At the beginning of the 21st century there was one horse who stood out in any hunter class: Strapless. She won with owner Clara Lindner, now Belden, in the junior hunter and amateur-owner hunter divisions, and she won with young professional Emily Williams in the regular working hunter ring. The Lindner family’s warmblood mare of unrecorded breeding […]
When she was a teenager, Morgan Ward earned one of the biggest wins of her career aboard Comissario in the 2014 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship Section B final (Kentucky). The now-17-year-old warmblood gelding (Calido—Amabilita) was sold afterward and went on to compete in the junior, amateur and open hunter divisions with riders including John French, Kaitlyn van […]
It’s the middle of a week in February, and depending on where you live, the weather outside might be somewhere between mid-cold and bone-chilling, with a sky of mid-gray to sunny-but-not-warm. It may, perhaps, be time for a little horse-based, mid-week inspiration from the Olympians among us. Let’s check in and see what some of […]
Charlie White, based in Calistoga, California, was permanently banned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on Feb. 7, according to the center’s database. The reason given was “sexual misconduct,” and the ban is still subject to appeal. White had been given an interim suspension in September 2021. White co-owned and ran Diamond Mountain Stables in Calistoga […]
Megan McDermott felt she had a good shot at the top spot going into the $250,000 BlackBarn Junior/Amateur-Owner/Amateur Jumper Prix at HITS Saugerties (New York) in 2018. Since getting her partner Tizimin LS the previous year, she’d made huge steps in her riding, moving from the medium amateur-owner jumpers to the highs and eventually into […]
Millione entered Jennifer Schrader-Williams’ sales program in 2014 as an 11-year-old who was going third level and showed a talent for piaffe. Then two years later, when his partnership with a new owner didn’t work out, “Mickey” returned to Williams to sell again. “I remember trying to convince one of my U-25 girls that this is going to […]
Professional hunter/jumper rider Cassandra Kahle is showing improvement following a head injury sustained after a serious fall on Jan. 29. According to a Facebook post written by Kahle’s mother Natasha Brash, Kahle regained consciousness Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, and was able to communicate with doctors and family at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville through […]
As a teenager two decades ago, Irish show jumper Andrew Bourns won a training bursary at the Dublin Horse Show that allowed him to come to the United States for a two-week training session with Missy Clark of North Run. Bourns enjoyed every minute of it, and when it was time to leave, he vowed […]
A week or so ago I wrote a little bloglet for my own website theorizing one of the reasons why there seem to be so few schoolmasters available for purchase right now. It sparked a conversation in the comments section on Facebook that was quite remarkable: in addition to being entirely civil (shocking!), it also […]
The annual Great Charity Challenge team show jumping competition returned to the Winter Equestrian Festival on Feb. 5, distributing $1.7 million to charities throughout Palm Beach County, Florida. Held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida, the GCC has become a highlight of the winter season, providing an annual evening of fun […]
At the beginning of the 21st century there was one horse who stood out in any hunter class: Strapless. She won with owner Clara Lindner, now Belden, in the junior hunter and amateur-owner hunter divisions, and she won with young professional Emily Williams in the regular working hunter ring. The Lindner family’s warmblood mare of unrecorded breeding […]
When she was a teenager, Morgan Ward earned one of the biggest wins of her career aboard Comissario in the 2014 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship Section B final (Kentucky). The now-17-year-old warmblood gelding (Calido—Amabilita) was sold afterward and went on to compete in the junior, amateur and open hunter divisions with riders including John French, Kaitlyn van […]
It’s the middle of a week in February, and depending on where you live, the weather outside might be somewhere between mid-cold and bone-chilling, with a sky of mid-gray to sunny-but-not-warm. It may, perhaps, be time for a little horse-based, mid-week inspiration from the Olympians among us. Let’s check in and see what some of […]
Charlie White, based in Calistoga, California, was permanently banned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on Feb. 7, according to the center’s database. The reason given was “sexual misconduct,” and the ban is still subject to appeal. White had been given an interim suspension in September 2021. White co-owned and ran Diamond Mountain Stables in Calistoga […]
Megan McDermott felt she had a good shot at the top spot going into the $250,000 BlackBarn Junior/Amateur-Owner/Amateur Jumper Prix at HITS Saugerties (New York) in 2018. Since getting her partner Tizimin LS the previous year, she’d made huge steps in her riding, moving from the medium amateur-owner jumpers to the highs and eventually into […]
Millione entered Jennifer Schrader-Williams’ sales program in 2014 as an 11-year-old who was going third level and showed a talent for piaffe. Then two years later, when his partnership with a new owner didn’t work out, “Mickey” returned to Williams to sell again. “I remember trying to convince one of my U-25 girls that this is going to […]
Professional hunter/jumper rider Cassandra Kahle is showing improvement following a head injury sustained after a serious fall on Jan. 29. According to a Facebook post written by Kahle’s mother Natasha Brash, Kahle regained consciousness Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, and was able to communicate with doctors and family at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville through […]
As a teenager two decades ago, Irish show jumper Andrew Bourns won a training bursary at the Dublin Horse Show that allowed him to come to the United States for a two-week training session with Missy Clark of North Run. Bourns enjoyed every minute of it, and when it was time to leave, he vowed […]
A week or so ago I wrote a little bloglet for my own website theorizing one of the reasons why there seem to be so few schoolmasters available for purchase right now. It sparked a conversation in the comments section on Facebook that was quite remarkable: in addition to being entirely civil (shocking!), it also […]
The annual Great Charity Challenge team show jumping competition returned to the Winter Equestrian Festival on Feb. 5, distributing $1.7 million to charities throughout Palm Beach County, Florida. Held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida, the GCC has become a highlight of the winter season, providing an annual evening of fun […]
