When professional chemist Beat Sax, 62, stood on the podium at the test event for this year’s FEI World Eventing Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, accepting his team gold medal, he said the camaraderie of achieving success together with his Swiss teammates made the victory especially sweet. The Nations Cup competition held during the […]
I have always loved Thoroughbred horses. They are athletic, elegant and intelligent, and they have a super work ethic. They are versatile, brave, kind and willing. A quiet, well-trained Thoroughbred can also be an excellent beginner horse. Even though warmbloods currently dominate the show horse world, the right Thoroughbred still can be competitive. In the […]
The U.S. Dressage Federation has announced the selected dates and locations for the 2023 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Dates and Locations: • Region 1 (Oct. 5-8) at the Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, Virginia • Region 2 (Sept. 21-24) at Lamplight Equestrian Center, Wayne, Illinois • Region 3 (Oct. 5-8) at the Florida Horse Park, Ocala, Florida […]
There was a time when people would look up at the night sky and think that stars were momentary glimpses into heaven, holes between our earthly wanderings and the eternal. I was raised in rural Louisiana, where the night was a blanket of black punctuated by seemingly limitless stars. I first learned about light pollution […]
After taking 2020 off due to the COVID-19 pandemic and running without spectators in 2021, the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI5*-L and CCI4*-S will be back to normal this year, with spectators and competitors flocking to Salzhausen, Germany, for the event. This year Luhmühlen is celebrating its 40th anniversary of hosting the World Eventing Championships, […]
No Secret De La Pomme isn’t a stranger to big rings and bright lights. Having competed with his owner Beth Von Brecht in the amateur jumpers at venues like the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida), and in several grand prix classes with trainer Matt Cyphert, the gelding is used to the charged […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced Peyton Parks, Tegan Price and Elizabeth Serafini as the 2022 recipients of the USHJA Gochman Grant for USEF Pony Finals. Through the grant, these three young riders will get the opportunity to attend and compete at USEF Pony Finals, held at the Kentucky Horse Park, Aug. 9-14. This unique […]
Cultivating inclusive spaces for transgender and nonbinary athletes in equestrian sports is not only as a moral imperative but also a role the sport is uniquely suited to fill, panelists said Monday during the latest installment of the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s DEI Community Conversations series. “We have a special opportunity that I hope we’re going to seize,” said Katie […]
Charlotte Jorst has started two successful retail companies from scratch, so she knows a few things about running a business, and there’s one thing she’s adamant about when it comes to discussing her horses, her barn and her status as a Grand Prix dressage rider recently shortlisted to represent in the U.S. in the 2022 […]
Jennie Brannigan made the trek to the Mars Bromont CCI4*-L (Quebec) from her home base in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, a winning one, topping the division after jumping clear around Derek di Grazia’s cross-country course on Saturday and adding two rails in show jumping on Sunday. Di Grazia’s course was made tougher by the wet ground, but […]
When professional chemist Beat Sax, 62, stood on the podium at the test event for this year’s FEI World Eventing Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, accepting his team gold medal, he said the camaraderie of achieving success together with his Swiss teammates made the victory especially sweet. The Nations Cup competition held during the […]
I have always loved Thoroughbred horses. They are athletic, elegant and intelligent, and they have a super work ethic. They are versatile, brave, kind and willing. A quiet, well-trained Thoroughbred can also be an excellent beginner horse. Even though warmbloods currently dominate the show horse world, the right Thoroughbred still can be competitive. In the […]
The U.S. Dressage Federation has announced the selected dates and locations for the 2023 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships. Dates and Locations: • Region 1 (Oct. 5-8) at the Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, Virginia • Region 2 (Sept. 21-24) at Lamplight Equestrian Center, Wayne, Illinois • Region 3 (Oct. 5-8) at the Florida Horse Park, Ocala, Florida […]
There was a time when people would look up at the night sky and think that stars were momentary glimpses into heaven, holes between our earthly wanderings and the eternal. I was raised in rural Louisiana, where the night was a blanket of black punctuated by seemingly limitless stars. I first learned about light pollution […]
After taking 2020 off due to the COVID-19 pandemic and running without spectators in 2021, the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI5*-L and CCI4*-S will be back to normal this year, with spectators and competitors flocking to Salzhausen, Germany, for the event. This year Luhmühlen is celebrating its 40th anniversary of hosting the World Eventing Championships, […]
No Secret De La Pomme isn’t a stranger to big rings and bright lights. Having competed with his owner Beth Von Brecht in the amateur jumpers at venues like the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida), and in several grand prix classes with trainer Matt Cyphert, the gelding is used to the charged […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced Peyton Parks, Tegan Price and Elizabeth Serafini as the 2022 recipients of the USHJA Gochman Grant for USEF Pony Finals. Through the grant, these three young riders will get the opportunity to attend and compete at USEF Pony Finals, held at the Kentucky Horse Park, Aug. 9-14. This unique […]
Cultivating inclusive spaces for transgender and nonbinary athletes in equestrian sports is not only as a moral imperative but also a role the sport is uniquely suited to fill, panelists said Monday during the latest installment of the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s DEI Community Conversations series. “We have a special opportunity that I hope we’re going to seize,” said Katie […]
Charlotte Jorst has started two successful retail companies from scratch, so she knows a few things about running a business, and there’s one thing she’s adamant about when it comes to discussing her horses, her barn and her status as a Grand Prix dressage rider recently shortlisted to represent in the U.S. in the 2022 […]
Jennie Brannigan made the trek to the Mars Bromont CCI4*-L (Quebec) from her home base in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, a winning one, topping the division after jumping clear around Derek di Grazia’s cross-country course on Saturday and adding two rails in show jumping on Sunday. Di Grazia’s course was made tougher by the wet ground, but […]
