 16, when she was named to the U.S. Para-Dressage Team for the 2014 Alltech World Equestrian Games (France) and was the youngest competitor at those championships. Two years later, she made her Paralympic debut in Rio de Janeiro—again as the youngest […]
Are people interested in running a 3’3” and 3’6” amateur hunter division without an ownership requirement at a proposed 2025 USHJA Amateur Hunter Championship? U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Knowlton asked that question to a group of 208 attendees at a USHJA Town Hall held April 17 via Zoom. The answer? A resounding no. […]
