The U.S. Center for SafeSport ruled professional rider and trainer Jeff Campf permanently ineligible to compete on March 1. The reason for the sanction, which is subject to appeal, was sexual misconduct and physical misconduct, and he also has a no-contact directive. Campf, Canby, Oregon, ran Oz Inc. with his wife Shelley Campf until he was […]
Sabine Schut-Kery sometimes struggled to hold back tears while reflecting on the recent retirement of Sanceo, her partner of 14 years and a breakout star of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In many ways, she explained, the decision to transition the 17-year-old stallion to a quieter life at the 1,000-acre Texas ranch of his owners Alice […]
With shows shut down for several months in 2020 due to COVID-19, hunter/jumper rider Maddy Thatcher thought she’d take the extra time at home to really hone her flatwork skills. “I became very interested in flatwork and a true connection to the horse and making them work,” she said. “And in 2021, I wanted to […]
Will Faudree is no stranger to making a comeback. And given the comebacks he’s made in the past—from a brain injury in 1999, a barn fire in 2004 and a broken neck in 2015, for example—his most recent return, from a shattered foot sustained in a cross-country fall last summer, may seem minor by comparison. […]
David “Seymour” Clark didn’t question show manager Oliver Kennedy’s request for help in center ring during the 2011 Capital Challenge Horse Show (Maryland). As far as Clark knew, he was in Maryland for a vacation with longtime boss Phoebe Sheets to see old friends and hang out; but if the show manager needed help, by […]
At January’s U.S. Equestrian Federation Annual Meeting, participants talked extensively about “social license to operate.” The phrase refers to how the world views something, and whether people consider it acceptable in modern society. Google tells me the term originally developed in reference to extraction of natural resources—mining, an industry that is certainly plagued with environmental […]
A decade after he first set foot in Wellington, Florida, Spain’s Pablo Gomez Molina claimed his first Grand Prix wins during Week 7 of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. Making them all the more special, he did so riding Ulises De Ymas, a gelding bred by his sponsors who he has brought along for the […]
PAID PROMOTION Gastric ulcers remain a menace among horses of all ages, breeds, and uses. Because of their prevalence, preventing and treating gastric ulcers remains a priority for those invested in the health and well-being of all horses. Numerous clinical signs of equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) have been identified, including poor appetite, loss of […]
When 13-year-old Alexis “Lexie” Merguerian first met Blissful Sunset, then a scruffy, 3-year-old, 14-hand mare of unknown breeding, the pony didn’t exactly scream upper-level dressage prospect. Little did Merguerian know, she was looking at her future Grand Prix partner. “I definitely didn’t have it in mind, but I just kept going,” said Merguerian, now 29. “She’s […]
When Graeme “Butch” Thomas agreed to a three-week trans-Pacific passage with two mares, he didn’t realize he was heading from his native New Zealand to his new forever home—California. It was 1971, and he was busy walking them each day on the ship’s deck and keeping an eye on one who was growing suspiciously fatter […]
The U.S. Center for SafeSport ruled professional rider and trainer Jeff Campf permanently ineligible to compete on March 1. The reason for the sanction, which is subject to appeal, was sexual misconduct and physical misconduct, and he also has a no-contact directive. Campf, Canby, Oregon, ran Oz Inc. with his wife Shelley Campf until he was […]
Sabine Schut-Kery sometimes struggled to hold back tears while reflecting on the recent retirement of Sanceo, her partner of 14 years and a breakout star of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In many ways, she explained, the decision to transition the 17-year-old stallion to a quieter life at the 1,000-acre Texas ranch of his owners Alice […]
With shows shut down for several months in 2020 due to COVID-19, hunter/jumper rider Maddy Thatcher thought she’d take the extra time at home to really hone her flatwork skills. “I became very interested in flatwork and a true connection to the horse and making them work,” she said. “And in 2021, I wanted to […]
Will Faudree is no stranger to making a comeback. And given the comebacks he’s made in the past—from a brain injury in 1999, a barn fire in 2004 and a broken neck in 2015, for example—his most recent return, from a shattered foot sustained in a cross-country fall last summer, may seem minor by comparison. […]
David “Seymour” Clark didn’t question show manager Oliver Kennedy’s request for help in center ring during the 2011 Capital Challenge Horse Show (Maryland). As far as Clark knew, he was in Maryland for a vacation with longtime boss Phoebe Sheets to see old friends and hang out; but if the show manager needed help, by […]
At January’s U.S. Equestrian Federation Annual Meeting, participants talked extensively about “social license to operate.” The phrase refers to how the world views something, and whether people consider it acceptable in modern society. Google tells me the term originally developed in reference to extraction of natural resources—mining, an industry that is certainly plagued with environmental […]
A decade after he first set foot in Wellington, Florida, Spain’s Pablo Gomez Molina claimed his first Grand Prix wins during Week 7 of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. Making them all the more special, he did so riding Ulises De Ymas, a gelding bred by his sponsors who he has brought along for the […]
PAID PROMOTION Gastric ulcers remain a menace among horses of all ages, breeds, and uses. Because of their prevalence, preventing and treating gastric ulcers remains a priority for those invested in the health and well-being of all horses. Numerous clinical signs of equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) have been identified, including poor appetite, loss of […]
When 13-year-old Alexis “Lexie” Merguerian first met Blissful Sunset, then a scruffy, 3-year-old, 14-hand mare of unknown breeding, the pony didn’t exactly scream upper-level dressage prospect. Little did Merguerian know, she was looking at her future Grand Prix partner. “I definitely didn’t have it in mind, but I just kept going,” said Merguerian, now 29. “She’s […]
When Graeme “Butch” Thomas agreed to a three-week trans-Pacific passage with two mares, he didn’t realize he was heading from his native New Zealand to his new forever home—California. It was 1971, and he was busy walking them each day on the ship’s deck and keeping an eye on one who was growing suspiciously fatter […]
