Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 23 Heading into the jump-off for the $100,000 Forrester Farm Equipment Grand Prix De Penn National, Cassandra Kahle wasn’t feeing like she was a shoo-in to win on Pyrenes De Louzes. “Definitely one of my weaker points is going fast,” she said. “I ride the hunters also, so learning how to go fast […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 22 Most riders who head to a major horse show bring a slew of support staff and perhaps a cheering section, but not Christina Webb. She came to the Pennsylvania National with her sister, Laura Gaither Ulrich, who serves as her trainer and groom, and her mother Shirley Gaither, who was back in the barn […]
On Oct. 19, the U.S. Center for SafeSport temporarily suspended professional hunter/jumper trainer Michael Traurig for “allegations of misconduct” and instituted a no-contact directive. He is also listed as ineligible from the U.S. Equestrian Federation. Traurig is based in Portola Valley, California. He’s the son of well-known U.S. Equestrian Team rider and EquestrianCoach.com founder Bernie Traurig and […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 21 Lee Kellogg Sadrian has been coming to the Pennsylvania National since she was a junior, and finally—at age 50—she got her fairytale show week. On Thursday, she rode Blink to the top of the 3’3” amateur-owner hunter, 36 and over, division and earned the grand 3’3” amateur-owner hunter title. She also piloted […]
Jessica Springsteen has notched a lot of firsts in the past few months—first Olympic Games, first Olympic medal, first Aachen Nations Cup win—and on Wednesday in Burbank, California, she completed another first: Teaching her first clinic. The clinic was hosted by West Palms Events show management and the riders invited to participate were 2021 recipients […]
With more that 16 years of experience grooming at top-level show jumping stables such as Stal Tops, Zangersheide and most recently Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam’s Sweet Oak Farm, Maria Israelsson has amassed a wealth of knowledge. Israelsson, who’s originally from Stockholm, started riding at age 8. While she never had her own horse, sweat equity earned her […]
If you’re lucky, you probably don’t have to go shopping for tall boots all that often. Even if you have the worst luck with broken zippers, you probably buy tall boots less frequently than you buy bell boots. My last pair lasted me a good three or four years, and I discovered that the process has changed […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 19 When Cannon Creek and Hunt Tosh won the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships earlier this year, comparisons immediately started between the horse and Tosh’s former top mount Lone Star. It’s easy to see why. Both horses are bays with a white stripe and phenomenal, relaxed jumping style, and both won the Derby […]
Nine years ago, Alayna Joseph was on the hunt for her next horse. She knew she wanted a smaller draft cross to fit her 5’4” stature, so when an ad for a mare fitting that description popped up on Craigslist, she jumped at the chance. “When I went to go get her, the woman said she’d […]
Ravi, my fiancé, and I just spent five days in Seattle, a place neither of us had ever been. Prior to this trip, we’d taken a three-day outing to Kansas City, and a few two-day trips to Washington, D.C., and that’s been it for the two of us. I got to spend a weekend in Savannah […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 23 Heading into the jump-off for the $100,000 Forrester Farm Equipment Grand Prix De Penn National, Cassandra Kahle wasn’t feeing like she was a shoo-in to win on Pyrenes De Louzes. “Definitely one of my weaker points is going fast,” she said. “I ride the hunters also, so learning how to go fast […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 22 Most riders who head to a major horse show bring a slew of support staff and perhaps a cheering section, but not Christina Webb. She came to the Pennsylvania National with her sister, Laura Gaither Ulrich, who serves as her trainer and groom, and her mother Shirley Gaither, who was back in the barn […]
On Oct. 19, the U.S. Center for SafeSport temporarily suspended professional hunter/jumper trainer Michael Traurig for “allegations of misconduct” and instituted a no-contact directive. He is also listed as ineligible from the U.S. Equestrian Federation. Traurig is based in Portola Valley, California. He’s the son of well-known U.S. Equestrian Team rider and EquestrianCoach.com founder Bernie Traurig and […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 21 Lee Kellogg Sadrian has been coming to the Pennsylvania National since she was a junior, and finally—at age 50—she got her fairytale show week. On Thursday, she rode Blink to the top of the 3’3” amateur-owner hunter, 36 and over, division and earned the grand 3’3” amateur-owner hunter title. She also piloted […]
Jessica Springsteen has notched a lot of firsts in the past few months—first Olympic Games, first Olympic medal, first Aachen Nations Cup win—and on Wednesday in Burbank, California, she completed another first: Teaching her first clinic. The clinic was hosted by West Palms Events show management and the riders invited to participate were 2021 recipients […]
With more that 16 years of experience grooming at top-level show jumping stables such as Stal Tops, Zangersheide and most recently Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam’s Sweet Oak Farm, Maria Israelsson has amassed a wealth of knowledge. Israelsson, who’s originally from Stockholm, started riding at age 8. While she never had her own horse, sweat equity earned her […]
If you’re lucky, you probably don’t have to go shopping for tall boots all that often. Even if you have the worst luck with broken zippers, you probably buy tall boots less frequently than you buy bell boots. My last pair lasted me a good three or four years, and I discovered that the process has changed […]
Harrisburg, Pa.—Oct. 19 When Cannon Creek and Hunt Tosh won the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships earlier this year, comparisons immediately started between the horse and Tosh’s former top mount Lone Star. It’s easy to see why. Both horses are bays with a white stripe and phenomenal, relaxed jumping style, and both won the Derby […]
Nine years ago, Alayna Joseph was on the hunt for her next horse. She knew she wanted a smaller draft cross to fit her 5’4” stature, so when an ad for a mare fitting that description popped up on Craigslist, she jumped at the chance. “When I went to go get her, the woman said she’d […]
Ravi, my fiancé, and I just spent five days in Seattle, a place neither of us had ever been. Prior to this trip, we’d taken a three-day outing to Kansas City, and a few two-day trips to Washington, D.C., and that’s been it for the two of us. I got to spend a weekend in Savannah […]
