“Want to hit happy hour after work tonight?” “I can’t; I have to go to the barn to ride my horse.” “Again? Didn’t you just go there yesterday?” This is an actual excerpt from a recent conversation I had with a man asking me on a date. The first two lines were nothing out of […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced it will host a USEF Young Rider Eventing Championship, awarding titles at the CCI1*-L, CCI2*-L and CCI*3-L levels, to be held as part of the Tryon International Three-Day Event, Nov. 10-13 in Mill Spring, North Carolina. This championship will replace the Adequan/USEF Youth Team Challenge series that took place in […]
He may be 19 years old, but according to Jennifer Schrader-Williams, Millione feels like a million bucks heading into this year’s Adequan Global Dressage Festival season in Wellington, Florida. The pair came out strong at the first AGDF CDI of the year, held Jan. 19-23, winning the CDI4* Grand Prix (72.95%) and the CDI4* Grand […]
Professional hunter/jumper rider Jimmy Torano is no stranger to the winner’s circle—he’s been there plenty of time on horses he trains and those he catch rides—but even by his standards, he knew Daryl Portela’s Laskano was a special horse when he arrived at Torano’s Wellington, Florida-based JET Show Stables. The 10-year-old bay Westphalian gelding (Los Angeles—Laskaja) and […]
The days spent with a new horse immediately after they arrive at your doorstep are some of the best. You see them get off the trailer, all bright-eyed and even lovelier than you remembered. You groom them, lead them around the property, start to spoil them, and have those first magical rides when the reality […]
It’s the beginning of a new year, and for those of us with horses, it means thinking about what we’d like to achieve with them and mapping out how to get there. Show calendars are online, and I put together a schedule for where my group of riders might go to show. There’s qualifying criteria […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the new host locations for the 2022-2024 Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships on both the East and West Coasts on Jan. 17. Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – East: June 28-July 2, 2022 – Traverse City Horse Shows – Williamsburg, Michigan Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – West: July 24-27, 2022 – […]
Southern California’s Del Mar Horsepark, which closed suddenly at the end of 2020, could reopen and be hosting shows again within the year after a major show management company submitted a bid to lease the facility. Last week, West Palms Event Management was conditionally accepted as the new lessee of the 65-acre facility in Del […]
Naples, Fla. Balou du Reventon was named the USEF 2021 International Horse of the Year, and Big Shot was named the 2021 National Horse of the Year at the SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Dinner Celebration on Jan. 15. The winners were selected by a vote of USEF members. Balou du Reventon, ridden by […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation Annual Meeting is underway in Naples, Florida, and concluded Friday’s breakout meetings with the USEF General Session, a roughly 100-minute presentation reviewing the organization’s progress and setting goals for the year ahead. “There’s a lot to celebrate this past year, and we’re going to talk a lot about what we’ve done and what […]
“Want to hit happy hour after work tonight?” “I can’t; I have to go to the barn to ride my horse.” “Again? Didn’t you just go there yesterday?” This is an actual excerpt from a recent conversation I had with a man asking me on a date. The first two lines were nothing out of […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced it will host a USEF Young Rider Eventing Championship, awarding titles at the CCI1*-L, CCI2*-L and CCI*3-L levels, to be held as part of the Tryon International Three-Day Event, Nov. 10-13 in Mill Spring, North Carolina. This championship will replace the Adequan/USEF Youth Team Challenge series that took place in […]
He may be 19 years old, but according to Jennifer Schrader-Williams, Millione feels like a million bucks heading into this year’s Adequan Global Dressage Festival season in Wellington, Florida. The pair came out strong at the first AGDF CDI of the year, held Jan. 19-23, winning the CDI4* Grand Prix (72.95%) and the CDI4* Grand […]
Professional hunter/jumper rider Jimmy Torano is no stranger to the winner’s circle—he’s been there plenty of time on horses he trains and those he catch rides—but even by his standards, he knew Daryl Portela’s Laskano was a special horse when he arrived at Torano’s Wellington, Florida-based JET Show Stables. The 10-year-old bay Westphalian gelding (Los Angeles—Laskaja) and […]
The days spent with a new horse immediately after they arrive at your doorstep are some of the best. You see them get off the trailer, all bright-eyed and even lovelier than you remembered. You groom them, lead them around the property, start to spoil them, and have those first magical rides when the reality […]
It’s the beginning of a new year, and for those of us with horses, it means thinking about what we’d like to achieve with them and mapping out how to get there. Show calendars are online, and I put together a schedule for where my group of riders might go to show. There’s qualifying criteria […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the new host locations for the 2022-2024 Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships on both the East and West Coasts on Jan. 17. Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – East: June 28-July 2, 2022 – Traverse City Horse Shows – Williamsburg, Michigan Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships – West: July 24-27, 2022 – […]
Southern California’s Del Mar Horsepark, which closed suddenly at the end of 2020, could reopen and be hosting shows again within the year after a major show management company submitted a bid to lease the facility. Last week, West Palms Event Management was conditionally accepted as the new lessee of the 65-acre facility in Del […]
Naples, Fla. Balou du Reventon was named the USEF 2021 International Horse of the Year, and Big Shot was named the 2021 National Horse of the Year at the SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Dinner Celebration on Jan. 15. The winners were selected by a vote of USEF members. Balou du Reventon, ridden by […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation Annual Meeting is underway in Naples, Florida, and concluded Friday’s breakout meetings with the USEF General Session, a roughly 100-minute presentation reviewing the organization’s progress and setting goals for the year ahead. “There’s a lot to celebrate this past year, and we’re going to talk a lot about what we’ve done and what […]
