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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
