Omaha, Neb.—April 4 A dozen U.S. riders are ready for the start of the FEI World Cup Finals after all horses passed the show jumping and dressage horse inspections at the CHI Health Center Arena. Ten U.S. horses were presented successfully during the show jumping inspection, held Monday afternoon, before moving on to ring familiarization […]
Omaha, Neb.—April 4 The 2023 Longines FEI Show Jumping and FEI Dressage World Cup Finals are taking place this week, April 4-8, in Omaha, Nebraska. The Chronicle has a reporter on the ground, so follow along with our coverage through Saturday night. Here’s what you need to know: When? • The Show Jumping Schedule The […]
In the first part of this series, I discussed how anxiety can take away much of the joy we experience with our horses. We looked specifically at how anxiety develops and how we keep it going. Now let’s look at how you can conquer anxiety with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The process of CBT for […]
Germany’s Richard Vogel ended his Florida season with an exclamation point, taking the win in the $500,000 Rolex CSI5* Grand Prix during the final “Saturday Night Lights” of the 2023 Winter Equestrian Festival at Wellington International. Vogel expertly guided Cepano Baloubet, a 9-year-old German Sporthorse (Chaman—Soleil, Stakkato’s Highlight) owned by Coleridge Equestrian BV, to a victory in […]
We ride and show our horses because we love them. We love the sport, riding and being part of the horse community. However, anxiety can take away much of this joy and limit the pursuit of our passions and goals. I can’t tell you how many equestrians I know who want to show but never […]
When the Fédération Equestre Internationale awarded the 2017 World Cup Finals to Omaha, Nebraska, I was one of the many people who were surprised at the move from Las Vegas, which had been our American go-to venue for several previous years. And what a completely different experience from the glitzy city of gambling it was! […]
As Simonne Berg left the arena in Las Vegas in 2021, her groom and friend Brent Kuylen dropped a giant statement on her. “He said to me, ‘I think we can qualify for Omaha in 2023,’ ” recalled Berg. Berg had just completed her first 1.60-meter course—and first World Cup qualifier class—in the $150,000 Longines […]
The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final returns to Omaha this year, taking place April 4-8. We’re looking back at the last time Nebraska hosted the event, in 2017, when U.S. rider McLain Ward won with HH Azur. Omaha, Neb.—April 2 McLain Ward laughed as he watched the video of his last fence in the […]
When Bethany Pastorial first arrived on a Wellington, Florida, property for a regular photoshoot, it wasn’t the picturesque palm trees or the elegant dressage horses that first caught her eye. She noticed an opportunity—in the form of a small hacking hill—and it was one she couldn’t pass up. “I had always had this image in my […]
Too many trainers are afraid to tell parents what they need to hear because they are worried they might lose them as a client.
Omaha, Neb.—April 4 A dozen U.S. riders are ready for the start of the FEI World Cup Finals after all horses passed the show jumping and dressage horse inspections at the CHI Health Center Arena. Ten U.S. horses were presented successfully during the show jumping inspection, held Monday afternoon, before moving on to ring familiarization […]
Omaha, Neb.—April 4 The 2023 Longines FEI Show Jumping and FEI Dressage World Cup Finals are taking place this week, April 4-8, in Omaha, Nebraska. The Chronicle has a reporter on the ground, so follow along with our coverage through Saturday night. Here’s what you need to know: When? • The Show Jumping Schedule The […]
In the first part of this series, I discussed how anxiety can take away much of the joy we experience with our horses. We looked specifically at how anxiety develops and how we keep it going. Now let’s look at how you can conquer anxiety with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The process of CBT for […]
Germany’s Richard Vogel ended his Florida season with an exclamation point, taking the win in the $500,000 Rolex CSI5* Grand Prix during the final “Saturday Night Lights” of the 2023 Winter Equestrian Festival at Wellington International. Vogel expertly guided Cepano Baloubet, a 9-year-old German Sporthorse (Chaman—Soleil, Stakkato’s Highlight) owned by Coleridge Equestrian BV, to a victory in […]
We ride and show our horses because we love them. We love the sport, riding and being part of the horse community. However, anxiety can take away much of this joy and limit the pursuit of our passions and goals. I can’t tell you how many equestrians I know who want to show but never […]
When the Fédération Equestre Internationale awarded the 2017 World Cup Finals to Omaha, Nebraska, I was one of the many people who were surprised at the move from Las Vegas, which had been our American go-to venue for several previous years. And what a completely different experience from the glitzy city of gambling it was! […]
As Simonne Berg left the arena in Las Vegas in 2021, her groom and friend Brent Kuylen dropped a giant statement on her. “He said to me, ‘I think we can qualify for Omaha in 2023,’ ” recalled Berg. Berg had just completed her first 1.60-meter course—and first World Cup qualifier class—in the $150,000 Longines […]
The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final returns to Omaha this year, taking place April 4-8. We’re looking back at the last time Nebraska hosted the event, in 2017, when U.S. rider McLain Ward won with HH Azur. Omaha, Neb.—April 2 McLain Ward laughed as he watched the video of his last fence in the […]
When Bethany Pastorial first arrived on a Wellington, Florida, property for a regular photoshoot, it wasn’t the picturesque palm trees or the elegant dressage horses that first caught her eye. She noticed an opportunity—in the form of a small hacking hill—and it was one she couldn’t pass up. “I had always had this image in my […]
