Update: On Feb. 16, Sam Berry’s permanent ineligibility status in the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s disciplinary database was changed to “temporary suspension.” SafeSport representatives did not immediately return a request for comment. Hunter/jumper trainer Sam Berry was arrested Jan. 19 in Lexington, Kentucky, on felony charges related to alleged sexual abuse of a minor. He was […]
Eventing Olympian Will Coleman of Gordonsville, Virginia, was awarded the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation’s Whitney Stone Cup for 2023 at a special ceremony held during the USET Foundation’s Gold Medal Club Reception on Jan. 22, at The Wanderer’s Club in Wellington, Florida. The Whitney Stone Cup is awarded annually by the USET Foundation to an active […]
Christian Simonson of Ventura, California, received the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation’s 2023 Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy at a special ceremony during the USET Foundation’s Gold Medal Club Reception held on Jan. 22 in Wellington, Florida. Each year, the Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy is awarded to a junior or young rider in an Olympic discipline who exemplifies the team’s […]
Around John French’s barn in Wellington, Florida, if you’re having a bad day, there’s one horse who can lift your spirits: Babylon—or “Crumbles,” as he’s known in the barn. With his pony face and extravagant blaze, he’s hard to resist. And that’s before you get to know his personality. “He looks at you, and you can’t […]
Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida) finished with an exciting jump-off on the grass derby field Sunday, Jan 22. U.S. Olympic team silver medalist Kent Farrington and Landon, one of his new generation of international jumpers, stormed to a win in the CHF140,000 Florida Coast Equipment CIS3* Grand Prix over runner-up Daniel Coyle […]
Three horses at a Roanoke County, Virginia, stable have been confirmed with equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, the neurological version of equine herpesvirus 1, and two more cases are suspected, according to a Jan. 20 alert from the Equine Disease Communication Center. A press release from Hollins University in Roanoke identified its school riding center as the […]
As a corporate attorney, Haley Barrett Hyska is analytical and deliberate. But when she saw 5-month-old Mi Amora RW, an unhandled foal whose breeder had died, those lawyerly qualities took a back seat to pure emotion. “I remember walking into the back of the barn and seeing this tiny little baby that looked just like […]
When Jad Dana won the $40,140 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50-meter Classic on Jan. 15 at the Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida), spectators could be forgiven for not immediately recognizing the flag next to his name. It is not that often, after all, that U.S. show jumping fans meet a rider from Lebanon. The red and white flag featuring […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation this week announced changes to California’s upper-level eventing calendar for the 2023-2027 seasons to provide more qualification opportunities for upper-level riders and horses in the state and “to limit the travel to achieve those qualifications in the interest of horse welfare.” Following a review of Area VI community feedback, the modifications to […]
It’s not every day that you get a call from a top-level rider making an offer too good to refuse. It happened to Amira Cooney near the end of 2019. “Hannah Sue [Hollberg] called and asked if we would be interested in having her as a dressage horse for me to learn on,” 17-year-old Cooney […]
Update: On Feb. 16, Sam Berry’s permanent ineligibility status in the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s disciplinary database was changed to “temporary suspension.” SafeSport representatives did not immediately return a request for comment. Hunter/jumper trainer Sam Berry was arrested Jan. 19 in Lexington, Kentucky, on felony charges related to alleged sexual abuse of a minor. He was […]
Eventing Olympian Will Coleman of Gordonsville, Virginia, was awarded the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation’s Whitney Stone Cup for 2023 at a special ceremony held during the USET Foundation’s Gold Medal Club Reception on Jan. 22, at The Wanderer’s Club in Wellington, Florida. The Whitney Stone Cup is awarded annually by the USET Foundation to an active […]
Christian Simonson of Ventura, California, received the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation’s 2023 Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy at a special ceremony during the USET Foundation’s Gold Medal Club Reception held on Jan. 22 in Wellington, Florida. Each year, the Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy is awarded to a junior or young rider in an Olympic discipline who exemplifies the team’s […]
Around John French’s barn in Wellington, Florida, if you’re having a bad day, there’s one horse who can lift your spirits: Babylon—or “Crumbles,” as he’s known in the barn. With his pony face and extravagant blaze, he’s hard to resist. And that’s before you get to know his personality. “He looks at you, and you can’t […]
Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida) finished with an exciting jump-off on the grass derby field Sunday, Jan 22. U.S. Olympic team silver medalist Kent Farrington and Landon, one of his new generation of international jumpers, stormed to a win in the CHF140,000 Florida Coast Equipment CIS3* Grand Prix over runner-up Daniel Coyle […]
Three horses at a Roanoke County, Virginia, stable have been confirmed with equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, the neurological version of equine herpesvirus 1, and two more cases are suspected, according to a Jan. 20 alert from the Equine Disease Communication Center. A press release from Hollins University in Roanoke identified its school riding center as the […]
As a corporate attorney, Haley Barrett Hyska is analytical and deliberate. But when she saw 5-month-old Mi Amora RW, an unhandled foal whose breeder had died, those lawyerly qualities took a back seat to pure emotion. “I remember walking into the back of the barn and seeing this tiny little baby that looked just like […]
When Jad Dana won the $40,140 CaptiveOne Advisors 1.50-meter Classic on Jan. 15 at the Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida), spectators could be forgiven for not immediately recognizing the flag next to his name. It is not that often, after all, that U.S. show jumping fans meet a rider from Lebanon. The red and white flag featuring […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation this week announced changes to California’s upper-level eventing calendar for the 2023-2027 seasons to provide more qualification opportunities for upper-level riders and horses in the state and “to limit the travel to achieve those qualifications in the interest of horse welfare.” Following a review of Area VI community feedback, the modifications to […]
It’s not every day that you get a call from a top-level rider making an offer too good to refuse. It happened to Amira Cooney near the end of 2019. “Hannah Sue [Hollberg] called and asked if we would be interested in having her as a dressage horse for me to learn on,” 17-year-old Cooney […]
