With metronome for a canter and a consistent jump from fence 1 to the last, it’s no wonder Quest is a frequent winner in the 3’3″ amateur-owner hunters. With owner Stephanie Danhakl in the irons, the 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Verdi—Udina) just earned back-to-back tricolors at Devon (Pennsylvania) and Upperville (Virginia), taking the grand 3’3″ amateur-owner hunter […]
Watching Kiltubrid Rhapsody steadily canter around the equitation classes at the Upperville Colt & Horse Show in June with Natalie Wasson, it would be hard to guess the gray gelding’s former life. But take a quick look at his international record, and you’ll soon realize he’s a bit of an equine celebrity. “Rhaps” has completed […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the CHIO Aachen to be held in Aachen, Germany, June 23-July 3. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and return to defend their 2021 title as champions of the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup of Aachen CSIO5* on […]
In the final selection event held before naming the U.S. Para-Dressage Team for the 2022 Orifarm Healthcare FEI World Championships, Tokyo Paralympian Beatrice de Lavalette and her new horse Sixth Sense came out on top at the Tryon Summer Dressage CPEDI3*, held June 16-19 at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina. Scores […]
When Maggie Stonecipher was approaching her 60th birthday in 2020, she made a commitment to herself to tackle some big goals: She wanted to improve her health, and she wanted to ride again at the Fédération Equestre Internationale level, something she hadn’t done in 12 years. With those goals in mind, she embarked on a personal journey […]
Equestrian Canada named the horse-and-rider combinations who will compete at the 2022 Agria FEI World Show Jumping Championships, which will take place Aug. 10-14 in Herning, Denmark. Eric Lamaze will serve as chef d’equipe. The announcement was made following the conclusion of the Spruce Meadows ‘National’ Tournament on Sunday, June 19. The following pairs will represent […]
Switzerland’s Felix Vogg celebrated his 32nd birthday Sunday, June 19, by winning the first five-star event of his career with his Tokyo Olympic partner Colero, while U.S. riders Lauren Nicholson and Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials (Germany). Vogg, who sat in fourth after dressage, rose to the […]
After 51 pairs cantered down centerline in the CCI4*-S at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials (Germany), Will Coleman and Chin Tonic HS came out on top, scoring a 24.6 to take the lead ahead of Germany’s Michael Jung and Highlighter (25.6). Coleman was pleased with Hyperion Stud LLC’s 10-year-old Holsteiner’s (Chin Champ—Wildera, Quinar Z) expressive […]
The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair announced today, June 17, that Patrick Boyle, of Showplace Productions, and Phil J. DeVita Jr. will be the new show managers for the 2023 competition to be held at the historic Devon Horse Show Grounds in Devon, Pennsylvania, from May 25-June 4. The previous managers, David Distler and Peter […]
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