Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 13 Lucy Tidd has known Ellert HB since his first week under saddle as a 3-year-old, and they’ve come up the levels together. On Saturday at the U.S. Dressage Finals, their partnership culminated in a win in the adult amateur Grand Prix freestyle championship (70.00%). It was a full-circle moment for the pair, who […]
Not many people would pick a 19-year-old horse out of a field as a competitive dressage partner and expect success, but Ana DiGironimo just knew there was something special about Bouke Fan ‘E Olde Hoek. “Boca,” a Friesian gelding by Jakob, had done some western and dressage through first level with his former owner before […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 12 Mariah Crumbaker spends her days as a family physician delivering babies, caring for 95-year-olds and helping everyone in between. With a busy job and a 9-month-old and 5-year-old of her own, it was an incredible feat for her simply to make it from her home in Kansas to the U.S. Dressage Finals. […]
Five years ago, Taylor Dowd was scrolling through Petfinder.com when a chestnut mare caught her eye. Dowd wasn’t really looking for a horse of her own, but the self-confessed “chestnut mare person” saw something in Clarissa that intrigued her. She filled out the adoption form and was approved. Once Dowd got Clarissa, who had been started under […]
Sonoma Horse Park will not host a series of planned U.S. Equestrian Federation-rated shows in 2022, CEO Howard Herman announced this week, blaming the federation’s mileage rules for making it financially untenable to hold such competitions. The Petaluma, California, venue hosted five AA- and four A-rated shows during the 2021 season, including the Adequan/USEF Junior National Hunter […]
Catalina Peralta’s equitation career has been plagued by bad luck with horses over the past few years, but she’s persevered through a series of unfortunate situations. As an elite equitation rider—she won the THIS National Children’s Medal Final when she was 12—her connections always tried to make sure she was well mounted to give her the best chance […]
As Boyd Martin watched his 6-year-old son Nox Martin sprouting upward in height while Emma, his piebald pony, resolutely refused to budge past the 10-hand mark, he realized it was time for a change. His youngest, Leo Martin, still fits little Emma with several inches of growing room, but not Nox. “I’ve been playing around with […]
The U.S. Dressage Finals are returning this year after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Riders from around the country qualified via their regional championships and will head to Lexington, Kentucky, for four days of competition, Nov. 11-14. The number of entries this year—approximately 550—is larger than usual because riders who qualified for […]
We’ve all seen it happen at a horse show in hunter and equitation classes over fences: • A horse enters the ring, picks up the wrong lead and trot-changes to the correct lead. • A horse kicks out on the final circle after a beautiful round. • A horse quietly knocks a rail off the […]
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comments from Equestrian Canada Canadian show jumping Chef d’Equipe Mark Laskin announced Nov. 9 that he is resigning from his position as Equestrian Canada’s Technical Advisor – Jumping, effective immediately. This role includes acting as the country’s chef d’equipe in show jumping at major championships and […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 13 Lucy Tidd has known Ellert HB since his first week under saddle as a 3-year-old, and they’ve come up the levels together. On Saturday at the U.S. Dressage Finals, their partnership culminated in a win in the adult amateur Grand Prix freestyle championship (70.00%). It was a full-circle moment for the pair, who […]
Not many people would pick a 19-year-old horse out of a field as a competitive dressage partner and expect success, but Ana DiGironimo just knew there was something special about Bouke Fan ‘E Olde Hoek. “Boca,” a Friesian gelding by Jakob, had done some western and dressage through first level with his former owner before […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 12 Mariah Crumbaker spends her days as a family physician delivering babies, caring for 95-year-olds and helping everyone in between. With a busy job and a 9-month-old and 5-year-old of her own, it was an incredible feat for her simply to make it from her home in Kansas to the U.S. Dressage Finals. […]
Five years ago, Taylor Dowd was scrolling through Petfinder.com when a chestnut mare caught her eye. Dowd wasn’t really looking for a horse of her own, but the self-confessed “chestnut mare person” saw something in Clarissa that intrigued her. She filled out the adoption form and was approved. Once Dowd got Clarissa, who had been started under […]
Sonoma Horse Park will not host a series of planned U.S. Equestrian Federation-rated shows in 2022, CEO Howard Herman announced this week, blaming the federation’s mileage rules for making it financially untenable to hold such competitions. The Petaluma, California, venue hosted five AA- and four A-rated shows during the 2021 season, including the Adequan/USEF Junior National Hunter […]
Catalina Peralta’s equitation career has been plagued by bad luck with horses over the past few years, but she’s persevered through a series of unfortunate situations. As an elite equitation rider—she won the THIS National Children’s Medal Final when she was 12—her connections always tried to make sure she was well mounted to give her the best chance […]
As Boyd Martin watched his 6-year-old son Nox Martin sprouting upward in height while Emma, his piebald pony, resolutely refused to budge past the 10-hand mark, he realized it was time for a change. His youngest, Leo Martin, still fits little Emma with several inches of growing room, but not Nox. “I’ve been playing around with […]
The U.S. Dressage Finals are returning this year after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Riders from around the country qualified via their regional championships and will head to Lexington, Kentucky, for four days of competition, Nov. 11-14. The number of entries this year—approximately 550—is larger than usual because riders who qualified for […]
We’ve all seen it happen at a horse show in hunter and equitation classes over fences: • A horse enters the ring, picks up the wrong lead and trot-changes to the correct lead. • A horse kicks out on the final circle after a beautiful round. • A horse quietly knocks a rail off the […]
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comments from Equestrian Canada Canadian show jumping Chef d’Equipe Mark Laskin announced Nov. 9 that he is resigning from his position as Equestrian Canada’s Technical Advisor – Jumping, effective immediately. This role includes acting as the country’s chef d’equipe in show jumping at major championships and […]
