Opinion: It’s Past Time For The Boarding Industry To Organize

I always loved driving onto the farm where I boarded my horse. After long days at work and managing a week of kids’ activities at home, my time at the barn was essential for my well-being. I only left that boarding barn to start my own horse boarding business. For the past 15 years I […]

Meet Molly Pellegrini: President-Elect Of The USEA

It’s been a busy day for Molly Pellegrini. She and her husband, Hank Pellegrini, 55, were supposed to fly from Philadelphia to Alabama to watch their son Will, 22, play in a college tennis match. However, the couple, married 27 years, had their flight delayed and then rerouted to Atlanta. They missed the tennis match, […]

Karli Postel Writes A Major Derby Win Into Her Next Chapter

When Archie Cox called Karli Postel last summer to tell her that he was planning to retire from his Brookway Stables in the near future, Postel was shocked.  “Archie is one of the hardest working men that I know,” said Postel, who worked full-time for the hunter/jumper trainer from 2016-2022 before leaving to run Schroeder […]

Opinion: The Cost Conundrum

Last fall I was at a World Championship Hunter Rider show in the Pacific Northwest when a longtime amateur rider approached me and asked if there was anything we could do on a governance level to make the sport more affordable. Ellen and her husband are both physicians and fear that they are being priced […]

Video: Farrington Wins $500K Lugano Grand Prix On ‘Alpha Horse’ Greya

Kent Farrington is now two-for-two in five-star action at Wellington International (Florida). The World No. 3 rider clinched a second consecutive CSI5* victory Saturday in the $500,000 Lugano Grand Prix aboard his 2024 FEI World Cup Final partner Greya during the Winter Equestrian Festival. In front of a sold-out stadium, Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA) built a […]

USEF Announces Team For FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*

The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. jumping team in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*, hosted at Wellington International in Wellington, Florida, from Feb. 25-March 2. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy Chesson. The following athletes will represent the […]

Despite Heartbreak, Junior Sportsmanship Winner is Pursuing Her Dreams

When 11-year-old Savanna Springfield and her pony Candy Crush entered the ring for their second round at the ExEL Winter Wonderland Show in Germantown, Tennessee, last December, she had more on her mind than just the order of her fences. The show was the first major outing for “Candy” in almost a year, after a […]

USEF Announces Leslie Law As Eventing Chef D’Equipe

The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the appointment of former USEF eventing development coach Leslie Law to the position of chef d’equipe and high performance manager for the Defender U.S. Eventing Team. Karyn Shuter will take on the newly developed role of U.S. eventing high performance advisor.  Both Law and Shuter will begin their respective […]

After Deadly Barn Fire, Community Bolsters Virginia Stables

A hunter/jumper barn in Virginia is starting a long recovery process, bolstered by friends and neighbors, after a Sunday fire killed four horses and destroyed a 19-stall barn and the barn operations manager’s home. That manager, Eliseo Huinac Larios, lived in a camper behind the barn at Memory’s Hill Stables in Waynesboro, Virginia, and reported […]

Germany Wins Fifth Consecutive Nations Cup At AGDF

For the fifth consecutive year, Germany stood atop the podium Thursday in the Starpoint Dancesport FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand Prix at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (Florida).  Five countries entered the Nations Cup, with Germany earning 207.02 points, the U.S. taking second place (201.56) and Sweden finishing third (190.76). For the second year, the format […]