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 […]
Canadian Olympic champion Eric Lamaze announced today, March 31, that he has officially retired from show jumping competition. Lamaze, who has been battling brain cancer since 2017, last competed at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament CSIO5* in Calgary, Alberta, where he anchored the Canadian Show Jumping Team to victory in the $600,000 Bank of Montreal Nations’ […]
By almost any standards, amateur rider John Tyson and his Thoroughbred gelding, Jack Reacher, had a fairy-tale show season in 2021. The pair entered their first U.S. Equestrian Federation dressage competition in late August, and with only a handful of classes under their belt, they won the young rider/senior training level reserve championship at the […]
Amina Sade’ Bursese says she was just learning her diagonals when she started riding Fiti AL, but 10 years later, she and the petite PRE stallion are cantering down centerline at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in CDI Grand Prix classes and holding their own. “It’s been an amazing learning experience,” the adult amateur said. “When […]
The Ukrainian Equestrian Federation Charity Foundation, which was set up at the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to manage the logistics and coordination of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of horses, has received over 375 tons of feed, shavings and other material aid at its central hub in Poland and over €75,000 in donations, according […]
While I love to compete, I must admit December and January are a couple of my favorite months. I spend much of the year traveling and showing, constantly analyzing how my horses are performing, planning their training and fitness schedules, and preparing for the next competition. I cherish the quiet wintertime at home where I […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced March 29 the hiring of Lisa Hellmer as its new para-dressage development coach. Hellmer will assist Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor Michel Assouline and Discipline Director Laureen Johnson with further implementation of a development pathway and support of new programs for athletes, as well as liaising with the Para Dressage Centers […]
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 […]
Canadian Olympic champion Eric Lamaze announced today, March 31, that he has officially retired from show jumping competition. Lamaze, who has been battling brain cancer since 2017, last competed at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament CSIO5* in Calgary, Alberta, where he anchored the Canadian Show Jumping Team to victory in the $600,000 Bank of Montreal Nations’ […]
By almost any standards, amateur rider John Tyson and his Thoroughbred gelding, Jack Reacher, had a fairy-tale show season in 2021. The pair entered their first U.S. Equestrian Federation dressage competition in late August, and with only a handful of classes under their belt, they won the young rider/senior training level reserve championship at the […]
Amina Sade’ Bursese says she was just learning her diagonals when she started riding Fiti AL, but 10 years later, she and the petite PRE stallion are cantering down centerline at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in CDI Grand Prix classes and holding their own. “It’s been an amazing learning experience,” the adult amateur said. “When […]
The Ukrainian Equestrian Federation Charity Foundation, which was set up at the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to manage the logistics and coordination of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of horses, has received over 375 tons of feed, shavings and other material aid at its central hub in Poland and over €75,000 in donations, according […]
While I love to compete, I must admit December and January are a couple of my favorite months. I spend much of the year traveling and showing, constantly analyzing how my horses are performing, planning their training and fitness schedules, and preparing for the next competition. I cherish the quiet wintertime at home where I […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced March 29 the hiring of Lisa Hellmer as its new para-dressage development coach. Hellmer will assist Chef d’Equipe and Technical Advisor Michel Assouline and Discipline Director Laureen Johnson with further implementation of a development pathway and support of new programs for athletes, as well as liaising with the Para Dressage Centers […]
