Show jumper Cassandra Kahle, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall two months ago, has transitioned out of a wheelchair and now is walking again with the assistance of a walker, her mother Natasha Brash said. “She’s eating on her own; she’s starting to get dressed on her own, walking with a walker,” Brash said April […]
The first time Hunter Holloway saw a recording of Pepita Con Spita jumping around a course, she knew she’d found a special animal. “When I saw the video I thought, ‘I love it. I don’t know if I can ride it, but it’s going to be a really nice type,’ ” she recalled. “She’s really […]
Zoey Luna has always loved Thoroughbreds. As a teen, working under the guidance of Nancy Turrill at Foxfield Riding School in Westlake Village, California, Luna learned how to work with green and difficult horses, and she produced her first OTTB. When she turned pro at age 18, Luna started transitioning former racehorses into new careers […]
The Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping and FEI World Cup Dressage Finals return this week for the first time in three years, after being twice canceled due to COVID-19. The action begins Thursday, April 7, in Leipzig, Germany. Here’s everything you need to know to follow along. SHOW JUMPING Thirty-six riders will start in […]
Luke Jensen, 18, Denton, Texas, topped a field of 46 competitors Thursday, March 31, to win the Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship (Florida), aboard Stephex Stables’ Jamaica. Jensen was one of three North Run students to make the final four in the class work-off. “I’m so grateful to Stephex and North Run for the ride […]
After two years of being held outdoors in North Carolina, the Washington International Horse Show is relocating back to an indoor in the Washington, D.C., area—although not downtown—this fall, and show managers have announced an expanded schedule, a higher Fédération Équestre Internationale rating and the return of staple WIHS classes to celebrate its homecoming. Returning […]
On June 13 we will publish our sixth annual Chronicle of the Horse Readers’ Choice Issue, and we need your help. We want to hear about our readers’ favorite riders, horses, competitions, equipment and more. Make your opinions heard by filling out our online survey, which will be open until April 26. Respondents will be […]
A week into his stay at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care in Cincinnati, Ohio, David Beisel reports that he successfully walked on his own March 31. “I had some parallel bars I was hanging on with my hands, but I had a real walk today,” he says. “So that was pretty phenomenal. “I got […]
I have now entered a world where you can buy sperm for large sums (in my view) of money on Venmo and PayPal. A world where people post on Facebook about semen motility and concentration with cute pictures of their stallions. When I saw the sperm post in an Irish Draught stallion group, my first […]
This year’s Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L entry list has been posted. Fifty-seven pairs are entered from the United States, Brazil, New Zealand, Ireland, Great Britain, Germany and Canada. Three-time Kentucky winner Michael Jung of Germany will return, this time on fischerChipmunk FRH, and 2021 Maryland 5 Star winner Boyd Martin is set to return with On Cue […]