In California, a massive state with geography and real estate costs that keep competitions tightly clustered in a handful of areas, the horse show calendar is about to get a Great Reset. The U.S. Equestrian Federation decided this month to erase the state’s preliminary 2023 calendar—and, with it, temporarily suspend mileage restrictions meant to prevent […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is pleased to announce dates, locations and clinicians for the 2022 Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions. This year’s 10 clinics will feature mounted sessions led by Jeff Cook, Joe Fargis, Cynthia Hankins, Candice King, Julie Winkel and Jim Wofford. Tracy Forman, Julia Hogan, Colleen Reed, Nanci Snyder […]
Big Shot demonstrated on Friday, Jan. 28, why he was named 2021 National Horse of the Year by the U.S. Equestrian Federation, starting off the new year by adding to his string of victories with a win in the $15,000 Butet USHJA International Hunter Derby Hunt & Go at Desert International Horse Park (California) under Jenny Karazissis. […]
Professional hunter/jumper rider Cassandra Kahle has been hospitalized after a serious fall on Saturday, Jan. 29, during HITS Ocala January Festival II (Florida). Kahle fell from Redfield Farms’ Heviola at an oxer during the jump-off for the $5,000 HITS Post Time 1.40-m Classic. “It was a freak thing,” Redfield Farms trainer Emil Spadone said. “I would say, 10 […]
Competing at USEF Pony Finals had been a goal for Anya Vasko since the 17-year-old started competing in the medium-stirrup division at Colorado Hunter Jumper Association in 2017. The Fort Collins, Colorado, native had been taking lessons since age 6 and, as she started getting good show results with her large pony, her goal seemed to […]
The U.S Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected for the 2022 USEF Eventing Emerging Athlete Program. Eventers age 25 and younger are eligible for the program, which identifies and supports athlete/horse combinations that have shown the potential to develop into future U.S. team candidates. Participants in the Emerging Athlete Program have the opportunity to work with […]
Sabine Schut-Kery was already well-known in U.S. dressage circles before the Tokyo Olympic Games, but her performance there last summer with Alice Womble’s Sanceo thrust her solidly into the global spotlight. The pair’s longtime partnership was on display for all to see as they finished in the top 10 in all three tests, boosting the U.S. to […]
The thermometer reads 21 degrees. Wind is whipping through the naked trees atop our mountain. The wind-chill is about 16 degrees. A light icy snow pelts the windows. I psych myself up to brave the cold and do the morning feeding. I down one more cup of coffee, then I gather my barn clothes by […]
I knew my life was about to change. I kept pinching myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming as my horse, Diesel CF, was loaded onto a massive 777 cargo plane bound for Liège, Belgium. We were about to begin 60 days of intensive training with my riding idol, German Olympian Helen Langehanenberg, which isn’t […]
When I was 12 years old, I told my trainer that I needed to move barns. She listened to me as I cried and explained that it just wasn’t working out for me and my horse anymore, and that my mom wanted us to try another option, and that I loved her and everyone there […]
In California, a massive state with geography and real estate costs that keep competitions tightly clustered in a handful of areas, the horse show calendar is about to get a Great Reset. The U.S. Equestrian Federation decided this month to erase the state’s preliminary 2023 calendar—and, with it, temporarily suspend mileage restrictions meant to prevent […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is pleased to announce dates, locations and clinicians for the 2022 Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions. This year’s 10 clinics will feature mounted sessions led by Jeff Cook, Joe Fargis, Cynthia Hankins, Candice King, Julie Winkel and Jim Wofford. Tracy Forman, Julia Hogan, Colleen Reed, Nanci Snyder […]
Big Shot demonstrated on Friday, Jan. 28, why he was named 2021 National Horse of the Year by the U.S. Equestrian Federation, starting off the new year by adding to his string of victories with a win in the $15,000 Butet USHJA International Hunter Derby Hunt & Go at Desert International Horse Park (California) under Jenny Karazissis. […]
Professional hunter/jumper rider Cassandra Kahle has been hospitalized after a serious fall on Saturday, Jan. 29, during HITS Ocala January Festival II (Florida). Kahle fell from Redfield Farms’ Heviola at an oxer during the jump-off for the $5,000 HITS Post Time 1.40-m Classic. “It was a freak thing,” Redfield Farms trainer Emil Spadone said. “I would say, 10 […]
Competing at USEF Pony Finals had been a goal for Anya Vasko since the 17-year-old started competing in the medium-stirrup division at Colorado Hunter Jumper Association in 2017. The Fort Collins, Colorado, native had been taking lessons since age 6 and, as she started getting good show results with her large pony, her goal seemed to […]
The U.S Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected for the 2022 USEF Eventing Emerging Athlete Program. Eventers age 25 and younger are eligible for the program, which identifies and supports athlete/horse combinations that have shown the potential to develop into future U.S. team candidates. Participants in the Emerging Athlete Program have the opportunity to work with […]
Sabine Schut-Kery was already well-known in U.S. dressage circles before the Tokyo Olympic Games, but her performance there last summer with Alice Womble’s Sanceo thrust her solidly into the global spotlight. The pair’s longtime partnership was on display for all to see as they finished in the top 10 in all three tests, boosting the U.S. to […]
The thermometer reads 21 degrees. Wind is whipping through the naked trees atop our mountain. The wind-chill is about 16 degrees. A light icy snow pelts the windows. I psych myself up to brave the cold and do the morning feeding. I down one more cup of coffee, then I gather my barn clothes by […]
I knew my life was about to change. I kept pinching myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming as my horse, Diesel CF, was loaded onto a massive 777 cargo plane bound for Liège, Belgium. We were about to begin 60 days of intensive training with my riding idol, German Olympian Helen Langehanenberg, which isn’t […]
When I was 12 years old, I told my trainer that I needed to move barns. She listened to me as I cried and explained that it just wasn’t working out for me and my horse anymore, and that my mom wanted us to try another option, and that I loved her and everyone there […]
