This story has been updated. Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs was rightly proud when standing atop the podium as winner of the Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Leipzig, Germany, today. He came so close to clinching the trophy at the last Final in 2019, but finished second behind his compatriot and three-time champion Steve […]
This story has been updated. There’s nothing like a big win on home ground, but there’s also nothing like retiring a superstar horse in front of a wildly enthusiastic crowd, so tonight’s Freestyle finale had it all when Jessica von Bredow-Werndl steered TSF Dalera BB to victory at the FEI World Cup Dressage Final, and the sport […]
McLain Ward with his retired 2015 Pan American Games gold medalist Rothchild, Hunt Tosh on his daughter Maddie Tosh’s first small pony Flashback, the late Nancy Whitehead and her stallion Roc USA, former five-star event horse Clip Clop and owner Madison Foote, 7-year-old Ella Heineking and her walk-trot-canter partner Black Eyed Pea: What do such an […]
This article has been updated with quotes from McLain Ward, Harry Charles and Jack Whitaker. McLain Ward has taken the lead in the Longines FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final after posting two blazing rounds aboard Contagious in Friday’s second day of competition in Leipzig, Germany. Should Ward hold the lead through Sunday’s final day […]
The reigning Olympic and European gold medalists, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB, soared to victory on home ground in tonight’s Short Grand Prix at the FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Leipzig, Germany. Last to go of the 17 starters, the pair were chasing the target set a few minutes earlier by […]
This story has been updated with quotes from U.S. riders McLain Ward and Hunter Holloway. Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs won the opening competition at the Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Leipzig, Germany, today with a superb speed round aboard Chaplin. Second-last to go in the field of 35 chasing down the title they all […]
It’s Monday afternoon, the beginning of my third week at HITS Ocala (Florida), and I am enjoying a pleasant afternoon rest after lunch. I am so grateful to be here. The weather has been beautiful. My three wonderful horses have been able to settle in quickly due to the nice paddocks and quiet, relaxed atmosphere […]
Ever feel like the world is crashing down around you even though nothing major has happened or changed? Or wake up and feel like the weight of things is just insurmountable that day? Or maybe that you’re not good enough in any way—in your career, as a rider, as a student, as a friend or […]
The 35th FEI Dressage World Cup Final kicks off tomorrow in Leipzig (Germany) with America’s Anna Buffini and her 15-year-old mare FRH Davinia la Douce first to go in the Short Grand Prix. (Go Behind The Stall Door with Buffini and “Diva”.) The draw for the starting order took place this earlier today and it was […]
Winning one’s third attempt at a novice horse trials is a feat, but even more so when it happens on another person’s horse just two months after being introduced to the sport. For Sierra Lesny, who topped a field of 21 to win the senior novice rider division at the Rocking Horse Spring Horse Trials, April 1-3 […]