Devon, Pa.—May 30 Certain surnames bring immediate associations: “Kennedy” and politics, “Jackson” and music, “Coppola” and film, and “Chapot” and show jumping. As the daughter of six-time Olympian and former U.S. show jumping team chef d’equipe Frank Chapot and two-time Olympian Mary Chapot, Wendy Chapot Nunn, along with her sister Laura Chapot, fell headfirst into the family affair—and part […]
Devon, Pa.—May 29 As Sara Kozumplik landed from the penultimate fence and turned to the last, the volume of audible commentary around the Dixon Oval started to swell. She had to make it all the way down to the opposite end of the arena to cross the buzzers for the $50,000 Devon Arena Eventing—and she didn’t hold […]
Devon, Pa.— May 28 Mimi Gochman knew she had her work cut out for her in the jump-off for the $20,000 Show Jumping Hall Of Fame Junior Jumper Classic at the Devon Horse Show. The eight combinations who qualified for the jump-off would be formidable competition. As the second to go with Gigi’s Girl BH, Gochman didn’t […]
Devon, Pa.—May 28 The last time Kat Fuqua was in the Dixon Oval, in the summer of 2021, she walked away with the grand championship from the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East with Grand Remo. With that win came a little more confidence, and it served the 14-year-old from Atlanta well on her way to […]
Devon, Pa.—May 27 As a championship that tabulates points earned in four equitation classes, the R.W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Championship is a test of a rider’s ability to stay consistent. At this year’s Devon Horse Show, two riders proved they could withstand the pressure. Luke Jensen and Avery Glynn earned 21 points on Thursday and […]
The 13-week Traverse City Horse Shows series will run as planned this summer, after show management and government officials reached an agreement on issues that had threatened to cancel this year’s competition. The shows will be allowed to start June 8, as scheduled, under an agreement announced Thursday between TCHS and officials in Acme Township, […]
In honor of today’s return of the Devon Horse Show (Pennsylvania) after a two-year, COVID-19 hiatus, we’re rewinding to the show’s 2009 edition, where the phenomenal Sapphire and McLain Ward notched the second of their two wins in the class, then called the Grand Prix of Devon, that now bears her name. (Ward would go on to win the grand prix […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation on Thursday announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Canada CSIO5* to be held July 1-5 at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. The two-round FEI Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* competition […]
My mother is a doctor. This means that throughout my life, I’ve come to her with myriad self-diagnosed ailments. When I tell her that I Googled my symptoms, and the internet says I have this or that rare disorder, she tells me that it’s most likely just diet or stress instead. “When you hear hoofbeats, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation this week released a draft of a California hunter/jumper competition calendar that it has spent the past four months revamping to create what it calls “a more balanced, equitable, and sustainable competition environment for competitors and organizers alike.” Riders and trainers are cheering the changes in store for 2023; show managers […]
Devon, Pa.—May 30 Certain surnames bring immediate associations: “Kennedy” and politics, “Jackson” and music, “Coppola” and film, and “Chapot” and show jumping. As the daughter of six-time Olympian and former U.S. show jumping team chef d’equipe Frank Chapot and two-time Olympian Mary Chapot, Wendy Chapot Nunn, along with her sister Laura Chapot, fell headfirst into the family affair—and part […]
Devon, Pa.—May 29 As Sara Kozumplik landed from the penultimate fence and turned to the last, the volume of audible commentary around the Dixon Oval started to swell. She had to make it all the way down to the opposite end of the arena to cross the buzzers for the $50,000 Devon Arena Eventing—and she didn’t hold […]
Devon, Pa.— May 28 Mimi Gochman knew she had her work cut out for her in the jump-off for the $20,000 Show Jumping Hall Of Fame Junior Jumper Classic at the Devon Horse Show. The eight combinations who qualified for the jump-off would be formidable competition. As the second to go with Gigi’s Girl BH, Gochman didn’t […]
Devon, Pa.—May 28 The last time Kat Fuqua was in the Dixon Oval, in the summer of 2021, she walked away with the grand championship from the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East with Grand Remo. With that win came a little more confidence, and it served the 14-year-old from Atlanta well on her way to […]
Devon, Pa.—May 27 As a championship that tabulates points earned in four equitation classes, the R.W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Championship is a test of a rider’s ability to stay consistent. At this year’s Devon Horse Show, two riders proved they could withstand the pressure. Luke Jensen and Avery Glynn earned 21 points on Thursday and […]
The 13-week Traverse City Horse Shows series will run as planned this summer, after show management and government officials reached an agreement on issues that had threatened to cancel this year’s competition. The shows will be allowed to start June 8, as scheduled, under an agreement announced Thursday between TCHS and officials in Acme Township, […]
In honor of today’s return of the Devon Horse Show (Pennsylvania) after a two-year, COVID-19 hiatus, we’re rewinding to the show’s 2009 edition, where the phenomenal Sapphire and McLain Ward notched the second of their two wins in the class, then called the Grand Prix of Devon, that now bears her name. (Ward would go on to win the grand prix […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation on Thursday announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Canada CSIO5* to be held July 1-5 at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. The two-round FEI Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* competition […]
My mother is a doctor. This means that throughout my life, I’ve come to her with myriad self-diagnosed ailments. When I tell her that I Googled my symptoms, and the internet says I have this or that rare disorder, she tells me that it’s most likely just diet or stress instead. “When you hear hoofbeats, […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation this week released a draft of a California hunter/jumper competition calendar that it has spent the past four months revamping to create what it calls “a more balanced, equitable, and sustainable competition environment for competitors and organizers alike.” Riders and trainers are cheering the changes in store for 2023; show managers […]
