Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 Though he knew that the WIHS Equitation Finals was going to be the last class of his junior career, Dominic Gibbs refused to let that thought creep into his head this week at the Washington International Horse Show. Instead he focused on that fact that he knew his horse Cent 15 […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 In the middle of the hectic Washington International ambiance, Virginia Bonnie huddled over a computer Thursday morning. Inhaling and finally clicking that button her cursor had been hovering over, the 17-year-old submitted her early decision and early action applications for college. With the fingers perpetually crossed, she then focused on the […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 29 At the beginning of the year Dylann Ephraimson had her sights on competing in all of the adult jumper finals that she could qualify for, but as the indoor season approached she realized that with her work schedule she was going to have to pick just one. Eventually, she settled on […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 29 After that history making, jaw dropping, the-elusive-100-percent round with Scott Stewart and Catch Me, Becky Gochman had an idea. Why not have one of her daughters saddle up the famous gray? Mimi Gochman had started re-dabbling in the junior hunter divisions with some catch rides supplied by Scott Stewart and Ken […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 29 Holleigh Arledge wasn’t looking for a horse when she first met McNick. After withdrawing from college to seek treatment for her mental health, she started riding at a farm in Connecticut. “Nick” was two months off the track, and the farm owner offered to let her restart him because the two got […]
“How does Betty Oare do it?” It’s a question that comes up whenever the 80-year-old icon of the sport lays down yet another pristine trip that most of us would be happy to accomplish just once in our lifetime. Oare has been winning on EMO Stables’ horse Sidenote much like she did with her National Show […]
Jennifer Morris likes to describe the past year as “interesting.” At the end of the 2020 season, she was riding her adult hunter Quetzalcoatl when she had an accident, hitting her knee on a jump standard and seriously hurting herself. “I hit the front of my knee so hard that it popped everything backwards,” she […]
Florida’s newest horse show venue, TerraNova Equestrian Center, hosted its first major competition over the weekend in the Event at TerraNova. The horse trials, which offered 12 divisions from starter up to the marquee CCI4*-S, was only the second competition held on the 225-acre property in Myakka City, near Sarasota, offering a taste of what’s to […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 27 The Washington International Horse Show was not on Sophia Vella’s radar with Just For Kicks this year. She’d gotten “Kitty” in December last year, and 2021 was the 7-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Durango VDL—Venneyfee) mare’s first year jumping. But Kitty went beautifully in the adult hunters all year, so Vella took her to the […]
Mills Spring, N.C.—Oct. 27 Betsee Parker has two distinct reasons why her brown Selle Francais stallion earned the moniker “Charlemagne”—and yes, you have to remember your AP European History. First, he’s a French horse. And if that distinct test question still haunts you, you know that the “Father of Europe,” who would unite western and […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 Though he knew that the WIHS Equitation Finals was going to be the last class of his junior career, Dominic Gibbs refused to let that thought creep into his head this week at the Washington International Horse Show. Instead he focused on that fact that he knew his horse Cent 15 […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 In the middle of the hectic Washington International ambiance, Virginia Bonnie huddled over a computer Thursday morning. Inhaling and finally clicking that button her cursor had been hovering over, the 17-year-old submitted her early decision and early action applications for college. With the fingers perpetually crossed, she then focused on the […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 29 At the beginning of the year Dylann Ephraimson had her sights on competing in all of the adult jumper finals that she could qualify for, but as the indoor season approached she realized that with her work schedule she was going to have to pick just one. Eventually, she settled on […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 29 After that history making, jaw dropping, the-elusive-100-percent round with Scott Stewart and Catch Me, Becky Gochman had an idea. Why not have one of her daughters saddle up the famous gray? Mimi Gochman had started re-dabbling in the junior hunter divisions with some catch rides supplied by Scott Stewart and Ken […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 29 Holleigh Arledge wasn’t looking for a horse when she first met McNick. After withdrawing from college to seek treatment for her mental health, she started riding at a farm in Connecticut. “Nick” was two months off the track, and the farm owner offered to let her restart him because the two got […]
“How does Betty Oare do it?” It’s a question that comes up whenever the 80-year-old icon of the sport lays down yet another pristine trip that most of us would be happy to accomplish just once in our lifetime. Oare has been winning on EMO Stables’ horse Sidenote much like she did with her National Show […]
Jennifer Morris likes to describe the past year as “interesting.” At the end of the 2020 season, she was riding her adult hunter Quetzalcoatl when she had an accident, hitting her knee on a jump standard and seriously hurting herself. “I hit the front of my knee so hard that it popped everything backwards,” she […]
Florida’s newest horse show venue, TerraNova Equestrian Center, hosted its first major competition over the weekend in the Event at TerraNova. The horse trials, which offered 12 divisions from starter up to the marquee CCI4*-S, was only the second competition held on the 225-acre property in Myakka City, near Sarasota, offering a taste of what’s to […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 27 The Washington International Horse Show was not on Sophia Vella’s radar with Just For Kicks this year. She’d gotten “Kitty” in December last year, and 2021 was the 7-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Durango VDL—Venneyfee) mare’s first year jumping. But Kitty went beautifully in the adult hunters all year, so Vella took her to the […]
Mills Spring, N.C.—Oct. 27 Betsee Parker has two distinct reasons why her brown Selle Francais stallion earned the moniker “Charlemagne”—and yes, you have to remember your AP European History. First, he’s a French horse. And if that distinct test question still haunts you, you know that the “Father of Europe,” who would unite western and […]
