After winning both of his first two qualifiers, Salvino is now out of contention for the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, rider Adrienne Lyle announced Friday. The U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2022 International Horse of the Year, who was the highest-placed U.S. horse at the 2022 Blue Hors FEI Dressage World Championships (Denmark) and a member of […]
He was a 10-year-old, 15-hand, flea-bitten gray Arabian named Lazur Hess, just off the track, where he had won more than $100,000. My trainer, Rebecca Roach, bought “Laz” with another client in our barn in mind. That client was looking for an endurance horse. I watched the goings on with interest, as I was sort […]
Kate Shoemaker led the U.S. charge in Qatar on Thursday, Feb. 23, taking the overall top spot on the first day of competition at the CHI Al Shaqab CPEDI3*. Shoemaker scored 76.25% in the Grade IV Para-Dressage Grand Prix—a personal best score on the Grand Prix A test with her partner Quiana, a 9-year-old Rheinlander (Quaterstern—Rubina, […]
There are two sides to McLain Ward’s speed specialist, Catoki. Both were on display Wednesday when he won the Wellington Equestrian Realty Power & Speed CSI5* to kick off Week 7 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida). Waiting for his co-owner and rider Ward to get on at the ring, the diminutive gelding stands quietly, […]
On Feb. 22 four horses tested positive for the equine herpesvirus in Oliva, Spain, the site of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour show jumping series, prompting the cancellation of the final week of competition. Ten horses that were stabled in the same tent at the venue went into isolation on Feb. 21 after six became febrile. […]
Our columnist reflects on what is, and isn’t, taught at most major clinics. This spring I taught a clinic in San Antonio, Texas, with a new group of riders and was blown away by the amount of interest. What started out as a two-day clinic scheduled in 2016 quickly turned into a three-day clinic, then four […]
Just before midnight on Dec. 2, 2017, Alicia Stock received a phone call from her dressage trainer Kate Phillips. Stock assumed the call was accidental and didn’t pick up, but when she listened to the voicemail moments later, her heart sank. “Her voicemail said, ‘Alicia, I’m on my way out to the farm right now; […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association on Feb. 22 announced changes to the annual Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, beginning in 2023. With qualification criteria removed for a more inclusive format, the changes will allow a broader range of exhibitors the opportunity to compete Aug. 15-19 […]
One day in 2008, Dan Michaels opened his email and found a message from David O’Connor asking for input on new frangible fence ideas for a joint U.S. Equestrian Federation and U.S. Eventing Association eventing safety summit. A retired aerospace engineer, Michaels, 69, had watched as different kinds of frangible technologies were introduced to cross-country […]
Wednesday, Feb. 8, started out much like any show morning for Adrienne Lyle’s groom Monica Stanke. She arrived at the barn before dawn to care for the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2022 International Horse of the Year, Salvino, ahead of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI-W (Florida). But Stanke, 25, soon realized something wasn’t right with the […]
After winning both of his first two qualifiers, Salvino is now out of contention for the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, rider Adrienne Lyle announced Friday. The U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2022 International Horse of the Year, who was the highest-placed U.S. horse at the 2022 Blue Hors FEI Dressage World Championships (Denmark) and a member of […]
He was a 10-year-old, 15-hand, flea-bitten gray Arabian named Lazur Hess, just off the track, where he had won more than $100,000. My trainer, Rebecca Roach, bought “Laz” with another client in our barn in mind. That client was looking for an endurance horse. I watched the goings on with interest, as I was sort […]
Kate Shoemaker led the U.S. charge in Qatar on Thursday, Feb. 23, taking the overall top spot on the first day of competition at the CHI Al Shaqab CPEDI3*. Shoemaker scored 76.25% in the Grade IV Para-Dressage Grand Prix—a personal best score on the Grand Prix A test with her partner Quiana, a 9-year-old Rheinlander (Quaterstern—Rubina, […]
There are two sides to McLain Ward’s speed specialist, Catoki. Both were on display Wednesday when he won the Wellington Equestrian Realty Power & Speed CSI5* to kick off Week 7 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida). Waiting for his co-owner and rider Ward to get on at the ring, the diminutive gelding stands quietly, […]
On Feb. 22 four horses tested positive for the equine herpesvirus in Oliva, Spain, the site of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour show jumping series, prompting the cancellation of the final week of competition. Ten horses that were stabled in the same tent at the venue went into isolation on Feb. 21 after six became febrile. […]
Our columnist reflects on what is, and isn’t, taught at most major clinics. This spring I taught a clinic in San Antonio, Texas, with a new group of riders and was blown away by the amount of interest. What started out as a two-day clinic scheduled in 2016 quickly turned into a three-day clinic, then four […]
Just before midnight on Dec. 2, 2017, Alicia Stock received a phone call from her dressage trainer Kate Phillips. Stock assumed the call was accidental and didn’t pick up, but when she listened to the voicemail moments later, her heart sank. “Her voicemail said, ‘Alicia, I’m on my way out to the farm right now; […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association on Feb. 22 announced changes to the annual Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, beginning in 2023. With qualification criteria removed for a more inclusive format, the changes will allow a broader range of exhibitors the opportunity to compete Aug. 15-19 […]
One day in 2008, Dan Michaels opened his email and found a message from David O’Connor asking for input on new frangible fence ideas for a joint U.S. Equestrian Federation and U.S. Eventing Association eventing safety summit. A retired aerospace engineer, Michaels, 69, had watched as different kinds of frangible technologies were introduced to cross-country […]
Wednesday, Feb. 8, started out much like any show morning for Adrienne Lyle’s groom Monica Stanke. She arrived at the barn before dawn to care for the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2022 International Horse of the Year, Salvino, ahead of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI-W (Florida). But Stanke, 25, soon realized something wasn’t right with the […]
