Christmas, New Years, my birthday: I don’t feel any of these in my bones the way I do the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L week. (Well, maybe my birthday, as the bones feel that pretty strongly!) Like Christmas, everything seems clearer and feels more real the week of Kentucky. As a competitor, every choice […]
Lexington, Ky.—April 27 It’s the closest thing the horse world gets to a red carpet. Each year at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, riders trade their breeches and boots for more fashionable attire, and the horses shine brighter than brand-new lucky pennies for the first horse inspection. While it’s a nerve-wracking few minutes, as no […]
U.S.-based Australian eventer Dom Schramm is headed to England to take on Badminton Horse Trials CCI5*-L, along with a healthy contingent of U.S. riders entered in the event, to be held May 4-8. Schramm, who runs Schramm Equestrian with his wife Jimmie Schramm from Cochranville, Pennsylvania, and Ocala, Florida, will be taking Bolytair B (Polytair—Nobelle, Glennridge) […]
California-based adult amateur hunter/jumper rider Lyssette Williams has been a self-starter since a young age. Raised by her single mother, Williams started riding thanks to one of her mother’s coworkers, who taught her basic flatwork and horsemanship lessons. When she decided she wanted to jump, her mother gave her the task of finding an affordable […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation on Tuesday announced the three athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected to the U.S. Dressage Young Rider European Tour this spring. The athletes will be led by USEF Youth Coach George Williams. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been selected for the U.S. Dressage Young Rider European Tour for 2022, listed in alphabetical […]
The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event is open to spectators this year, and there’s plenty to keep you busy in addition to the competition. Along with the main event, the CCI5*-L, the weekend also will feature a CCI4*-S division and a two-day show jumping competition in the form of the Kentucky Invitational CSI3* on Friday […]
Will Coleman will be first out of the box aboard Dondante at the Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L later this week, where he also will be riding Off The Record in the five-star and Chin Tonic HS in the CCI4*-S division. Here, we talk to him about his method for buying and bringing along young horses, […]
PAID PROMOTION Horses need light for far more than just vision. Blue light is the most biologically effective light responsible for regulating an animal’s internal rhythms. The Equilume Performance Lighting system comprises fully automated intelligent Stable Lights and mobile Light Masks that harness the benefits of the blue wavelength light for horses. […]
Christmas, New Years, my birthday: I don’t feel any of these in my bones the way I do the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L week. (Well, maybe my birthday, as the bones feel that pretty strongly!) Like Christmas, everything seems clearer and feels more real the week of Kentucky. As a competitor, every choice […]
Lexington, Ky.—April 27 It’s the closest thing the horse world gets to a red carpet. Each year at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, riders trade their breeches and boots for more fashionable attire, and the horses shine brighter than brand-new lucky pennies for the first horse inspection. While it’s a nerve-wracking few minutes, as no […]
U.S.-based Australian eventer Dom Schramm is headed to England to take on Badminton Horse Trials CCI5*-L, along with a healthy contingent of U.S. riders entered in the event, to be held May 4-8. Schramm, who runs Schramm Equestrian with his wife Jimmie Schramm from Cochranville, Pennsylvania, and Ocala, Florida, will be taking Bolytair B (Polytair—Nobelle, Glennridge) […]
Tuesday was the second and final day of the Fédération Equestre Internationale Sports Forum, held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Rule change proposals were discussed for eventing, dressage and para-dressage, as part of the quadrennial full rule revision cycle for those sports, as well as for veterinary regulations. Discussion of the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1), […]
California-based adult amateur hunter/jumper rider Lyssette Williams has been a self-starter since a young age. Raised by her single mother, Williams started riding thanks to one of her mother’s coworkers, who taught her basic flatwork and horsemanship lessons. When she decided she wanted to jump, her mother gave her the task of finding an affordable […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation on Tuesday announced the three athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected to the U.S. Dressage Young Rider European Tour this spring. The athletes will be led by USEF Youth Coach George Williams. The following athlete-and-horse combinations have been selected for the U.S. Dressage Young Rider European Tour for 2022, listed in alphabetical […]
The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event is open to spectators this year, and there’s plenty to keep you busy in addition to the competition. Along with the main event, the CCI5*-L, the weekend also will feature a CCI4*-S division and a two-day show jumping competition in the form of the Kentucky Invitational CSI3* on Friday […]
The 2022 Fédération Equestre Internationale Sports Forum got underway today in Lausanne, Switzerland, with news that equestrian sports will be condensed into 11 days with no night events for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but no organizing committee has been named yet to assist in that planning. The two-day summit, which is being held in person for […]
Will Coleman will be first out of the box aboard Dondante at the Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L later this week, where he also will be riding Off The Record in the five-star and Chin Tonic HS in the CCI4*-S division. Here, we talk to him about his method for buying and bringing along young horses, […]
PAID PROMOTION Horses need light for far more than just vision. Blue light is the most biologically effective light responsible for regulating an animal’s internal rhythms. The Equilume Performance Lighting system comprises fully automated intelligent Stable Lights and mobile Light Masks that harness the benefits of the blue wavelength light for horses. […]
