When Mary Sawyer, 76, first decided she wanted to complete a “century ride” in eventing, such a distinction honoring horse-and-rider pairs with a combined age of 100 or more didn’t even exist. That didn’t deter her. Thanks to her determination, coupled with the support of a local farm owner and the U.S. Eventing Association, it […]
In the lead-up to the 2021 CHI Geneva (Switzerland), Laura Kraut and her team worked their way through their well-refined pre-trip check list for competing horses Baloutinue and Confu. In addition to packing the appropriate tack, feed and favorite treats, a veterinarian gave each horse a serum amyloid A (SAA) blood test to check for any systemic […]
More than 40 horses at Meadowbrook Stables, a long-established lesson barn in Montgomery County, Maryland, have developed “mild to moderate” neurologic symptoms of EHV-1 since the virus was discovered there March 9, according to a GoFundMe page set up by the nonprofit organization that runs the barn. The first confirmed case at the Chevy Chase, […]
Desert International Horse Park has been released from EHV-1 quarantine, with no horses or barns on grounds remaining in isolation and no positive EHV-1 tests for the past two weeks. The lifted quarantine marks the end of a nearly six-week saga since the first horse at the Thermal, California, showgrounds, developed neurological symptoms and was […]
Man oh man, 2021 had some cool things in store for me. The trio of horses I’d spent years developing, The Elvis Syndicate’s Guernsey Elvis, my mom’s Helio, and my own Gretzky, are all 2011 babies, so they were all 10, all touching on the Grand Prix things, all really solid in their understanding of […]
Stud fees for scores of sport horse stallions from some of the top studs in Europe are being auctioned online this week to support two organizations handling human and equine relief efforts in Ukraine. The German online auction platform horse24.com organized the charity effort, in which 112 stud fee vouchers donated by breeders throughout Europe are […]
Ben Ebeling is still getting to know Indeed under saddle this season at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, but the 14-year-old Danish Warmblood mare (Hofrat—Gorklintgards Indeera, De Niro) came to his family’s barn six years ago to be ridden by his father, Jan Ebeling. The 22-year-old rider from California is now based in Wellington, Florida, for […]
Jury selection is underway for the trial of former Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Michael Barisone, who is accused of attempted murder in the 2019 shooting of a former student and tenant at his New Jersey farm. The trial is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 28, in Morris County (New Jersey) […]
At any prestigious horse show, it’s hard to miss super groom Luis Ruiz. He’s always at the ring with one of Maria Rasmussen’s hunters, and he’s prepared to win with a towel hanging from his belt loop and a grooming backpack in tow. “Luis is my right-hand man,” said Rasmussen, who owns and operates Sea […]
This story was updated April 26, 2022. Badminton Horse Trials (Great Britain) is making a return this spring after two years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the entry list has just been released. Eighty-five pairs from 10 countries have been accepted, and the waitlist is 19 pairs long. The United States has seven pairs […]
When Mary Sawyer, 76, first decided she wanted to complete a “century ride” in eventing, such a distinction honoring horse-and-rider pairs with a combined age of 100 or more didn’t even exist. That didn’t deter her. Thanks to her determination, coupled with the support of a local farm owner and the U.S. Eventing Association, it […]
In the lead-up to the 2021 CHI Geneva (Switzerland), Laura Kraut and her team worked their way through their well-refined pre-trip check list for competing horses Baloutinue and Confu. In addition to packing the appropriate tack, feed and favorite treats, a veterinarian gave each horse a serum amyloid A (SAA) blood test to check for any systemic […]
More than 40 horses at Meadowbrook Stables, a long-established lesson barn in Montgomery County, Maryland, have developed “mild to moderate” neurologic symptoms of EHV-1 since the virus was discovered there March 9, according to a GoFundMe page set up by the nonprofit organization that runs the barn. The first confirmed case at the Chevy Chase, […]
Desert International Horse Park has been released from EHV-1 quarantine, with no horses or barns on grounds remaining in isolation and no positive EHV-1 tests for the past two weeks. The lifted quarantine marks the end of a nearly six-week saga since the first horse at the Thermal, California, showgrounds, developed neurological symptoms and was […]
Man oh man, 2021 had some cool things in store for me. The trio of horses I’d spent years developing, The Elvis Syndicate’s Guernsey Elvis, my mom’s Helio, and my own Gretzky, are all 2011 babies, so they were all 10, all touching on the Grand Prix things, all really solid in their understanding of […]
Stud fees for scores of sport horse stallions from some of the top studs in Europe are being auctioned online this week to support two organizations handling human and equine relief efforts in Ukraine. The German online auction platform horse24.com organized the charity effort, in which 112 stud fee vouchers donated by breeders throughout Europe are […]
Ben Ebeling is still getting to know Indeed under saddle this season at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, but the 14-year-old Danish Warmblood mare (Hofrat—Gorklintgards Indeera, De Niro) came to his family’s barn six years ago to be ridden by his father, Jan Ebeling. The 22-year-old rider from California is now based in Wellington, Florida, for […]
Jury selection is underway for the trial of former Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Michael Barisone, who is accused of attempted murder in the 2019 shooting of a former student and tenant at his New Jersey farm. The trial is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 28, in Morris County (New Jersey) […]
At any prestigious horse show, it’s hard to miss super groom Luis Ruiz. He’s always at the ring with one of Maria Rasmussen’s hunters, and he’s prepared to win with a towel hanging from his belt loop and a grooming backpack in tow. “Luis is my right-hand man,” said Rasmussen, who owns and operates Sea […]
This story was updated April 26, 2022. Badminton Horse Trials (Great Britain) is making a return this spring after two years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the entry list has just been released. Eighty-five pairs from 10 countries have been accepted, and the waitlist is 19 pairs long. The United States has seven pairs […]
